A MULTICULTURAL HISTORIC HARBOR:
In Trieste the activities started in 500 before Christ by the Romans,passing through its importance period to the Austrian Empire, after World War II as the Free Territory of Trieste, finally coming to today as one of the most important ports of Italy. Where During the last century private activities combined with rail, roads, walls and urban infrastructure have created physical barriers between the city and the port area.
THE MEMORY OF THE PLACE:
The old harbor was the main Responsible for city development. And now we proposed to bring the city to the port: The management of New Public Spaces was focused on creating a balance between public and private activities to stimulate the old port area.
The historical evolution was used to develop the landscape design, working with different textures and densities of vegetation and construction in order to make visible how the sea line was modified through the history.
We assumed to intensify the contact between the inhabitants and the sea using the infrastructural harbor facilities has strategical elements of our landscape project: The Jetty “Island”, old sheds, railways stations and the Historical Pontone Ursus, One of the largest and oldest grue in the world, today a Italian National Heritage.
RE-REACHING THE SEA:
Finally, in order to continue the history to our days, we proposed the Barcolana Museum to promove and host some equipments of the eponymous event, one of the most important sailing events in the world.
and a series of platforms along the jetty, that moves according the influence of the tides, has a new free approach to the open sea.
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Trieste Porto Vecchio (2014). Trieste, Italia.
Trieste is a historic multicultural port town: ,passing through its importance period to the Austrian Empire, after World War II as the Free Territory of Trieste, finally coming to today as one of the most important ports of Italy. Where During the last century private activities combined with rail, roads, walls and urban infrastructure have created physical barriers between the city and the port area, now we proposed to create a balance between public and private activities to stimulate the old port area. With: Carole Marluzzo (FR), David Balboa (MX), Nico Wagner (AR) and Xiong Li (CN).
