Regeneration of the Enel Palladio Plant, Porto Marghera
Italy
Client
ENEL Group
Geography
Status
Year
2020
Area Size
1,5 ha (competition developement area), 50 ha (overall industrial site)
Partners
120 grammi, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari, Arch. Clemens Kusch, Simone Antonelli
Key project datas
5340 m² of regenerated soil, 1300 trees, 1000 m² greenhouses
Client
ENEL Group
Geography
Status
Year
2020
Area Size
1,5 ha (competition developement area), 50 ha (overall industrial site)
Partners
120 grammi, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari, Arch. Clemens Kusch, Simone Antonelli
Key project datas
5340 m² of regenerated soil, 1300 trees, 1000 m² greenhouses
The vision proposed in 2012 by the “Green Tree Strategy,” a sustainable development model for the metropolitan city of Venice, sees Porto Marghera as one of its branches of development and regeneration. The project for the ENEL plant triggers the first branch of a green infrastructure capable of extending to the neighbouring areas of Porto Marghera.
The landscape project for the entire industrial complex is a testament to innovation, comprising three key elements:
- the reforestation of the competition area and the establishment of a dynamic undergrowth for soil purification;
- the reduction of plant volumes through the creation of an ecological network that utilizes marginal spaces;
- the ‘energy spaces’ colonization, featuring extensive vegetation under the new photovoltaic park.
The design of the new architecture is combined with the landscape project. It constitutes a new permeable limit, redesigning the role and characteristics of the current fence of the power plant.