In November 2008, in the framework of the European community project TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Network) the Commission granted the funding request advanced by Italian Ministry for Public Infrastructures and transportation and SAVE, acting as implementing body. The funding will be used to (...)

During the following months the “trenino rosso” (red shuttle running above ground level) will start carrying passengers from Tronchetto to Piazzale Roma in only three minutes. Connecting the ferry terminal bank with the opposite bank on the Tronchetto island, the new People Mover bridge is the (...)

“If I want to go for a walk plunging in the art of the past I go to Venice. If I want to see an international exhibition I choose Palazzo Grassi. I would like to find here what I can’t find in Venice.” * * IPSOS interview, Mestre, March 2008 Fondazione Venezia’s decision to realize Project 9 in (...)

Especially in our country is never easy to conciliate quality and good architectonic and urban characteristics with the creation and operation of public infrastructures. Then if giving good living conditions to the weakest part of the population is at stake, the situation becomes even more (...)

The fourth bridge over the Grand Canal, “Ponte della Costituzione”, was built over a period of five years (2003 - 2008) after a project of Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava (94 m. long, 9,38 m. wide in the central part, 7,05 m. maximum height, 420 tons is the weight of the iron structure). In (...)

Living on an island often implies isolation. Venice has always tried to oppose to the adverse effects that this situation can bring about. In fact, according to many, being so distant from the main communication networks is inconvenient and detrimental for the city economy. Pierluigi Cervellati (...)

Both in Italy and abroad Urban city development programs have proved to be unique opportunities for underdeveloped areas to be improved. Urban Italia in Venice is eloquently called “let’s break the walls”; the program’s main goal was to improve the social environment of the impact area as well as (...)

Yesterday saw the beginning of the construction of People Mover: a land funicular that will connect Tronchetto island and Piazzale Roma, a point in which land traffic enters the city. A monumental work that will completely change a side of the city and that will be running from summer 2009, (...)