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Competitions · News· May 19, 2026
Roma Continua: OKRA part of the winning team for the Vision for Rome international competition
An international team comprising OKRA, IT’s, OMA, NET Engineering, and other collaborators has won the Vision for Rome competition, organised by the Roma REgeneration Foundation.
The winning proposal, Roma Continua—guided by four core principles of well-being, beauty, knowledge, and “reform and extension”—reimagines Rome as a living Secosystem, establishing a framework for adaptation and reinvention over time while building on the city’s inherent qualities and existing strengths. The proposal introduces targeted interventions across multiple scales, including green corridors, mobility hubs, and new programmes that integrate housing with adaptive reuse.
Rome as a landscape metropolis
Roma Continua proposes a shift from expansion-led growth toward a model of recalibration. In addressing well-being, the proposal treats Rome’s extensive landscape as generative ecological and social infrastructure, identifying five green corridors anchored in the Tiber and its tributaries. Along these corridors, five multimodal mobility hubs—conceived as “forums of innovation”—form a continuous and legible transport network.
“This is a different way of seeing Rome: not simply as a city of streets and monuments, but as a landscape metropolis shaped by rivers, valleys, fertile land and ecological systems. Our proposal builds on what is already there – Rome’s landscape as the foundation, with innovative programmes at smart mobility hubs as a catalyst for change. These interventions are designed to create a healthy city by reconnecting fragmented areas and enhancing the city’s inherent qualities.”
Martin Knuijt, partner at OKRA
Connected by public transit and last-mile soft mobility, the hubs integrate housing, transport, services, and public amenities, including hospitality, cultural programmes, and riverside activation, transforming a fragmented system into a coherent and accessible network for both residents and visitors.
“Roma Continua is not a finished blueprint but an adaptable long-term strategy, shaped through close interdisciplinary collaboration.”
Martin Knuijt, partner at OKRA
Roma Continua was selected from six finalist entries submitted by Italian and international teams. We collaborated with IT’s, OMA, NET Engineering, LGSMA, Open Impact, Artelia, Atribunne, E. Granata, F. Montezemolo, C. Profumo, M. Erbani, and D. Marino. We are grateful for the outstanding collaboration that made this shared vision possible.
Roma Continua
Our metropolitan vision for Rome views it as a living ecosystem and establishes conditions for adaptation and reinvention over time. It builds on the city’s essence and existing strengths, guided by four core ideas: well-being, beauty, knowledge, and reform and extension.
