Ponte Parodi and The City of Genova

Ponte Parodi & The City of Genova, Genova, Italy, Fall 2006 (Des. 7)
Academic, Florida International University, Prof. Matthew Rice

Architectural Team: David Decespedes, Annelise Kouns

Within a city of medieval urban structure, nothing is planned, coordinated, or formalized. The city gradually generates itself by re-use, not by replacement. Thus Ponte Parodi is a crucial tool for reutilizing the current conditions of the port, as well as creating an active space of open spaces that can bridge the two areas of the city.
The design addresses the context by proposing circulation as the driving force behind the organization of space. The density of the site becomes the inverse if the city center where private space is minimized to allow for the activity and success of Ponte Parodi as a central communal area. Thus the re-utilization of the existing buildings and the axis that these connections create become the framework for the different qualities of space.

Work Completed:
Research, Diagrams, Photographs, Drawings, Panel Layout/Design, Collaborated with text