27/07/2026
FORTE SANT’ANDREA, VENICE
First-stage proposal for the regeneration of Forte Sant’Andrea within the C40 Reinventing Cities competition
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ANTIFRAGILE
The former military complex is conceived as an evolving landscape rather than a fixed masterplan. The transformation begins by restoring the island’s ecological systems and safeguarding its historic structures, establishing the existing vegetation as the permanent framework for every future intervention. A phased and incremental strategy activates only what is needed, allowing architecture, landscape and programme to adapt over time.
The fortress becomes an open platform for art, sport and research: bastions turn into climbing walls, earthworks into parkour routes, while lightweight structures harvest water and solar energy and host events and collective activities. With 80% of the island kept permeable, new paths rest lightly on the terrain, preserving its wild habitats and reconnecting the Forte to the lagoon.
Representative: NET Engineering
Team: NET Engineering, Fosbury Architecture ( , luca monaco )
Environmental experts: R2M Solution
Landscape: Taktyk
Art programme: Niccolo Casas
Project management: SCH-ONE Innovation