Pamas Moleeratanond_Idroscalo

Idroscalo, the small village on the out skirts of Rome is disappearing. Due to the rising seawater and vagueness of identity caused by a lack of recognition from the Italian authorities, Idroscalo will soon vanish!Within this crisis of capitalist invasion there are also opportunities. By adopting the market-driven position that Ocean front property is highly desirable, this urban design folds the water edge inward upon itself to create a new building-site where maritime living conditions happen.With the notion that Idroscalo will eventually be under the water, this new coastal property will transform Idroscalo into a destination in which streets are floating paths folding along the edge in order to maximize the space along the water/ground edge conditions.

The floating path transitions into a variety of dwellings where public and private spaces are intertwined. Paths are elevated up and curved back down to allow the space, both under-neath and above to be occupied as houses. Inflatable walls allow the space to adjust- public and private spaces are shifting and expanding through out the day. During the day the house partitions some parts, turning it into public spaces. While at night residents take over back the space, expanding the room out for people to dwell upon. This new hybrid living on half land-half water, which is perfect for sea salt farming, allows for this new economical opportunity to occur. The quality of this floating path that undulates up and down according to fluctuating motions of the gentle seawater tide, and the quality of a maritime urban intervention, and the shifting & expanding between private and public spaces enhances Idroscalo’s new identity of hybridity.