Within the global issue of climate change and sea level rise, Venice is one of the most affected regions, due to the unpredictability, the on-going “aqua alta” events every year and the vulnerability of the islands.
Cavallino - Treporti is a peninsula in the Venetian lagoon, that suffers as well from the natural / anthropogenic disasters. The goal of the studio was to find solutions on different scales that would benefit the residents of the peninsula and save them the catastrophes of sea level rise.
Our team tackled the small scale and the everyday life of the residents, offering them new ways of living, inspired by their needs and necessities.
The project was a collaboration with Vincent Van Praet, and it was based on series of interviews in order to understand the livelihood patterns of the commune and try to provide it with what is missing.
The project takes into account the social fabric, where the people are, how they move, and how they feel. The agriculture and the green infrastructure that is intended to be enhanced in order to become the primary source of living. And the heritage archipelago that today is spread over the territory, yet neglected and forgotten.
The three layers come together in a soft intervention that is intended to be replicated in other places on the peninsula. The title was inspired by the Venice Biennial that year: How will we live together?
from abandoned buildings
multi-layered, time-based transformations
multi-layered, time-based transformations
dispersion
less irrigation & chemicals
new agricultural practice
new varieties
connecting existing nature
pedestrian porosity
de-paving
less room for cars
territorial marketing
room for water
collective services
densification
cavallino-treporti: how will we live together?
