The City and the Water - Architectural and Landscape Design

The International Summer School “The city and the Water” starts from the awareness of the value of the Massaciuccoli Lake (Massarosa, Lucca) and its territory. In continuity with the past edition, the summer school will focus on the part of the Massaciuccoli Lake belonging to the Municipality of Viareggio: the area between the town of Torre del Lago-Puccini and the industrial area of San Rocchino. This area is characterized by a high landscape potentiality but, at the same time, high physical, social and environmental degradation, in contrast with the San Rossore-Massaciuccoli Park regulations. If the town of Torre del Lago-Puccini represents today an international cultural centre, strictly linked to the figure of Giacomo Puccini, the adjacent area towards Viareggio is characterized by anonymous places and the huge “Carbonaia” dump. This area is therefore a fragment, a neglected thin strip of land between the Tirrenian sea and the Apuan Alpes, called ""Fishbone park"".