LA LAGUNA E L' OSTRICA, VENEZIA E LA PERLA

ARCH 3010 | fall 2014 | MANUEL bailo

OveR tHe COURSe Of tHRee MONtHS IN veNICe,  ItALy, tHIS sTudio Took full AdvAnTAge of The ciTy on wATer And sTudied The MAny issues of TourisM, populATion, And preservATion. The proposAl for The projecT cAlls for A new cruise porT in venice To proTecT The spArse MArshlAnd.

The cruise porT lies ouTside of The veneTiAn lAgoon prepAring visiTors for A True journey To The ciTy. By wAy of Three islAnds in “lA lAgunA” A series of BArge Bridges welcoMes TourisT inTo venice. our percepTion of venice is Beyond The “Big fish:, venice is The enTireTy of The lAgoon.

The MAss populATion of A cruise ship would Be diffused By filTering visiTors Through sTops on The islAnds. eAch SeCtION Of tHe JOURNey eNCOURAgeS INHABItANtS tO view The lAgoon in differenT wAys And undersTAnd The frAgile sTATe of veneZiA.

The proposAl hAs An underlying lAyer of filTrATing By wAy of oysTer Beds. The ideAl environMenT for oysTers To Thrive in shAllow wATer would resTore The lAgoon By purifying The BrAckish sewAge wATer of venice in ATTeMpT To MiTigATe The dAMAge of TourisM And vArious locAl indusTries.

The oysTer BecAMe A diAgrAM for our projecT, TreATing venice As The precious peArl And The lAgoon As The filTering oysTer.