Gragnano, Lettere, Casola di Napoli. Urban Morphology and Cultural Heritage: Designing Archaeological Areas within Urban Fringe Belts

The paper exposes a design theory for the contemporary design in archaeological sites, based on the transposition of Brandi's principles to architectural design. The proposed theory is eamine through three case studies: three design proposals for three archaeological sites in Gragnano, Lettere, Casola di Napoli, developed during the international workshop "Beyond Pompeii".