Project title// Risanamento (making healthy)
The program for the building was originally informed by several readings relating to ‘non-places’ and displacement along with the process of analysing a city through a matrix system. Scenarios were created for the future of Napoli in order to understand the need for creating architecture that considers time and how it can be a snapshot of the present but should be able to adapt to potential changes in the future.
One inevitable change to be considered is climate change. A large percentage of the city of Napoli located on the Amalfi coast will be sunken when the sea levels rise to 6m. This scenario provided a catalyst for the urban scale proposal of an elevated walkway throughout the city in preparation for the rise in sea levels. This solution would provide another (city) level of circulation helping to ease the problem of high levels of traffic congestion that occur at street level.
The matrix exposes worrying health issues in Napoli relating to the lifestyle, waste management and condition of the city. The creation of an elevated walkways provides a cleaner route (than street level) around the city, connecting each of the four cleansing points. The concept behind these cleansing points is to provide places where local citizens can make themselves healthy again/prevent future health problems and promote a healthy lifestyle. The places also incorporate spaces that are a strong of Italian culture such as herb gardens (growing cleansing herbs). Factory spaces (lightweight goods) also form part of the program in preparation for the displacement of the factories from the Porte di Napoli when it is flooded.
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