Interniship at Port Authority of Livorno

The project aimed to identify a new traffic access solution able to distinguish different type of flows and a new urban solution respecting the current planning strategies and the historic pre-existence (The Medici Old Fortess, the early 1900s Silo).

REQUIREMENTS:
. Preserve the pre-existence in the port area
. Respecting the standards of local planning strategies
. Distribute the different type of traffic to a specific network

PROPOSAL:
The historic and the two terminal buildings have been maintained (as a request from Port Authority), but the urban’s layout has been completely redesigned.
The main focus of the project has been accomplished by the identification of five different traffic networks (heavy vehicles, urban viability, viability to and from the terminal, railway and tramway) to which have been added a new railway terminal, new parking areas and solution of a streetscape. All of this, designed for creating new connections between the waterfront and the historic city.

Client

Port Authority Livorno

The port of Livorno looks out onto the North Tyrrhenian Sea and is located in the North-west of Tuscany. The port of Livorno is classified as a Big Regional (first level port) along the Tyrrhenian corridor, by the Freight Leaders Club, and is a multipurpose port, namely it is equipped with infrastructures and equipment that can berth any vessel and handle any type of goods traffic (LO-LO, RO-RO, bulk solids and liquids, new cars, cruises, ferries, timber and timber derivatives, machinery etc.,). The infrastructures connect the port to the main national rail and road networks and the airports of Pisa and Florence. It is endowed with a large hinterland comprising Tuscany, Emilia Romagna, Umbria and the Marches, which have a wealth of enterprises and industries, all of which means that the Port of Livorno handles a large amount of traffic.