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the veneto region: a european territory of dispersion

a long durée dispersion

water + asphalt + aree estrattive + dumps

Water/Asphalt come la grande rete incontra la rete delle acque

treviso

castelfranco

mestre

padova

monselice chioggia

f. piave

f. adige

water and asphalt: the project of isotropy

mestre

treviso padova

castelfranco

fishing enclosure water way filling in reclamation rivers diversions rectifications

highway tramway aggeratio reclamation irrigation

water and asphalt: processes of rationalisation

aggeratio

f. piave f. livenza

kriegsgkarte Anton Von Zach, 1801 acqua+strade +costruito

CTR,1998 acqua (in rosso) +strade (in grigio) +costruito

1930

1800

water and asphalt: five paradoxes

the paradox of water

the european greatest phreatic nap (water table); a deficit for the consumers (50%)

the paradox of agriculture

surface 75% prov. VE-TV-PD agri ha 532.028 tot ha 708.967

GPD 2,8%

mixité faces infrastructural incoherence and growing intolerance

50% of the industrial area of the Treviso province lack of sewage system (QUAP, 2005)

the paradox of mixité

mixité faces infrastructural incoherence and growing intolerance

the paradox of public space

the crisis of the traditional urban space, while important resources are invested in its re-qualification

the paradox of isotropy

a diffused congestion and new projects of hierarchization

1 water Water deficit and polluted water table

what...if... flooding water was stocked, purified and infiltrated?

2 agriculture 2013_renegotiation of EU funds for agriculture

what...if... agriculture becomes a multifunctional landscape?

3 mixité mixité faces infrastructural incoherence and growing intolerance

what...if... new models of integration are adopted at a larger territorial scale?

4 public space important resources are invested in the re-qualification of traditional public space

what...if... public spaces were conceived as a network in the extended territory?

5 isotropy new projects of hierarchization are ongoing

what...if... the concept of the metropolitan region of Venice as a sponge to percolate were

valorized and a contemporary project of isotropy implemented?

More space for the water

min 10% of new woods

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Built/Pipes equipments

equipments: churches, schools, hospitals

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Built/Pipes industrial activities

industrial activities

a mesh of public transport and diffused welfare

sponges

Sponge/Pipes la spugna

rete minore e insediamenti dipersi fra padova e castelfranco

Sponge 01 the dry plain

water + asphalt + aree estrattive + dumps

What…if… 77 millions of cubic meters of water in the hundreds of gravel pits?

acqueesieponiesistenti

isotropy as a figure of ecological rationality

Sponge 02 the middle wet plain

Sponge 02 the middle wet plain

Sponge 02 the middle wet plain

isotropy as a figure of ecological rationality

isotropy as a figure of ecological rationality

Sponges: rules

Sponge 03 the low wet plain

Sponge 03 the low wet plain

Sponge 03 the low wet plain: rules