Theater for millennia of one of the most fruitful areas in the world for trade and…
Lighthouse
LIGHTHOUSE
This section emphasizes on the one hand the more physical aspects of projects or plans, already completed or under construction on each and every continent, in the field of the relationship between Port and City and the urban regeneration of Waterfront. The other hand it provides perspectives on the complex reality of the port cities within specific disciplines and in a trasversal way, addressing the multiple aspects that the presence of ports entails in different regional contexts, with particular regard to the cultural, material and immaterial expressions, in the broadest sense and with the intend to underline the relevance, modernity and significance of these themes in contemporary society.
Quepos: the pier and the city
It is night and it is hot, even the sea breeze feels hot. I’m sitting on…
La multidimensión geopolítica y urbana de Latinoamérica y el Caribe
Durante el encuentro de RETE en el mes de febrero en Barcelona (“Barcelona Dos”, 15 February…
Ocean Space, a home for the oceans in Venice
The project is called “Ocean Space”. After two years of major restoration and renovation work, the…
Chronia in Lesbos
Chronia travels around the earth between time and space. She jumps from north to south, from…
The Museum of Trust and Dialogue for the Mediterranean in Lampedusa
A small museum, troubled both in history and content, has crossed the walls of the island…
Copenhagen comfort zone
Chiunque vada a Copenhagen torna sedotto dalla città. Chi dalla bellezza, chi dal decoro, chi dall’efficienza,…
Port City Futures
A port, its neighboring city and adjacent region form a territorial network of people, goods, and…
Port concessions and impacts on the development of the port cities of Costa Rica
Costa Rica has little experience in concessions and public-private partnerships (PPP), especially when it is compared…
Nuevos habitats productivos. Modos ejemplares y en red de evolución territorial
El estudio del Banco Mundial sobre América Latina y el Caribe, “Subamos el estándar, para ciudades…
Chronia in Capoverde
Chronia’s travels around the earth between time and space. She jumps from north to south, from…
The Adriatic, sea of intimacy
The Adriatic, an ‘intimate’ sea, stretched between two long lines of coastline and open to different…
Venice taverns
They lay there, stored on the highest memory shelves, those reachable only with a ladder. Hidden…
Puntarenas: re-thinking the port city
For more than a decade, I have dedicated myself to the study of port cities and,…
The Open Sea as the Last Best Escape: Yachts and the freedom of the ocean
Seascapes In the summer, the Amalfi Coast offers gorgeous views of dangerously steep roads, narrow streets…