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, (...)

If you think about the town of Mestre and its possible representation, you could use the image of Mestre as "a space in the middle" for two reasons. Mestre is "a space in the middle" because it is placed between two distinct areas, Venice and Porto Marghera, two strong polarities, characterized (...)

Mipim is the most important real estate fair in Europe: if you wish to present a project, test a business idea, sell or buy real estate joining in can definitely help. The municipality of Venice together with some private professionals has been investing in Mipim for some years now to present (...)

The date of 7 November 2006 could mark an important step for the urban regeneration of the city of Venice , especially respect to its function of political and administrative regional centre. During this day, the regional council committee approved the purchase of the former Fs (railways) (...)

The recent debate about the themes regarding the safeguard of Venice , closely linked to the unsuccessful financing of the special law – which has not been allocated since 2002 – involves me directly with my role of new president of the society that takes care of the maintenance of the Venetian (...)

He seemed to be the only competitor and he was supported by the mayor Massimo Cacciari, but on September 20th, at the deadline of the call for tender for the administration of the Punta in Dogana, François Pinault, the new director of Palazzo Grassi, found a big competitor: the Solomom R. (...)

How would you define your experience with Insula? It has been an exciting experience, it gave me the possibility to take care of Venice from a privileged point of view, we have worked on its “physical state” and were in a stage of deepening, increasing knowledge, experimenting new techniques and (...)