ABSTRACT
The urban structure of Bergamo is made up of the city of Bergamo and all the surrounding areas and settlements in which residents, companies and organizations maintain daily relations of life and work. The Porta Sud, which connects the north-south axis of the city, is an important central area of the city that needs to be redesigned and regenerated to become a multi-modal access gateway to the historic city centre. Since the new regional law was adopted, the administration has approved the new area governance plan (AGP), in place of the previous instrument, the general town plan. The time plan can only be carried out with the support of citizens, and of every significant 'player' in the process of urban transformation, through a social sharing of problems and choices, a multi-disciplinary approach and the building of one common language for interpreting the 'living city'.
