Terminal de L Anzolo

Presenting a new Gateway to Venezia, a more graceful and venetian way to enter, or leave, the city of today.
A boat terminal situated in Cannaregio, next to Palladios uncompleted Scoula della Miserecordia, connecting the city to the airport and thereby a statement of Venezia as a city also of this very millennium.
Several parts of Venezia is overexposed and crowded, her old gates are difficult to pass by. Today`s temper and tempo demands more, a fast and direct public boat to the mainland and the airport, on this location, will take the pressure away from those squares and revitalize this more negelcted, non aristocratic, uncompleted and forgotten part of the city.
The setting is in short walking distance of the business area, the Citycounsil, the Courthouse, Strada Nouvo, the Casino, etc. a reliable, cheap and venetian way to enter the city for both its inhabitants and visitors.
Venezia in this millennium also, craves something different and venetian, that is what this building attemps to do, presenting a revelation of non expected miracles, a gateway that craves and expects, reveals and teases, promises and hides... like Venezia herself...almost impossibile.
This techno -baroc building wants you to feel well and welcome as a guest or regular, appriciated, not just swept through the backdoor of this palace of a city, hopefully this gesture will make you conduct yourself as an honored guest, filled with respect for the city, its inhabitants and its story.
The concept is based on the legend of the Angel {venetian; Anzolo } speaking to St. Mark (Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus...on this spot there once will rise a city....), the Angel is reappearing..., flying through the structure of the slim, but solid building, blessing the city again, its inhabitants, its travelers, its believers of the venetian miracle, and leaving its shimmering path behind, its wings for shading against rain and sun. This non ordinary terminal is to contain restrooms, ticket office, a cafe, maybe a small ballroom, a roof terrace for free, rare in Venezia... I would also like it to contain a big model of the gilded ceremonial ship, the Bucintoro.
Venezia is still the city of the angel and still married to the sea and she is still connecting with the rest of the world in her own and unmodest way.