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airport urbanism

airports, landscapes and cities

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Airport urbanism airports, landsca pes and cities 01 - Aracne editrice
Direttore
Laura Cipriani
U n i v e r s i t à d e g l i S t u d i d i Tr e n t o

Comitato scientifico
Bernardo Secchi
U n i v e r s i t à I u a v d i Ve n e z i a
Giovanni Corbellini
U n i v e r s i t à d e g l i S t u d i d i Tr i e s t e
Marino Lupi
Università degli Studi di Pisa
C h a r l e s Wa l d h e i m
Harvard Design School, USA
airport urbanism

                                                      airports, landscapes and cities

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s e r i e s o f m e e t i n g s b e t w e e n t h e r e s e a r c h e r a n d t h e Ve n e t o R e g i o n D e p a r t m e n t o f R e g i o n a l
a n d S t r a t e g i c P l a n n i n g o n Ve n i c e a i r p o r t - c i t y a n d t h e d a t a c o l l e c t e d a n d c o n s i d e r a t i o n s
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ECOLOGICAL AIRPORT URBANISM
A I R P O RT S A N D L A N D S C A P E S I N T H E I TA L I A N N O RT H E A S T

                                                                   Lau r a Cip r ian i
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ECOLOGICAL AIRPORT URBANISM
A I R P O RT S A N D L A N D S C A P E S I N T H E I TA L I A N N O RT H E A S T

                                                                   Laura Cipriani
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Laura Cipriani, Denver Airport, Brian Robbins, Rui Sousa

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CONTENTS
E C O L O G I C A L A I R P O RT U R B A N I S M
A I R P O RT S A N D L A N D S C A P E S I N T H E I TA L I A N N O RT H E A S T

1 0 		                           ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

12                               INTRODUCTION

1 6 		                           A I R P O RT S , C I T I E S A N D T H E L A N D S C A P E

2 8 		                           T H E A I R P O RT L A N D S C A P E O F I TA LY

4 0 		                           O N E , N O N E A N D O N E - H U N D R E D T H O U S A N D “ N O RT H E A S T C I T I E S ”

5 8 		                           V E N I C E A I R P O RT
61                                The Role of the Airport: Studies and Future Scenarios

7 0 		                           L a n d s c a p e Tr a n s f o r m a t i o n s

8 2 		                           Obstacles Plan

8 4 		                           Noise Contours

8 6 		                           Flood Risk and Flood Risk Scenarios
Special Conservation Areas and Special Protection Areas                            90

                                                   Birds and Impact                92

                                                              Emissions            97

                                                          SCENARIOS               102

                                                    2030 Scenarios                107

                                                              Constants           108

                                                               Va r i a b l e s   109

                                                    2100 Scenarios                121

                                                                  AT L A S        128

                                   BELLUNO | Belluno Airfield                     130

BERGAMO | Bergamo Orio al Serio International Airport                             134

               B E R G A M O | B e r g a m o Va l b r e m b o A i r f i e l d     136

                     BOLZANO | Bolzano Dolomiti Airport                           138
1 4 0 		   BRESCIA | Brescia Montichiari Airport
1 4 2 		   GORIZIA | Gorizia Airfield
1 4 6 		   INNSBRUCK | Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport
1 4 8 		   MILAN | Milan Bresso Airfield
1 5 0 		   MILAN | Milan Linate International Airport
1 5 2 		   MILAN | Milan Malpensa International Airport
1 5 4 		   PA D U A | Pa d u a A i r p o r t
1 5 8 		   T R E N T O | Tr e n t o M a t t a r e l l o A i r p o r t
1 6 2 		   T R E V I S O | Tr e v i s o A i r p o r t
1 6 8 		   T R E V I S O | Tr e v i s o I s t r a n a A i r p o r t
1 7 2 		   T R I E S T E | Tr i e s t e R o n c h i d e i L e g i o n a r i A i r p o r t
1 7 6 		   UDINE | Udine Campoformido
1 8 0 		   UDINE | Udine Rivolto Airport
1 8 4 		   V E N I C E | Ve n i c e S a n N i c o l ò A i r f i e l d
1 8 6 		   V E N I C E | Ve n i c e Te s s e r a I n t e r n a t i o n a l A i r p o r t
1 9 0 		   V E R O N A | Ve r o n a B o s c o m a n t i c o A i r f i e l d
1 9 4 		   V E R O N A | Ve r o n a V i l l a f r a n c a I n t e r n a t i o n a l A i r p o r t
VICENZA | Vicenza Asiago Airfield                               198
                                       VICENZA | Vicenza Airport                          202
                          VICENZA | Vicenza Thiene Airfield                               208

