Ex Italgas
Site Description
The ex-Italgas area is one of the areas with the greatest potential for urban transformation in Venice today. This is due both to its size and to its strategic position close to the three main entry points to the city: Piazzale Roma, Venezia Santa Lucia railway station and Tronchetto). The site is also conveniently located near the the Ca’ Foscari University campus at Santa
Marta and also to the Port. The area became predominantly industrial following the construction of a railway bridge in the mid-nineteenth century. From 1907 to 1970, the production plants that supplied gas to the city, owned by the Italgas company, were in operation here.
Site Opportunities
Could a project define a new neighbourhood for the city by exploring new residential forms and mixed accessibility: by road, rail and water? A combination of residential, office and other commercial enterprise could support a new and vibrant urban life capitalizing on the spatial crossroads that integrate the area with the varied urban fabrics of its borders.
Zaha Hadid Architects
Studio Leaders
Michele Pasca di Magliano
Design Team
Mason Mo
(University of Melbourne, Australia)
Khaled Omara
(Ain Shams University, Egypt)
Matteo Almonti
(Università degli studi “Gabriele D’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara, Italy)
Iliyan Angelov
(University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Bulgaria)
Amaldev S.R
(KMEA College of Architecture, India)
UNStudio
Studio Leaders
Melinda Matuz, Alexander Kalachev, Caterina Micucci
Design Team
Loke Zhi Ming
(Taylor’s University, Malaysia)
Jinlai Song
(Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
Kun Xiao
(University of Melbourne, Australia)
Paola Sade
(Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Zihe Zhou
(University of Sydney, Australia)
Salottobuono
Studio Leaders
Matteo Ghidoni, Alessandro Pasero
Design Team
Ahmed Mansouri
(Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Chiara Assante
(Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Che-Fen Ouyang
(KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Tonia Pan
(University of Melbourne, Australia)
Huanlingzi Lei
(The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway)
