Greenway for the City of Villabate

GREENWAY FOR THE CITY OF VILLABATE

Regional Framework

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SE 1. Coast 2. Metropolitan station 3. Green city 4.Feud

EE EE The two different ecological systems, coast and feud, are separate among them from the urban fabric of Villabate that it represents a border of it. With the project of the Greenway, demolishing this DK LV RU Interregional Platforms border, passing through the center of Villabate and uniting the feud, the territory of the Conca d’oro is retrained and in the coast are effected processes of reclamation and exploitation, through the DK Milazzo Messina DK DK LT underground station, the center nerve of public mobility, and the new eco-neighborhood / cohousing urging a more sustainable policy for the future of the city. UK DK Palermo IM UK AP BY IE Termini Imerese AP NL PL VILLABATE Trapani BE DE reenway LU CZ G GG GG JE UA Deﬁnition: "A system of linear inter-related areas that are protected, managed and SK

AT MD developed so as to obtain the recreational beneﬁts, ecological and CH LI HU FR AP Catania SI HR RO cultural-historical." "Italian Association greenways".

BA SM MC RS AP The Greenway are characterized: IT Augusta BG AD ME - Born with the objective to carry out several functions; VA MK AL - Must be physically separate from the ordinary road network, and allow a gentle ES IT EL PT TR A A’ circulation and wide for users accessibility;

IT EL -costituiscono opportunity for recovery, the protection and enhancement of the local SCALE: 1:200 GI MT landscapes; Baltic - Adriatic Orient / East-Med AtlaELntic TN DZ SECTION MORE THAN 20 m North Sea - Baltic Scandinavian - Mediterranean North Sea - Mediterranean It provides for the redevelopment of the coast so that they can LY LY Plan Protection Mediterranean Rhine - Alpine Rhine - Danube be built equipment for the direct use of the sea. bathing in Rimini. TEN t ec Scandinavian-Mediterranean: It extends from the ﬁnnish-russian border to Stockholm and it crosses the southern 301.340kmq 60.788.84 20 25.832,39 5.092.080 9 Sicily density 201,73 ab / kmq5 Italy density 197,12 ab / kmq Sweden, Denmark, Germany, western Austria, Italy (connection with the harbour ports of Total surface of Italy Population Regions Total area of Sicily Population Provinces La Spezia, Livorno, Ancona, Bari, Taranto, Naples, Gioia Tauro and Palermo) and it reaches Malta. The corridor includes railroads, roads, airports, harbors and terminals (RRT) and sections of “highways of the sea”. Plan especial de indicadores de sostenibilidad ambiental de la actividad urbanistica en sevilla 3 m 2 m 4 m 2 m 4 m 2 m 3 m 3 m

CYCLING TRACK pedestrian zone AID RESTRICTED, CARRIAGEABLE pedestrian zone VEGETATION HIGH LOW VEGETATION ritical ssues - esources Variant Intercommunal SHUTTLE BUS VEGETATION HIGH C I R It will see the creation of a pedestrian lane, a bike path, a lane dedicated exclusively to the passage of BUS / SHUTTLE (electric), a lane dedicated to emergency vehicles and vegetation typical of the

K N I greenway L

O N Lack of relationship between Villabate and the 1. SECTION BELOW 10 m coast, despite the proximity between the two.

Y A W Failure to stop the train in Villabate, existing IL A B’ R B D E S U S I ﬁrst and now interrupted, making it more dif D ﬁ cult direct connection with Palermo and its Central Valley Greenway SCALE: 1:200 surrounding areas.

Plan especial de indicadores de sostenibilidad 2 m 2,5 m 3 m 2,5 m ambiental de la actividad urbanistica en sevilla Y IT L A R T N E C

W It is expected circulation in separate locations of the traf ﬁ c vehicular and pedestrian traf ﬁ co E F Lack of meeting / inserting where possible stretches of vegetation typical of the greenway.

FEW CENTRALITY FEW cultural spaces centers. 2.

N E It provides for the reactivation of the railway station, temporarily E R G F O interrupted, and the activation inside the structure, existing services K C A L Lack of green as a and activities to help the population. public space.

The territory of the old Conca d'Oro, C C’ D U E F despite its large size, is not exploited, SCALE: 1:200 and after a long period in which there has been a big production, now pours

G IN into disrepair. D IL U

CRITICAL ISSUES B L A G E L L It provides for the creation of an urban greenway, based on a network of trails dedicated to I The illegal building and the presence of 3. soft mobility, which allows to move safely in the city and to enjoy the green spaces. This the sewage system is inadequate for would favor the creation of space dedicated to recreation and tourism, representing an im-

T portant opportunity for redevelopment of the city areas. AN everyday use, but also the tourist site. L P N IO T A C I F I R

U P The presence of the implant for the treatment of waste waters along the coast, causing considerable environmental impact, landscape and noise pollution. D D’ It provides for the creation of an eco-district as a source of well-being and N IO T C E participation of citizens, af ﬁ ven being relaunched the economy, you contrast N N The connection between the coast and the center of O SCALE: 1:500 C 4. the risk of deterioration of the city and is elevated the quality of life of citizens. Central Valley Greenway Villabate becomes tourist attraction favoring the Eco-district “Quattro Passi” Treviso activation of new business cycles.

TRO ME S N R O E TI T A The reactivation of the railway station allow N IV E T C C Scale 1:10.000

A W E E R N direct connection with Palermo and structure, existing, could accommodate new services for the population, creating new urban centers. Sharing Public E’

ST O C G IN N I A R T E R The redevelopment of the coast would allow better use and enhancement of tourism becoming un'attivatore cycles and E SCALE: 1:200 productive engine.

E R U T D L U U E IC F The cultivation and farming of this immense territory R G A abandoned could encourage the production of some of the most typical products, such as the late mandarin and attract rural tourism by placing the food paths to enhance the area. M TE S Y S

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T I And 'it provided an agricultural park featuring places equipped

RESOURCES / INTERVENTIONS Mitigation of this criticality can be solved by planting for leisure, culture and leisure, for walking, hiking, sailing, along the area of the sewage treatment plants ﬁ tta cycling, gastronomy; with restaurants, trattorias and monuments placed inside a quali ﬁ ed urban agricultural and tall. F F’ environment. SCALE: 1:200

UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO, POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL Prof.: Ferdinando Trapani DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, URBAN PLANNING AND TERRITORIAL COURSE Tutor: Cristina Arcuri, Fabrizio Farina, Michelangelo Pavia - Students: Andrea Salvaggio, Anna Guzzo, Alessandra Panascì, Andrea Andriolo.