Antonio Trampus, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Luigi Zanin, Regione Veneto
Whether it is a city with glorious seafaring traditions, as well as populous urban centers in the hinterland that have sprung up around the river ports, the relationship between the city dimension and water continues to be a fundamental driver for urban transformation. The same projection of the city-port, disputed between the verticality of the warehouse-houses and the indefinite spatiality of the sea, between the logistic and commercial function that has always been connatural to it and the representation needs of the classes that govern it, constitutes a continuous source…