                    D E S I G N S T R AT E G I E S A N D D E V I C E S                    212
                                                                             Noise        219
                                                                                  Air     221
                                                                           Energy         222
                                                                 Pe r m e a b i l i t y   223
                                                                            Wa t e r      225
              D e n v e r I n t e r n a t i o n a l A i r p o r t , D e n v e r, U s a    226
       Montreal International Airport, Montreal, Canada                                   230
                         Zurich Airport, Zurich, Switzerland                              234
Amsterdam Schipol Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands                                     236

                                                             REFERENCES                   240
ECOLOGICAL AIRPORT URBANISM
A I R P O RT S A N D L A N D S C A P E S I N T H E I TA L I A N N O RT H E A S T

                                                                   Laura Cipriani
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

T h i s v o l u m e p r e s e n t s a n u m b e r o f r e f l e c t i o n s o n t h e a i r p o r t l a n d s c a p e t h e m e,
fruit of the study matured by the researcher during the Marie Curie Cofund-
PAT p r o g r a m m e a t Tr e n t o U n i v e r s i t y a n d o f a s e r i e s o f m e e t i n g s b e t w e e n t h e
r e s e a r c h e r a n d t h e Ve n e t o R e g i o n D e p a r t m e n t o f R e g i o n a l a n d S t r a t e g i c P l a n n i n g
o n Ve n i c e a i r p o r t - c i t y.

F i r s t l y, I w o u l d l i k e t o t h a n k t h e M a r i e C u r i e C o f u n d P r o g r a m m e a n d Tr e n t o
Province for having given me the opportunity to study the airport and landscape
topic in depth. Without the experience and knowledge acquired during the three-
y e a r r e s e a r c h p r o g r a m m e, t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n w o u l d n e v e r h a v e s e e n t h e l i g h t o f d a y.

M y t h a n k s t o Tr e n t o U n i v e r s i t y a n d i n p a r t i c u l a r t o P r o f. P i n o S c a g l i o n e f o r h i s
hospitality and generosity of spirit during these research years. My thanks to
Stefania Staniscia, Chiara Rizzi, Ilaria di Carlo and Vincenzo Cribari for their
c o n s t a n t s u p p o r t a n d f r i e n d s h i p a n d t o Pa o l o D a l P i a z , C r i s t i n a C h i r i a c, E l e n a U b e r
for their continuous help and excellent organizational work.

M y t h a n k s t o t h e Ve n e t o R e g i o n D e p a r t m e n t o f R e g i o n a l a n d S t r a t e g i c P l a n n i n g
a n d i n p a r t i c u l a r t o i t s d i r e c t o r R o m e o To f f a n o f o r h a v i n g s h a r e d w i t h m e h i s
opinions and ideas for reflection and to Alberto Miotto for his enduring help over
the years.

M y t h a n k s t o a l l t h e p e o p l e I m e t i n t h e a i r p o r t w o r l d . I n p a r t i c u l a r, I w o u l d l i k e t o
express my extreme gratitude to Lea Bodossian of the Airport Regions Conference
for her constant appreciation of my work and the warmth demonstrated at many
international events and to Marcus Nicolescu for his kindness and remarkable

10     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
management at ARC meetings.
M y t h a n k s t o Pa s s e n g e r Te r m i n a l E x p o f o r l e t t i n g m e p r o m o t e m y w o r k i n m a n y
c o n f e r e n c e s w o r l d w i d e.

My thanks to all the people and universities I have been in contact with over the
y e a r s a n d w h o h a v e k i n d l y h o s t e d m y p r e s e n t a t i o n : t o J ö r g S c h r ö e d e r, p r o f e s s o r
in urbanism at Leibniz Universität Hannover; to Laura Martinez, professor in design
at IE University; to all the people I worked with in the international workshop in
Z a d a r, A n i c a È u k a o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Z a d a r D e p a r t m e n t o f G e o g r a p h y, V l a t k a
C o l i c, C r i s t i a n C a n n a o s , G i u s e p p e O n n i o f S a s s a r i U n i v e r s i t y A l g h e r o D e p a r t m e n t
o f A r c h i t e c t u r e, G i o v a n n i C o r b e l l i n i , A l e s s a n d r a M a r i n a n d C l a u d i a M a r c o n o f
Tr i e s t e U n i v e r s i t y D e p a r t m e n t o f A r c h i t e c t u r e ; t o Ve n i c e U n i v e r s i t y I U AV f o r g i v i n g
me the opportunity to teach “airport urbanism”; to Enrique Limon professor in
architecture at Pratt University for letting me promote my research work and to
Kelly Shannon professor in landscape urbanism at Oslo School of Architecture and
Design for her useful insights.

