This project envisages the construction of a treatment and reclamation
system of polluted ground in a disused industrial area and to recover area in
Valle delle Noghere in Muggia, in the province of Trieste.
In particular the construction
of a new system for both the treatment of the in-site and surrounding lands (situated inside the Site
for Environmental Recovery of National Interest - Law 471/99) in the disused
area and/or in course of abandonment, previously headquarters of the former
refinery Aquila Spa is envisaged.
Inside the system the temporary storage of hazardous and not hazardous
special waste, special waste volume reduction of canisters and packaging, hazardous and not
hazardous special waste physical-chemical treatment, washing of polluted soil,
inertization process of mud and dust, and the decontamination of parts of
thermic plants containing amianthus is envisaged.
The project plans for the overall rearrangement of the area with the
demolition of the obsolete structures and the building of a new plant of
approximately 46.000 sq.m, of which 16.550 covered by buildings, roofs and
cantilever roofs.
In designing each plant, the best available
technology has tried to be used, with
the aim of preparing the most updated and computerized systems within the
limits of the need to treat very varied and specialized waste typologies.
The identified architecture wants to be the formal
means to convey these objectives, by emphasizing the high-tech used and the
efficiency of the plant, through a congruent use of materials.
The utmost attention was paid to minimizing
environmental impact, from the point of view of the processes, in the choice of
forms and materials, of chromatism, in the use of green, which has been
designed both in its function as a filter, as a barrier, with a decorative function and as a unifying element
between project area and context.
Particular attention was also paid in the choice
of choosing arboreal essences, chosen on the basis of their capacity of
isolating noise and creating an even visual barrier characterized by a marked
polycromy. These are Magnolia Grandiflora, essence characterized by
persistent foliage and thus able to ensure a constant sound and
aesthetic-perceptive insulation during the whole year; and Prunus
Cerasifera, essence characterized by a purple foliage which dynamizes and
enriches green areas.
In planimetrical terms a geometrically rigorous
design has been identified. It imitates the industrial nature of the settlement
without denying it.
The buildings are of an obviously industrial
matrix. They themselves are also characterized by polychromy and fatuousness
which have been obtained with the use in great quantity of transparent elements
(glass and polycarbonate) and steel structures.
In brief, the project envisages:
-execution of an arboreal barrier of medium height
and related green belt along the
perimeter of the whole plant;
-fencing of the whole area pertaining to the
plant;
-arrangement of the exisiting area to become a
lay-by at the building entrance and the installation of weighbridge;
and therefore, on entering :
-a temporary waste storage area in parcels
and containers, englobed in a mixed open/closed structure, where a large
covered area, equipped with skylights
allows direct lighting. The building/roofing is built on a glass curtain
wall steel structure (for closed areas) by light translucent panels which are
assembled as a filter between the interior and exterior.
Storage is divided into two areas. The first is in
a prefabricated building (40m x 70m) and intended as a deposit for removable
tanks and materials in parcels; the second is outside under the roofing (25m x
20m), for the deposit in parcels of inflammable waste. The building is divided
into two sectors with concrete waterproof foundations and collection channels
for drops and washing water resulting from loading/unloading operations,
reconditioning and waste handling;
-a double area for soil, mud and dust temporary
storage – between the two areas a mud and dust inertization process area
and a polluted soil washing area are situated – is opposite the waste temporary
storage area.
In this case, it deals with articles consisting of
areas divided into concrete bays which are bordered on three sides and covered
with double slanting roofing built on a steel structure.
The Teseco sign is on the side-lines of the
concrete bays.
-the mud and dust inertization process area and
polluted soil washing area consist of a building which is built likewise to that of the
special waste storage area: a mixed open/closed structure, equipped with a
big covering, and skylights. Also in
this case it allows direct lighting. The building/covering is built on a glass
curtain wall steel structure (for closed areas) by light translucent panels
which are a filter between the interior and exterior.
-behind the special waste storage area is situated
a polluted soil bioremediation area (biopiles). It consists of a
covering (60 x 80m) with a steel bearing structure and covering in insulated
panels.
-at the end of the overall area of the plant, the biological
module area is on the right, the physical-chemical treatment area is
on the left.
The first consists of prefabricated elements for
surplus mud dehydration of the biological module and of the physical-chemical
mud; also the deodorizing final treatment system is part of this area.
The external tubs which characterize this area are
placed deep in the green zone, which mitigates the impact on the surrounding
area.
The physical-chemical treatment area completes the
plant in the south-western part of the lot, in the zone adjacent to the soil
washing section. The area is partly covered by roofing (24m x 23m) built on a steel framed structure. The
uncovered zone is occupied by concrete containment basins, of sewage storage
tanks (35 x 12m), "tied" by a steel frame which gives unitarity to
the plant.
A grid metal wall
shelters the plant towards the southern perimeter.
The plant as a whole does not exceed the height of
9 lin.m. Forms, colours, textures of the faces seek at the same time the
integration with the context, the elucidation of the installed functions and an
image of great efficiency and "advanced" technology.