The invited design competition aims to explore visions and urban schemes envisaging the re-articulation of manufacturing areas in the territory in-between Mestre and Marghera industrial area. In a condition of radical transformation of labor and productive activities, among the ones that are suitable for Marghera areas, some relevant processes seem to be more feasible and innovative. They consist of the increase of the level of digital content within enterprises, the profound innovation in the manufacturing sector, the inclusion within circular economy processes, the ever-increasing sharing of services and equipment that become places for urban sociality.
Italy
AD Classics: Venice Hospital / Le Corbusier
This article was originally published on August 15, 2016. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section.
Le Corbusier made an indelible mark on Modernist architecture when he declared “une maison est une machine-à-habiter” (“a house is a machine for living”). His belief that architecture should be as efficient as machinery resulted in such proposals such as the Plan Voisin, a proposal to transform the Second Empire boulevards of Paris into a series of cruciform skyscrapers rising from a grid of freeways and open parks.[1] Not all of Le Corbusier’s concepts, however, were geared toward such radical urban transformation. His 1965 proposal for a hospital in Venice, Italy, was notable in its attempt at seeking aesthetic harmony with its unique surroundings: an attempt not to eradicate history, but to translate it.
AD Classics: Nordic Pavilion in Venice / Sverre Fehn
This article was originally published on March 30, 2016. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section.
Three were originally invited to draw up plans for a ‘Nordic’ pavilion: the Finnish partnership Reima and Raili Pietilä, Sverre Fehn from Norway, and the Swede, Klas Anshelm. Following the selection of Fehn’s proposal in 1959, Gotthard Johansson wrote in the Svenska Dagbladet of the project’s “stunning simplicity [...], without too many architectural overtones”[1] – a proposal for a space able to unite a triumvirate of nations under one (exceptional) roof.
House NM / Studio Ecoarch
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Architects: Studio Ecoarch
- Area: 260 m²
- Year: 2017
ISOROPIA / Center for Information Technology and Architecture
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Architects: Center for Information Technology and Architecture: Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Martin Tamke, Yuliya Sinke Baranovskaya, Vasiliki Fragkia, Rune Noël Meedom Meldgaard Bjørnson-Langen, Sebastian Gatz
- Area: 79 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Alurays, Dyneema yarn DSM, Glass Fiber rods
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Professionals: str.ucture, Alurays
The Fantoni Plaxil 8 Manufacturing Building / Studio Valle Architetti Associati
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Architects: Studio Valle Architetti Associati
- Area: 8500 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Airmec, BIT, CADO, Carpin, Cime, +19
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Professionals: Mg Progetti
Motta Milano 1928 / Collidanielarchitetto
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Architects: Collidanielarchitetto
- Area: 325 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Arredamenti, Fratelli Marmo, Vetreria Bazzanese
Garden Cooperativa / Nunzio Gabriele Sciveres + Giuseppe Gurrieri
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Architects: Giuseppe Gurrieri, Nunzio Gabriele Sciveres
- Area: 1900 m²
- Year: 2012
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Manufacturers: Sika, Saint-Gobain, AERMEC, BONOMI, ENERGIEKER, +4
FGN House / O A S I Architects
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Architects: O A S I Architects
- Area: 150 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: CARA/DAVIDE, Cassina, Ideal Work, Infiniti
COMERIO / O A S I Architects
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Architects: O A S I Architects
- Area: 60 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Ceramica Vogue, Flos, ZANOTTA
Therme Meran / Matteo Thun & Partners
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Architects: Matteo Thun & Partners
- Area: 56 m²
- Year: 2005
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Manufacturers: Ceramiche Refin, Frener&Reifer, MGS, PEDACTA GMBH / S.R.L., SCHAEFER TRENNWANDSYSTEME GMBH
TSS House / B+B ASSOCIATI
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Architects: B+B ASSOCIATI
- Area: 80 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Lapitec®, Schüco
Silena: Magic in the Moor / noa* network of architecture
Elav Kitchen & Beer / Francesca Perani Enterprise + Marg studio
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Architects: Francesca Perani Enterprise, Marg studio
- Area: 160 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Ideal Lux light, LATY BIEM LED, Normann Copenhagen, Pedrali
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Professionals: Dueffe illuminazione
Napoli Afragola Station / Zaha Hadid Architects
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Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
- Area: 30000 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Nuprotec, Tensocielo
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Professionals: INTERPROGETTI, ATI ASTALDI S.p.A (Astaldi S.p. A; NBI S.p.A), Gross Max, JMP, Macchiaroli and Partners, +2