The ‘family house’ has played a major role within the urbanisation processes that have been transforming the Italian landscape since the 1960s. It is a common feature of the widespread settlements that are part of what has been labelled the ‘diffuse city’ and was the subject of numerous studies during the 1990s. More than 20 years later, this paper returns to the topic of the Italian family house using a renewed methodological approach to describe relevant changes. The hypothesis here is that in order to grasp the tensions affecting ‘family houses’ in today’s context of demographic transition and increased imbalances between dynamic and declining areas, and to contemplate their future, the qualitative gaze adopted by scholars in the 1990s must be integrated with other investigative tools, focusing on demographic change, uses, and the property values of buildings. Using this perspective, the paper provides a series of ‘portraits’ rooted in four meaningful territorial contexts, portraits which may help scholars to redefine their imagery associated with family house and be useful for dedicated building policies.

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意大利“家庭住宅”的肖像：重新定义的领土和人口背景下的多元化遗产

自 1960 年代以来，“家庭住宅”在改变意大利景观的城市化进程中发挥了重要作用。这是广泛定居点的一个共同特征，这些定居点是被称为“分散城市”的一部分，并且是 1990 年代众多研究的主题。20 多年后，本文重新回到意大利家庭住宅的主题，使用更新的方法论来描述相关变化。这里的假设是，为了在当今人口转型和动态和衰落地区之间的不平衡加剧的背景下把握影响“家庭住宅”的紧张局势，并考虑他们的未来，学者们在 1990 年代采用的定性凝视必须与其他调查工具，侧重于人口变化、用途、以及建筑物的财产价值。从这个角度来看，本文提供了一系列植根于四个有意义的领土背景的“肖像”，这些肖像可以帮助学者重新定义与家庭住宅相关的意象，并有助于制定专门的建筑政策。