{"id":11014,"date":"2026-03-09T15:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=11014"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:01:29","slug":"western-watercityfront-in-pesaro","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/project\/western-watercityfront-in-pesaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Western WaterCityFront in Pesaro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3><nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Redevelopement of the watercityfront wESTERN SEAFRONT OF THE CITY OF PESARO<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_0 et_pb_blurb et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_blurb_position_left et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\"><div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><span class=\"et-pb-icon\">\uf0a3<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>SHORTLISTED<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The project reimagines Pesaro's northern seafront as one continuous public space, connecting the city with the landscape. The redesign of Via Trieste transforms it into a pedestrian <em>p<\/em>romenade, connecting the urban fabric with the sea via a series of interconnected paths, rest areas, and green spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Taking inspiration from the compositional principles of Gioachino Rossini's music, the project translates rhythm, variation and crescendo into a spatial score, which then structures the coastal landscape.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>DETAILS<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Status:<\/strong> Architecture Competition<\/p>\n<p><strong>Client<\/strong>: Municipality of Pesaro<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design team:<\/strong> M. Valagussa, M. Fraschini, A. Lipovica<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Pesaro (Marche \u2013 Italy)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scope:<\/strong> Public<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sector:<\/strong> Public spaces<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>GALLERY<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_0 et_pb_gallery et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_slider et_pb_gallery_fullwidth clearfix et_slider_auto et_slider_speed_3500 et_pb_module lwp-arrow-color\" data-auto-rotate=\"off\" data-auto-rotate-speed=\"\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_items et_post_gallery clearfix\" data-per_page=\"4\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_item 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(min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\" data-icon=\"\" data-icon-tablet=\"\" data-icon-phone=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_item et_pb_gallery_item_0_6\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_image landscape\" data-per_page=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pesaro_axo-2.jpg\" title=\"Pesaro_axo-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pesaro_axo-2.jpg\" alt=\"Pesaro_axo-2\" class=\"wp-image-10989\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pesaro_axo-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pesaro_axo-2-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pesaro_axo-2-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and 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481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\" data-icon=\"\" data-icon-tablet=\"\" data-icon-phone=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_item et_pb_gallery_item_0_9\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_image landscape\" data-per_page=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pesaro_sez.jpg\" title=\"Pesaro_sez\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pesaro_sez.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11004\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pesaro_sez.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pesaro_sez-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pesaro_sez-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\" data-icon=\"\" data-icon-tablet=\"\" data-icon-phone=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_pb_row_3-4_1-4 et_block_row et_block_row_3-4_1-4\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_4 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p>The Ponente WaterCityFront project was developed as part of a competition for the redevelopment of Pesaro's northern seafront and proposes a new interpretation of the coastal public space as a place of connection between the city, the landscape and cultural identity. The project extends along approximately two kilometres of coastline and takes as its reference point the unique urban position of the seafront: a threshold between the fabric of the \u201cgarden city\u201d, the historic centre and the open horizon of the sea. <\/p>\n<p>The proposal identifies continuity of the landscape as the project's guiding principle. The current fragmented succession of flower beds and residual spaces is reinterpreted through a unified ground design, which creates a fluid sequence of environments and relationships between movement and rest spaces. Via Trieste thus becomes a large, public, pedestrian space that connects the city to the landscape, organising the seafront as a continuous yet articulated system of places.  <\/p>\n<p>The central element of the concept is the dialogue with the musical tradition of Gioachino Rossini, who is a symbolic figure of the city. The project translates the compositional principles of Rossini's music, such as rhythm, variation and crescendo, into spatial and landscape strategies. The seafront is conceived as an urban score, with paving, vegetation, furnishings and light forming a rhythmic sequence of episodes and pauses to guide visitors' experiences.  <\/p>\n<p>The project's structure is inspired by opera, dividing the route into recognisable narrative moments \u2013 the overture, central scenes and finale \u2013 that correspond to different spatial intensities and urban functions. Alternating passageways, rest areas and meeting places create a walkway that can be used in many different ways throughout the year. <\/p>\n<p>The WaterCityFront in Ponente offers a vision of the seafront as a continuous urban landscape where architecture, nature, and cultural memory intertwine. This gives the city a distinctive seafront that is closely linked to its identity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Status:<\/strong> Architecture Competition<\/p>\n<p><strong>Client<\/strong>: Municipality of Pesaro<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design team:<\/strong> M. Valagussa, M. Fraschini, A. Lipovica<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Pesaro (Marche \u2013 Italy)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scope:<\/strong> Public<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sector:<\/strong> Public spaces<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/progetti\/\">ALL PROJECTS <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"project_category":[45,33],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-11014","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-public-spaces","project_category-spazi-pubblici"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/11014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11014"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/11014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11818,"href":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/11014\/revisions\/11818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=11014"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urgesarchitettura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=11014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}