The plant is situated on the Ligurian sea (in the eastern section of Liguria) in a highly important touristic and environmental area: the ?Cinque Terre?.

© Roberto Buratta, Paolo Manfroni

Architects: MMAA

Location: 19015 Levanto, Province of La Spezia, Italy

Architect In Charge: Mario Manfroni, Patrizia Burlando

Design Team: Alessandra Ferrari, Ramona Ribolini, Simone Pastine, Sara Grillo, Francesca Desogus (M.D.Z.)?

Area: 1340.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Roberto Buratta, Paolo Manfroni

Text: Francesco Pagliari

© Roberto Buratta, Paolo Manfroni

From the architect. The plant is situated on the Ligurian sea (in the eastern section of Liguria) in a highly important touristic and environmental area: the ?Cinque Terre?.
© Roberto Buratta, Paolo Manfroni

This project embraces both architecture and landscape to create a water treatment plant for Levanto and Bonassola  that operates on multiple levels and meets numerous needs. 

Conceptual Diagram

On the one hand, there is the technical plant with a clear, standardized and regulated function (i.e. water treatment), but on the other, there is the careful consideration of the impact on the landscape of a unit large enough to incorporate all the required high performance, cutting-edge treatment equipment. 

© Roberto Buratta, Paolo Manfroni

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