A modern day nemesis. The rather recent vocation of the principality of Monaco to beauty and the environment risks failing under the weight of politics. While Greta Tunberg sails the ocean on Pierre Casiraghi's boat, son of Carolina of Monaco, in the Principality risks blocking the Portier Cove project signed by the Rpbw - Renzo Piano Building Workshop - for the new floating district of Portier Cove, near the Casino.
To build the new structure, which is entirely floating, 700 cubic meters of sand are needed to be taken from Termini Imerese in Sicily. Except that Sicily has said no: nothing is dredged for the rich people of Montecarlo; no permissions are given. THE sixty thousand square meters of new construction in the Principality, beautiful and decorative as many as you want, cannot affect the Sicilian habitat. The Region has also taken the field which, without an alternative solution, will have to deal with the company that is working in Montecarlo and indirectly with Prince Ranieri, who will not like the stoppage.
In Monte Carlo, there are no more areas available for building. In just over 2 square kilometers, bricks and concrete were placed everywhere. The environmental controversies against the cement surplus are things that are born and grow far from Monte Carlo. The star system that lives in the hills overlooking the sea is not very familiar with the principles of sustainability. A turning point is underway, it is true, decided by the Monegasque power, but 700 cubic meters of material taken in Sicily would be suicide for the ecosystem, said the President of the Region Nello Musumeci.
The designers have to raise 6 hectares of new construction, with an underwater excavation inside where to put the sand of Termini Imerese. The sand is available to the Maccaferri Group which has a concession from the Region. Can sand be given to anyone who asks for it? Alt, they said to the Regional Fisheries Council and immediately afterwards the negative opinion of the environmental impact assessment arrived. There are even those who, like those of Fratelli d'Italia, they rallied citizens to protest the project. It's exaggerated, and in Monte Carlo they wouldn't understand.
Il Portier Cove project it was conceived as a work of ingenuity and sustainability. The reverse of one of the highest urbanizations in the world per square kilometre. Project, perhaps not artistic tout court, but beautiful to show to the world and appealing to other lucky residents. The idea was born in 2013 with an international tender in which the Piano studio took part, proposing the structure on the water.
All eco-sustainable, pleasant and without punches in the stomach for the suggestive setting of the Principality. Renzo Piano is certainly not an enemy of the environment and to have foreseen during construction also a monitoring committee of scientists and experts to evaluate the environmental impacts during construction was in the things of his ingenuity. The work will have to see the start and the conclusion. Expansion towards the sea is an intelligent principle and Piano sul mare has even built an international airport.
In Montecarlo, the Italian architect and senator for life predicted that the energy that the future “floating Monaco” will consume will be 40% renewable. 80% of public lighting will come from the sun without damage and negative impact. A kind of self-sufficient world-island, artistically valid and green. But the Sicilian stop has arrived. And you have to wait for the night to pass. With the necessary sand.
