The giant’s garden. Different strategies for different brownfields size.

Transformation of former industrial areas in recent decades has expanded its meaning to such an extent to be considered as the main element of urban modification; its spread and it scope have gone more and more increasing, putting their recovery as a necessity and often offering itself as a real opportunity to imagine the far-reaching changes of relationship and function within the city itself. In this abstract is proposed a three level analysis: at micro, medium and macro scale: analysing the debate on paradigmatic case studies may be useful for dealing such a broad issue that we consider not ascribable in single definitive perspective.