Master Plan for Trieste Expo 2008

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Master Plan for Trieste Expo 2008

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Trieste is a candidate to
be the site of the first ?recognized? (specialized) Expo for the year 2008.
There are two other contenders: Thessaloniki and Zaragoza.
Mobility of knowledge is the theme chosen by a group of scientists and artists to represent
Expo 2008 at Trieste.
Trieste?s potential is
beyond doubt, and the theme, that of mobility, seems very apt given the current
situation in Italy and in Trieste, and for the connections which the city
itself has with many other countries and which these (the mobility of
knowledge, precisely) in their turn have with the reality of scientific
institutions in Trieste.
It is estimated that a
total of 90 participants will come to Trieste for EXPO 2008 Trieste ITALY,
divided into 60 exhibitors, the Italian government, 3 public bodies, one area
for Trieste and 25 International Organizations.
The participants will have
an area of 500 sq meters at their disposal, which will be made from the old
warehouses in the Porto Vecchio. The area will have all the equipment the participants
need to set up their stands. The Italian government, the public bodies, Piazza
Trieste and 25 international organizations will have their own, dedicated
spaces. Themed pavilions will also be set up.
The Master Plan project
deals with the functional organization of Expo, and is looking for suitable
sites in keeping with the original lay-out of the Porto Vecchio, logically
following the urban system of the whole historic city of Trieste. The project
is searching for sustainability in its broadest sense, to respect the values
and the existing structures already in the Port, without altering the urban
equilibrium.
The entire Expo project
has been planned with the idea of re-using a rundown area of the city center:
Expo will be the main engine for this renovation.
Furthermore, it was
conceived as the place to elucidate the theme and its meanings, by the
inventiveness of the access points and of the route (a single, continuous
route, designed with extreme clarity and rigor, unequivocal in guiding the
visitor through the spaces and stands, both inside and outside), of the plant
and above all in the construction of the themed pavilions.
The project is designed
inside a main compound of 25 hectares where, in addition to the previous old
buildings which can house the 60 pavilions for the visiting countries, there
will be new buildings which will be both permanent and temporary, built to
house space for services, recreation activities, an open air theater, open
exposition areas, pavilions for sponsors and in the main area facing the sea, a
Congress Center with a building defined as the ?Interculture Building?. It will
be a multi-room Congress Center, built in order to satisfy the needs of the
Expo and, more generally, of the whole city; a tangible sign and in the future,
a memory of the Expo experience. An underground car park, built on three levels
at the center of the area, will have a capacity of 3,000 parking places. The
outer breakwater facing the Expo area will be put to use as a services area and
will have bathing areas on two different levels facing the sea, a promenade
with accommodation facilities on a higher level and a platform equipped with
stalls and storage facilities for the water sports practiced in the area.
Master Plan for Expo Trieste 2008
2004
purchaser
Trieste Expo Challenge Scpa
planners
Maurizio Bradaschia and Alberto Cecchetto
Collaborators
Gualtiero Azimonti, Filippo Gambarotto, Enrico Griselle, Graziella
Grasso, Nadia Vedova, Sandro Zivelli

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Master Plan for Trieste Expo 2008

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