BARI SOUTH COAST COMPETITION

Tyopology
Design competition

Place
Bari-Italy

Year
2018

Team
Corsaro Architetti, Mauro Saito Architetti, Jofre Roca Arquitectes, ArchlandsStudio

The strategic idea in the overall vision is to create a large Metropolitan Park to the east of the city of Bari, which has the task of acting as a connector between different parts of the city by implementing services and thus also the quality of urban life. The Coastal Park aims to enhance environmental resources and in particular the sea resource, “rewriting” the link that citizens and the city itself have with the sea. The park is divided into specific sectors, each of which includes the “square”; it represents the multipurpose center where receptive, sports and cultural activities take place, and also creates a link/relationship/ between the inland and coastal areas. Accessibility and mobility are provided by a network of existing routes, but reevaluated/reimagined/reused: the tramway replaces the old railway, the scenic road that runs along the waterfront is transformed into a bicycle/pedestrian path, and the inland routes become green/natural paths.