Dune al Poetto




	Poetto beach lies between the towns of Cagliaritani Cagliari, Sardinia. Striking in its beauty, is framed by a strip of land surrounded by a system of lagoons and marshes to the north and the deep blue sea of the Gulf of Cagliari in the south. The project proposes an interpretation of the morphology of the original dune landscape through the stabilization of the delicate balance of energy involved, the wind. Young is the Gulf beach and less stable. In the last decade have been disappearing dunes and forests present in the coastal and sand retention it is zero, this combined with the ravages of sand carried by the miners, in the sixties, to mix cement and build housesCagliari, have made natural barrier against storms and high tides have been replaced by houses with a little sand Poetto. Fed on land in 2002 and today there are small dunes on the edge of the road, close to the concrete buildings. Despite the supposed new formation of dunes, in general, coastal ecosystems have signs of severe environmental deterioration, being visible in the critical state of the natural vegetation cover of Posidonia Marina.



	In this context, the announcement of the competition "Architectures for the coast" is part of a very sensitive area on the border between urban design and preservation of the environment. The facilities and services will inevitably have to interact with the natural environment, which is always changing dynamics. The "Dune to Poetto" aims to make this dialogue possible, the interaction between urban renewal and re-naturalization, through strategies of adaptation to the environment and landscape. It is a constant interaction between the precariousness of the natural elements and static architectures.The intention is to reverse this paradigm, when necessary, to continue the temporary structures of the movement and change of the coastal ecosystem. Sand is the key to the project, the dynamic element that draws its movement coastal scenery. Thanks to the dunes the effect of natural forces is mild and self-regulating. The driving concept is to reinterpret the original design and natural beach to revive the process of accumulation of dunes. These architectures are used to support the creation of a new topography as in the past. To avoid the threat of losing the time the true identity of Poetto dunes.



	The modus operandi for the implementation of this process is "recycling the landscape."This idea comes from the constant concern for the engineering works adapted to the environment, necessary to maintain the morphology of the beach. The work of improving the environment will inevitably be of great help in the use of resources and energy.Recycling means to recover first, and save energy, a key action to minimize the environmental impact of urban action and create a sustainable environment. Year: 2.010 Architect: Javi Castellano y Tomás García. Image: Infostudio. Location: Cagliari, Cerdeña.
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