Landscape architects provide a fundamental design and coordination role in the transformative process of land reclamation. While mined terrains are most commonly thought of as environmental problems, they raise a host of social, economic, and legal issues. Quarries have played a key role in the establishment of settlements and are a source of commercial trade, whether limestone (for cement and other products), uranium, or marble, among many other elements. For the Roman (Italian) culture, the Carrara quarries hundreds of miles north of Rome come to mind. But just east of the city, several significant sites exist that deserve to be studied for their potential transformation from a productive landscape of extraction to a productive landscape of extraction and replenishment. One of those sites, the Guidonia quarry, will serve as the focus of my study.