LIVING ON/BY THE WATER
“The first form of planned urbanization develop at the intersection of waterways and roadways”
CITIES BY THE WATER
London Paris Berlin
WienMadridRome
“The parameter of the city’s invasion of nature ... cities use it in order to create a new dimension in present-day pubblic areas”
Barcelona
London
Berlin
Hamburg
Seoul
Zaragoza 2008
CITIES ON THE WATER
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“In Netherland there is no clear natural division between land and water... the ralationship between water and dry land is manipulated by man. Inside the dykes means security, regulation and a directed urban tissue, outside just the opposite..uncontrolled nature”
Naarden
Willemstad
Klundert
Copenhagen
St. PetersburgStockholm
Batavia/Jakarta
Dejima /Nagasaki
over THE WATER
in our case water is below
STILT HOUSES, (FLOATING) VILLAS , ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS
HABITABLE BRIDGES, DAM HOUSES
habitable bridges
Ponte vecchio and Vasari corridor, Firenze, Italy
Rialto bridge and Palladio Project, Venice, Italy
Old London Bridge, London, UK
Chenonceau castle, Loira valley, France
Zaha hadid, habitable bridge, London 1996
Steven Holl, habitable bridge, NY, 1980
S. Holl, TOOLENBURG-ZUID, The Netherlands, 2001
Z.Hadid, Zaragoza Expo bridge, Spain, 2008
PLOT, housing bridge, Copenhagen Hadi Teherani, Bridge in Hamburg, Germany
Park Haus in Stutgart, Germany, 2008
dam houses
Chiavenna, Italy
LC, Plan Obus, Algeri, 1930
OMA, Rak jebel al jais mountain Resort, 2006
Stilt houses
Rock drawings of Valcamonica, Italy
Stilt houses in Idro Lake, Italy
S. Holl - Houses on Erie canal, New York, 1990
Waterstudio- Study in a water-retentionarea in the Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands 2005
MVRDV - Kampen floodplains, the Netherlands 2005
Kurt Hofmann - Hotel in Neuchâtel, Switzerland 2002
(floating) villas
Milan: along Martesana naviglio
Venezia: along Brenta river
Palladio - Villa Foscari or Malcontenta, Italy 1558
Polders villas
Front Architects - Single hauz, Poland, 2007
“Everybody dream an island”
Isola di San Michele, Venezia
R.Koolhaas, The history of swimmingpool, Delirius New York, 1978
Waterstudio - 404 recreational dwellings on Palm Jebel Ali, Dubai, 2007
Maquette of Palm island in Dubai on 2th Rotterdam Biennale, 2005
Artificial islands in Ijmeer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Palmboom & Van den Bout - Masterplan, Netherlands, 1996
