Pescara, Italy. The Adriatic coast is home to the “trabocco”, a traditional "fishing mechanism" consisting of a wooden platform extending out over the sea. Studio Zero85 transformed one of these traditional constructions into a habitable room, giving it a new function and a new image.
Unusual wooden platforms extending out over the water may be found on the Adriatic coast near Pescara. The trabocco is an ancient form of "fishing mechanism" supported by big Aleppo pine logs, extending long arms out over the sea to support a huge narrow-meshed net.
The trabocco is no longer used for fishing today, and so Studio Zero85 decided to bring one of these structures back to life with a new image and function, making it into a "Room Over the Sea".
The project is extremely simple, preserving the form of the trabocco and its visual dialogue with its surroundings. This clean form of design continues to make use of wood to add character to the interiors and the floors. A note of colour – red and white – and use of metal in certain parts of the structure and the railing add a contemporary touch.
Thus a big platform becomes a habitable space for day use, furnished with little tables, cushions and chairs, while the room inside, measuring only 24 sqm, becomes a refuge at night. Here, according to the architects of Studio Zero85, the big window "makes the construction a video camera for watching the moist lights that illuminate the city of Pescara undisturbed from the sea, like some sort of poetic voyeur".
The project was selected for the installation by Cino Zucchi "Innesti/Grafting" at the Biennale in Venice in 2014.
Francesco Cibati
Location: Molo Nord, Pescara, Italy
Year: 2009
Area: 24 sqm room, 112 sqm platform
Architects: Mirko Giardino, Mario Michetti, Giovanna Pizzella – Studio Zero85
Photos: Sergio Camplone
www.studiozero85.com
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