Risveglio Marittimo

Risveglio Marittimo: Awakening maritime identity in Messina

Bleuel, Philipp (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Harteveld, Maurice (mentor)
van de Voort, J.A. (graduation committee)
Hein, C.M. (graduation committee)
Mulder, André (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism

2023-06-29

The master thesis "Risveglio Marittimo - Awakening Maritime Identity in Messina" answers the question of how the concept of maritime identity facilitates the understanding of existing assets and offers opportunities for the design of Messina as a port city. Through the collection of micro-narratives and their organization into categories, Messina's maritime identity was (re)discovered in following topics: heritage and culture, water and environment, threshold and transition, transformation and production, quoditiantity and symbols.

The quadrilatero site, between the Ex-Granai and the maritime station, was chosen to design a new maritime space, with the aim of fertilizing the perception and value of Messina's maritime identity. The renovation of the abandoned silos and the fish market allows to offer spaces for culinary products of the sea and the hinterland and their consumption on the edge between land and sea, creating a vibrant public space for exchange and transition at the most important traffic node bridging land and sea transportation.

port city
maritime identity
Messina
public space
industrial heritage
waterfront

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