Politecnico di Bari - Facoltà di architettura

Laboratorio di progettazione urbanistica - aa. 2018/2019

proff. F.Calace, L.Rignanese
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AREA 2

The context
Description of the area and its features relevant to the objectives and project indications
The area is located in the coastal hamlet of Torre S. Giovanni, adjacent to the existing town centre,
bounded by a historic inter-municipal road.
The area, partly built up and partly abandoned, is located close to the already built up areas of the city
centre, destined almost completely to second homes and tourist facilities. Along the road mentioned,
there are abandoned historical quarries and an ancient "colonial center", also abandoned.
The particular location suggests the themes of urban completion and enhancement of existing cultural
resources, also in order to alleviate the coastal settlement pressure and qualify and diversify the tourist
offer of the small settlement.

Objectives
Objectives related to the project of the area
The general objective of the intervention is the redevelopment of the entire area to be configured as a
framework for the completion of the city:
The specific objectives are:
- the construction of a new residential settlement as matrix of the completion of the city,
also possibly by intervening on existing buildings considered worthless;
- the creation of public spaces for relations, of which the settlement is lacking
- the construction of the "park of the quarries" and the contextual development of the
"colonial center" as a new attractor and connection of these elements with the coast
- the reconfiguration of the intermunicipal connection road along with the park of the
quarries and the enhancement of the “colonial centre”
- the creation of a road system for cars, bicycles and pedestrian that allows both the internal
relations of the new settlement, and the connection with the equipment, with the coast
and the countryside and its landscape routes
- the redevelopment and development of the city's edge towards the countryside
Politecnico di Bari - Facoltà di architettura
Laboratorio di progettazione urbanistica - aa. 2018/2019
proff. F.Calace, L.Rignanese
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Specific requests for plant, relations, materials
The entire area must be affected by a coordinated and comprehensive project with a uniform design
idea.
The planivolumetric solutions, the layout of the public spaces and the road axis of penetration must be
read in an integrated and complementary way.
From a design point of view, consideration is fundamental:
- the size of the city, its fabrics and its public spaces, which the project must complete while
respecting its characteristics
- the need to redevelop the seasonal settlement as a whole, avoiding the repetition of the
settlement fences that characterize the most recent interventions
- the need to enhance the pre-existing features: of landscape value (disused quarries), by
creating a real park; of architectural value (colonial centre), by avoiding considering it as an
“island” separate from the city, but instead attributing to it a nodal and qualifying function
of the settlement
- the need to reorganise the intermunicipal link road as the 'park' road
- the need to connect the new intervention to the coast, considered as the main attractor
and landscape emergency
- the characteristics of the coastal territory of Ugento, rich in landscape and cultural values,
which the project must enhance through paths, views, construction of the urban margin

Colonial centre

Disused quarries

Water reservoirs
and artificial canals

MATERIAL TO BE PRODUCED

1. Concept/conceptual scheme

2. Accessibility and mobility scheme

Schematize/describe the elements of mobility and accessibility, highlighting:
• Existing and project paths
• main road axles secondary road axles
• road network and parking
• cycle-pedestrian paths
• access to the residence and urban facilities
• sections of the different types of road
Politecnico di Bari - Facoltà di architettura
Laboratorio di progettazione urbanistica - aa. 2018/2019
proff. F.Calace, L.Rignanese
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3. Settlement model
Schematize/describe the main morphologies and settlement typologies of the context and those proposed by the
project, highlighting:
planimetric system/settlement matrixes:
• tessuto a cortina
• tessuto a impianto misto
• tessuto …
• [...]
formal features
• building typologies
• heights and number of floors
• uses of the various built and unbuilt spaces
• entrances/accesses
• features of the buildings fronts

4. Open spaces scheme

Schematize/describe the different components of open spaces with particular attention to those of the green in its
multiple articulations and functions, highlighting:
• squares and pedestrian areas
• natural and environmental resources
• parklands
• equipped green areas
• tree-lined avenues and street furniture
• private gardens
• permeable grounds
• conformation of the public open space and of the paths
• [...]

5. Equipment and public space

Schematize/describe the components of the public space by highlighting
• relevant architectural presences and historical interest elements
• existing polarities and new designed centralities
• historical value buildings
• equipment/facilities spaces
• typological and morphological characteristics of specialist buildings
• roles
• interweaving of different functions (functional mixing)
• public and private spaces

6. Masterplan

7. The dimensions and measures of the project

Project area surface mq
Residential Area surface mq
Services/Urban equipment surface mq
Public open space surface mq
Permeable open space surface mq
Green areas surface mq

8. Project focus, scale 1:1.000

Represent a significant portion of the project, taking its cue from the
example shown on the side.