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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