SEAty_ living beyond the waterfront dynamics outcomes and risk of a new trend

Abstract

The growing number of projects for floating structures or artificial islands in response to the problems of urban congestion or environmental emergency requires a critical reflection on the perspectives and the risks implied in this new trend of urban water colonization. This paper intends to test the hypothesis that the value of a new and emerging issue of Architecture can be recognized to this trend and, through a comparison with a series of experiences, wants to bring to the attention of the debate a number of questions which, for exigency of synthesis, analyze in particular the morpholinguistic issues related to the diffusion of this new architecture theme.