CLIENT
LOCATION
YEAR
STATUS
LOCATION
YEAR
STATUS
PESARO, ITALY
2026
COMPETITION, 2nd prize
For decades, the seafront has been a line, a functional, predictable, seasonal sequence. Here, it becomes space. A space inhabited by 25 squares, not isolated episodes but a system, a constellation of distributed intensities that replaces hierarchy with multiplicity. Not pressure-loaded polarities, but twenty-five micro-centralities, each with its own grammar, its own rhythm, its own idea of publicness.
Walking along the new seafront means discovering different environments, characterized by specific materials, colors, furnishings, and atmospheres, always coherent yet never identical. The overall identity is unified but not monotonous. The promenade becomes a narrative composed of episodes, pauses, openings, and moments of intensity.
The square is no longer an empty void. It is a device. A social infrastructure. A climate machine, a stage, a playground, an auditorium, a market, a garden, a gym, a threshold. Each square acts as a condenser of activities: cultural events, play, fitness, outdoor seating, shade, rest, passage. The repetition of the number 25 does not produce uniformity but difference. Walking along the coast becomes the experience of crossing a sequence of environments, an urban montage in which materials, colors, vegetation, and furniture generate continuous variations on a shared theme.
The seafront ceases to be an edge and becomes thickness. Between city and sea, a porous fabric is inserted, an organism capable of absorbing flows, redistributing energies, generating permanence. The sequence of squares constructs a narrative, not a linear path but an episodic experience of compression and expansion, open spaces and shaded areas, intensity and calm. Each crossing is different; each return produces a new combination.
A central aspect of the project is its capacity to live throughout the year. The squares are designed to transform with the seasons, hosting temporary markets, cultural events, public initiatives, or simple moments of everyday relaxation. Flexibility is embedded in the design; spaces can adapt to different needs, preventing the winter desertification typical of many seaside destinations. The seafront thus becomes a stable infrastructure, not exclusively tied to the summer season.
The new seafront ultimately takes shape as a common good, a social and cultural infrastructure that strengthens the sense of belonging and community cohesion. Not merely a place for leisure, but an everyday space for meeting, exchange, and sharing.