M y t h a n k s t o G i o r g i a A n a s t a s i o f o r a l l t h e h e l p i n g w o r k d o n e i n t o t h e l a y o u t p h a s e.
A special thanks must also go to the libraries I was in contact with to retrieve texts
a n d i n f o r m a t i o n – t o Tr e n t o L i b r a r y a n d t o t h e i n t e r l i b r a r y s h i p p i n g s e r v i c e s , t o t h e
I U AV Ve n i c e U n i v e r s i t y I n s t i t u t e o f A r c h i t e c t u r e L i b r a r y a n d t o t h e I n t e r d e p a r t m e n t a l
C e n t e r f o r S u r v e y, M a p p i n g a n d P r o c e s s i n g ( C I R C E ) f o r t h e i n v a l u a b l e c a r t o g r a p h i c
material.

M y t h a n k s t o e v e r y o n e.

                                                                                       E C O L O G I C A L A I R P O RT U R B A N I S M        11
INTRODUCTION
E C O L O G I C A L A I R P O RT U R B A N I S M
I N T R O D UC T IO N

B y t h e i r n a t u r e, u s e, f o r m a n d s i z e, a i r p o r t s a r e o f t e n c o n s i d e r e d a s s p a c e s
e x t r a n e o u s t o t h e l a n d s c a p e a n d d i f f i c u l t t o i n t e g r a t e i n t o t h e l o c a l c o n t e x t . Ye t
airport infrastructure is playing an ever more important role in local development,
m o d i f y i n g n o t j u s t t h e a s p e c t , b u t a l s o t h e s o c i a l s t r u c t u r e, e c o n o m y a n d
environmental quality of the surrounding area. Infrastructure on this scale benefits
s o c i e t y a s a w h o l e, b u t t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a l e f f e c t s a r e a p a r t i c u l a r l y h e a v y b u r d e n
on the communities directly involved.
How is the landscape modified by air transportation? What is meant by “ecological
airport urbanism”? Can the landscape and airport infrastructure be integrated
following ecological criteria? How can an airport be integrated into the local context?
W h a t d e s i g n d e v i c e s c a n b e u s e d ? H o w c a n w e c o m b i n e t o d a y ’s t e c h n o l o g i c a l
requirements with the need for unforeseen new functions in the future? In the
f u t u r e, h o w m i g h t d i s u s e d a i r p o r t i n f r a s t r u c t u r e p o s s i b l y b e “ r e c y c l e d ” ?
This study aims to make an initial contribution to research on the airport system in
North East Italy in relation to current landscape transformation dynamics.
The first part provides a theoretical background to the theme of airports, cities and
t h e l a n d s c a p e. T h e i n t e n t i o n i s t o p r o v i d e a n o v e r v i e w o f c o n t e m p o r a r y s c i e n t i f i c
literature in order to open a dialogue on the hitherto little explored theme of
a i r p o r t s i n r e l a t i o n t o t h e l a n d s c a p e.
T h e s e c o n d p a r t e x a m i n e s t h e p a r t i c u l a r c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f I t a l y ’s n a t i o n a l a i r p o r t
system, then goes on to consider airports in North East Italy through original data
and documents.
Pa r t i c u l a r a t t e n t i o n i s g i v e n t o t h e s t u d y o f Ve n i c e a i r p o r t , i d e n t i f y i n g t h e
environmental risks and scenarios deriving from the urgent effects of climate
c h a n g e. H i s t o r i c a l d o c u m e n t s a n d a c c u r a t e t h e m e d m a p s h i g h l i g h t t h e c o n f l i c t s
emerging around the airport and the possible short, medium and long term

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s c e n a r i o s f o r t h e f u t u r e.
The study aims to develop a method to orient planning and design of an
“ecological” airport system, identifying possible alternative development scenarios
on multiple scales. The final section of the study therefore presents a series of
designed projects proposing targeted design devices able to guide definition of
t h e s t r a t e g i e s a n d d e c i s i o n s t o b e t a k e n t o d a y f o r t h e f u t u r e.
In an era dominated by uncertainty about tomorrow and by a race towards
r e a l o r p r e s u m e d s u s t a i n a b i l i t y, i n f r a s t r u c t u r e m u s t b e r e - p l a n n e d , n o t j u s t t o
a c c o m m o d a t e t o d a y ’s t e c h n o l o g i c a l f u n c t i o n s o r c o n t i n g e n t n e e d s , b u t a l s o w i t h
a v i e w t o p o s s i b l e f u t u r e r e - c y c l e, g e n e r a t i n g a m e t h o d f o r r e - i n v e n t i n g t h e
landscape and thus becoming fertile ground for the unexpected.

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