Venezia (it) runner-up
Andrés Holguín (CO/IT)
Via delle Industrie 25/2
Alessandro Deana (IT)
30175 Marghera, Italy
Elena Barbiero (IT)
T. +38 041.2410255
architects
mail@studioglass.it
Gilda Lombardi (IT) sociologist
382 Urban grafts Team point of view The project proposes urban growth and development with little land use, through the recycling of obsolete structures and the insertion of new architecture capable of creating new life cycles. The submission is divided into two parts: the first responds to the municipality’s existing requirements, while the second offers further building capacity when demand in the real estate market calls for it. In recent years, urban densification has come through the use of empty urban remnants and obsolete structures with the potential for regeneration. This kind of development initiates a new process of sustainable urban growth. Acting on the existing city is a way to restore spatial continuity by strengthening the urban fabric, to introduce new uses which satisfy the needs of the community, and to bring in new housing types and destinations by increasing the social and functional mix and economic value of properties. Jury point of view The project defines the edge of the station in a less restricted way. It recognises the need for different approaches to different areas of the project. The philosophy is simple and persuasive as it works on the idea of the value of urban voids, which become an opportunity for the sustainable conversion of existing fabric. It is interesting in its identification of two project phases to take account of the city’s current and future development needs.
