WATERFRONT DI LEVANTE GENOA
An aerial master plan precedent for a coastal marina integration featuring glazed linear pavilions and active pedestrian promenades.
- What we like about this project
- Pedestrian footbridges span directly across the narrow marina slip, knitting the two quays together.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- concrete
- paving
- timber
Visual identifiers
- marina-basin
- glass-pavilions
- waterfront-promenade
- palm-trees
- coastal-master-plan
Style tags
- contemporary
- coastal
- master-plan
- high-tech
Visual tags
- waterfront
- master-plan
- marina
- public-realm
- coastal
- urban-design
- Geometry
- Linear central marina slip flanked by long programmatic pavilions, pedestrian promenades, and terraced landscapes along a coastal edge.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall structural glazing with curved glazed corners and louvered roof canopies.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floor slabs and large-span trusses for the blue-roofed exhibition pavilion.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale urban master plan; multi-story pavilion blocks and extensive marina slip.
- Lighting
- Bright Mediterranean daylight casting crisp shadows from palm trees and building volumes.
- Atmosphere
- Breezy, open coastal atmosphere with a vibrant public realm.
- Environmental context
- Coastal urban waterfront with dense historic city fabric rising on cliffs to the left and open sea to the right.
- Spatial experience
- The eye moves along the central water channel flanked by active pedestrian quays and high-transparency pavilions.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical perspective along the central water canal, reinforced by repeating palm alignments and rectilinear pavilion modules.
- Style reading
- Contemporary coastal megastructure urbanism
- Program
- Marina, exhibition hall, and waterfront commercial district
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban
- Materials
- glass, steel, concrete, paving, timber
- Visual identifiers
- marina-basin, glass-pavilions, waterfront-promenade, palm-trees, coastal-master-plan
- Style tags
- contemporary, coastal, master-plan, high-tech
- Visual tags
- waterfront, master-plan, marina, public-realm, coastal, urban-design
- Geometry
- Linear central marina slip flanked by long programmatic pavilions, pedestrian promenades, and terraced landscapes along a coastal edge.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall structural glazing with curved glazed corners and louvered roof canopies.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floor slabs and large-span trusses for the blue-roofed exhibition pavilion.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale urban master plan; multi-story pavilion blocks and extensive marina slip.
- Lighting
- Bright Mediterranean daylight casting crisp shadows from palm trees and building volumes.
- Atmosphere
- Breezy, open coastal atmosphere with a vibrant public realm.
- Environmental context
- Coastal urban waterfront with dense historic city fabric rising on cliffs to the left and open sea to the right.
- Spatial experience
- The eye moves along the central water channel flanked by active pedestrian quays and high-transparency pavilions.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical perspective along the central water canal, reinforced by repeating palm alignments and rectilinear pavilion modules.
- Style reading
- Contemporary coastal megastructure urbanism
- Program
- Marina, exhibition hall, and waterfront commercial district
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban