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Article from issue 4/2000 »Urban Planning Details«

Pier in Borghetto Santo Spirito, Italy

documentation p. 652 - 655
Architect Ciarlo, Marco | Structural Engineer Meloni, Giancarlo |

Drafts
Elevation/Plan 1:1000
Elevation/View from above 1:100
Section 1:20
Site plan 1:5000

The redesign of this roughly 100 ? 40 m pier gives it a clear orientation to the sea and creates a meeting place for the villagers as well as a space for various events. Two travertine paths 80 m long with simple steel railings lead out towards the sea and demarcate the pier from the beach. The area between these strips is paved with light- and dark-grey concrete slabs. The rows of 9-metre-high Å-section columns along both edges of the pier create a sense of spatial definition. Steel canopy roofs fixed between alternate pairs of columns provide protection for the woven metal-strip benches. At the heads of the columns are spotlights. Two 12-metre-high lighting masts terminate the space at the sea end and frame the view to the horizon.