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Mondello MONDELLO 2007 Type of project: Landscape design Project: Mondello Location: Mondello, Italy Status: Competition Handing over date: May 2007 Client: Palermo Townhall Lenght: 1,5 km Project team: Nacho Toribio, Carmelo Zappulla with M. Tepedino, E.Rovira, F. Librizzi

WHAT IS THE TOPOGRAPHY IDLENESS? Topography of idleness is the Mondello to the city of entertainment! Through all its operations on the nature of the rocks is generated and alters the morphology of the coastline to the square forming a geology artificial enhances all structures related to the relaxation and creates connections at various levels. The EQUATION The project consists of an interface paradigm that combines a coastline with some multifunctional recreation units. As a result, we obtain two systems: 1. Coastline: hinge between the city and the sea 2. Units: the theater, the parking lot of dunes and water dock with the square. COAST LINE The proposed solution, leads to the formation of a walk continues, a topography deep able to engulf the services to beach level, and walk over the whole surface to the sea. THEATRE The new band walking / living area that extends for the entire waterfront is characterized by exceptional points. A large plaque building /

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beach / pier, houses inside the first information centers, and an outdoor movie theater. PARKING dune Triangular block between Via and Via Mondello Teti is transformed into a landscape of dunes green houses an underground car park and businesses spontaneous. PIAZZA MONDELLO Slope The steep slope is resolved through the generation of horizontal terraces carved out of the chute Statements Commending the powerful drive of the square entirely topography of its base we just remove and the additions and restore the original conditions. On the west side is the expected extension of the square on the roof of the bar and Renato set up two flights of stairs connecting. Paving It consists of limestone circular discs and white cement. On some of them are expected at higher levels: Ombracoli, Lighting, Speaker of water Seats

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