The landscape/environmental redevelopment, in its broadest sense, allows to increase the quality and attractiveness in the territory.
The landscape is a free and public space and even if its perception is deprived, its fallout is always a collective one.
San Nicola Arcella (awarded the international Blue Flag award 2019), is a town of about 2,000 inhabitants, in the province of Cosenza in Calabria. Famous seaside resort of surprising beauty, it is located on a precipice of 110 meters above the sea level, at the foot of which there is a bay enclosed by a rocky arm that gives it the shape of a natural harbor.
THE PROJECT
The project under construction in Arcomagno, is part of a pristine landscape and environmental context developed from the parking area, a corten steel staircase, a sustainable and recyclable material with values close to 100%, perfectly harmonizing with the colors of the landscape, goes upwards on the path in beaten earth with three gazebos for the rest, reaching then the beach, with a second staircase in corten steel.
Architect De Rito states:
The light in the entire area of intervention is designed to not disturb the passage of birds and to be able to appreciate the starry sky on summer nights.
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- Beach side by day (n.2 on the general plan)
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- Beach side (2 on the general plan)
Sea side during the day (n.2 on the general map)
THE MATERIALS
- Corten steel: ideal for fitting in harmoniously in natural environments, it is a recyclable material par excellence, by its very nature, after the useful life of the work in which it is inserted, it can be brought back to the foundry to take on any other function and the recycling percentage stands at values close to 100%.
- The stone: the steps that connect the two corten steel stairs to the beaten earth path will be made of stone, a naturalistic architecture in favour of the environment.
- The wood: the three gazebos and the square section railing along the sea side, for the safety of the guests, will be realized in wood.
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- Path with wooden protection for safety and gazebo (n.3 on the general plan)
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- Path with wooden protection for safety and gazebo (n.3 on the general plan)
Path with wooden protection and gazebo (n.3 on the general map)
THE LIGHT
The lighting project will be like the natural light of the south, soft and enveloping at dusk, to make suggestive nocturnal landscapes live with its tones and delicate intensity, without creating light pollution; designed with indirect, warm and energy-saving floodlights.
The lighting will cover the entire stretch between earth and sea asymmetrically, will be illuminated with crepuscular systems, the steps of the two corten steel staircases with recessed bodies and the path with corten steel lighting interspersed with the wooden railing.
Corten steel staircase with asymmetrical light – parking side (n.1 on the general plan)