Ponte Parodi Genoa, UNStudio Italian Harbour

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Ponte Parodi Genoa, Italy

New Building in Liguria, northwestern Italy design by UNStudio

16 Nov 2011

Ponte Parodi, Genoa

Design: UNStudio

Ponte Parodi to be presented at the MAPIC in Cannes

UNStudio’s harbour front regeneration project, Ponte Parodi in Genoa, will be presented at the MAPIC in Cannes later this month as one of the most iconic waterfront developments currently being realised.

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Ponte Parodi, Genoa, Italy
2001-14

The Ponte Parodi project is part of the Italian city of Genoa’s plan for the revitalisation of the harbour front area. As the industrial activities relocate, the city is reclaiming the vacated waterfront area by adding public attractors and creating a new destination, designed to extend the city centre towards the waterfront.

The competition design for the Ponte Parodi harbour front area was based on three principal actions; linking, programming and clustering, with clear goals responding to the needs of the site, its surroundings and the inhabitants of Genoa. The three original actions correspond to the three values which guide the design: sociability, quality and discovery.

Linking

Located in a key position between the commercial harbour, the Porto Antico area and the historical centre, Ponte Parodi – with its large public space (total 132,200 m2) – creates a meeting point for the various users in this part of the city; first and foremost the Genoese inhabitants and students from neighbouring universities, but also cruise travellers and visiting tourists. The three storey building merges with the local urban and economic fabric, whilst simultaneously creating an attraction for the various resident and visiting segments of the public.

The design further incorporates the wider morphology of the urban fabric, the topography of the region and the recent physical, economical, and political developments of the harbour as a public area for the city of Genoa.

Programming

The 20m high, 76.000m² Ponte Parodi building houses retail, cafés and restaurants, wellness, a cruise terminal, cultural programmes and a rooftop public park (18,900 m2) with an amphitheatre and botanical features. The programming of the building is designed to add to the existing attractions of its surroundings. This entails that the programming of the Ponte Parodi building takes advantage of the presence of a public already drawn by the existing harbour front attractions, whilst simultaneously complimenting and extending the amount of public visiting the area in such a way as to also benefit the existing programmes.

Clustering

The juxtaposition of varied circulation typologies – the inner gallery, the open air gallery, the sea-side esplanade and the urban park – organises and optimises the position of the programme and the pedestrian flows within and atop the building. The volumetric articulation of the building welcomes the user and invites the exploration of the various spaces and services, with the structure touching ground at both ends of the pier and thereby allowing for direct access to the roof top park and recreational areas.

Regeneration

The design for the Ponte Parodi project highlights UNStudio’s approach to regeneration which primarily focuses on the multi-functional or hybrid planning aspects of regeneration projects. In contrast to separating areas of the city into various typological zones, the multi-dimensional opportunities contained within a specific site are incorporated in order to realise multi-functional planning that creatively combines programmes in a novel way and enables the generation of rich and lively city quarters. A dynamic and flexible regeneration project will inherently be more sustainable; it is at all times sensitive to the larger infrastructure of the city whilst simultaneously allowing residents the possibility to connect with local communities.

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Ponte Parodi Genoa – Building Information

Title: Ponte Parodi, Genoa, Italy
Dates: 2001-14
Client: ALTAREA Italia Progetti S.r.l.; (Competition) Porto Antico di Genova Spa
Programme: Public attractor with a 3-dimensional Piazza and mixed use: cruise terminal, wellness experience, knowledge experience, commercial experience, public park with amphitheatre
Gross floor surface: 76.000m²
Volume: 160.000 m³
Site: 36.000 m²

Breakdown of project area:
Total: 132,200 m²
Of which:
Internal activities: 49,553.82 m²
Public Urban park on roof: 18,838.04 m²
Parking area 36,437.08 m²
Technical areas: 8,356.81 m²
Outdoor areas (quays, north piazza) 18,929.94 m²

Credits:

UNStudio: Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos, Astrid Piber with Nuno Almeida and (Design Development/Building Permit) Mirko Bergmann, Margherita Del Grosso, Veronica Baraldi, Kristin Sandner, Abhijit Kapade, Chiara Marchionni, Cristina Ferreira, Casper Damkier, Rainer Schmidt, Adrien Leduc, Lorenzo Vianello; (Schematic Design) Cristina Bolis, Paolo Bassetto, Alice Gramigna, Michaela Tomaselli; (Competition) Cristina Bolis, Peter Trummer, Tobias Wallisser, Olga Vazquez-Ruano, Ergian Alberg, Stephan Miller, George Young, Jorge Pereira, Mónica Pacheco, Tanja Koch, Ton van den Berg

Advisors:
Structure: d’Appolonia, Genoa
Building Services: Manens, Verona
Traffic: Systematica, Milan
Project Coordination: Studio Augusti, Genoa (Competition) Infrastructure and Structure: Arup, London; Off-shore
Construction: Grootint b.v.

Visualisation: rendertaxi, Aachen

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