Lagoon urban park (2007) 45 27 46 N / 12 21 02 E
at Escola Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès ETSAV Team: Laia Llonch / Núria Porras / Carles Tuca Location: Sacca St Mattia, Murano, Venezia, Italy Subject: Academic exercise + 2G International Competition The intensive exploitation of the lagoon and the continuous descent from the river flows has entailed the degradation of a unique habitat, increasing water salinity and the probabilities of floods. There are 3 main factors to take care of: the natural space, its inhabitants and tourists. The intervention must reduce salinity to augment vegetation, that stops the floods while keeping the lagoon as a commercial and industrial support. We divided the project
Depuration analogy between a kidney and the prpoposal
Urban traces
into two parts. A central void that constitutes the urban park: a natural water treatment plant of macrophytes, plantation of Pseudo-acacias –native tree– and the recovery of the Sacca as ancient terrain of fruit culture of the lagoon. And a full” proposal wick consists of a coastal membrane that manages the processes depending on their intensity: an ecopark that works as distributor and separator of waste, a harbour, a show room pavilion, a natural museum and new dwellings.
Buildings
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Paths
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Murano glass Patchwork
Beds of Macrophytes
Cultivation Surface
Full vs Void
In certain months of the year Macrophytes can make the water go pink.
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Pseudoacacia Plantation
Open Space
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The bed of macrophytes slows down the water flow, helps the settling of suspended solids and keeps the water partially oxygenated. The stems provide support for bacteriological cultures, the main element for natural water purification. These plants also hold the sea tide and help towns to prevent floods.
Formal projectual axes
Proposal’s Layers
Sea tide oscillation
Master Plan _1 | 5000 10
AB stract | by Carles Tuca Vancells | Urban Park | 7/10