This project extrapolates an architectural model from biotic corridors in order to develop Artificial Biotic Corridors integrating natural dynamics with human activities. Biotic corridors are natural infrastructures which enable sea-land exchange. While collecting and purifying water, they fertilize the ground and nourish life, triggering biodiversity.
A model for coastal developments in the Mediterranean Basin is elaborated from the integration of available natural wastewater treatment systems in order to generate a new type of primary infrastructure driving sustainable urban growth. A pilot project is tested in Siracusa, Sicily, where an Artificial Biotic Corridor absorbs the tourist demand and takes advantage of wastewater production for the revegetation of a degraded urban park along the coastal belt.
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