The project for the harbour waterfront of Palermo includes the new cruises terminal, the marina buildings in Cala Vecchia, nearby the archaeological area of the Norman Castle, and the ferries terminal of the islands lines. The buildings and the surrounding areas are part of a linear park extended all along the wasted site of the present commercial harbour. The architecture of the three projected buildings has been informed to the different ways of boarding by cruises, ferries and yachting. It is a way to come on board, different in time and speed so to be able to give peculiar quality and function to the inner and outer spaces. The project solves also some problems of urban interest of the harbour area: the scalar gap between the dimension of existing housing along the water front and the dimension of the big standing cruises ships; the functional and formal conflict between the elements of the archaeological site and the infrastructures of the marina; the traffic connection net in the town by the commuting movement of vehicles and people from- and to- the islands ferries.
Project team: Roberto A. Cherubini, Giulia di Campli, Sara D'Innocenzo, Paolo Invidia
