1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Bari
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Baricentrale - riqualificazione area ferroviaria
Short description of the intervention
The project was born with the idea of solving the huge debate around the creation of a city park that connects different parts of the city. The area close to the railway will be regenerated thanks to an above-ground park. This solution will allow to have a new green space in the city, and an additional panoramic view that will be experienced thanks to a new cycling path. In this way the whole area that surrounds the rails of the central station will be regenerated, providing at the same time an attempt to mend the urban and social fabric. (Ref.1.)
Address

Bari
Italy

Location
Point location, which indicates where the NBS takes place
Total area
780000.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Residential
Website of the intervention
http://www.fuksas.com/it/Progetti/Baricentrale-Riqualificazione-Area-Ferroviari…
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2013
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2019
End date of the intervention
ongoing
Present stage of the intervention
Ongoing
Please specify "other" stage of the intervention
The intervention has a duration of 15 years, it should be finished by 2028. (Ref.2)
Goals of the intervention
The masterplan proposed has the goal to regenerate the whole central area of the city, the one of the railway station. The garden which will be build for a total lenght of 3 km, will be the center of recreational and cultural activities, prooting new services, restaurants, sports area by creating new jobs. In addition, the whole park will be considered the new "green lung" of the city, home of several species of animals and plants. (Ref. 1&2)
Quantitative targets
-double the amount of green for inhabitants, from the current 2.7 m to 5.1 m /person (R.1)
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Social cohesion
Social interaction
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Improving mental health
Improving physical health
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Economic development: service sectors
Tourism support
Implementation activities
The company Fuksas is in charge of implementing the project, as they have won the contest established by the city of Bari. The main activities will consist in the extension of the existing park for 3 km above the central railway, in the central part of the city and the creation of recreational and commerical activities within the new park. Without burying the rail track, the project aims at the rebirth of a strongly degraded area and pass through a large elevated park, 3 km long with an east-west bike path. (Ref.1.)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
Transformation of previously derelict areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
Railroad bank and track greens
Parks and urban forests
Large urban parks or forests
Green corridors and green belts
Vegetation Type
Grass
Shrubs
Trees
Please specify how many trees were planted
Unknown
Amenities offered by the NBS
Benches and drinking water stations
Playgrounds
Complementing infrastructure (bathrooms, café)
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Regulating services
Local climate regulation (temperature reduction)
Air quality regulation
Carbon storage/sequestration
Cultural services
Recreation
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Meso-scale: Regional, metropolitan and urban level
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Local government/Municipality
Citizens or community groups
Young people and children
Governance
Governance arrangements
Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Non-government actors
Private sector/Corporate/Business
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
The city of Bari implemented a general plan for urban regeneration process. As the area of the railway station was identified as one of those needing intervention, the municipality established a contest for private companies to design new solutions. The Fuskas studio won the contest, and they are responsible to implement the project they designed. There is still a debate on the financial duties of private actors, for example those owning the railway infrastructure (Ref. 1&3.)
Key actors - initiating organization
Local government/municipality
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Land owners
Railway
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Unknown
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
The intervention is part of the overall plan of regeneration for the city (Piano urbanistico generale), which sets the guidelines and the areas of intervention. The Central Bari railway has been identified as intervention area (Ref.4.)
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Mandatory (based on policy)
Intervention is mandatory
Spatial planning guidance
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify the general plan with GI/NBS section
The plan of regeneration for the city (Piano urbanistico generale) sets the targets and the intervention areas within the city of Bari (Ref.2.)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
General municipal plan
Urban redevelopment plan
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Co-finance for NBS
Yes
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
Unknown
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
Unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
Unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
public parties (local and national government) = 8 million €
private parties (Rfi company) = 4 million €
(Ref.4.)
Source(s) of funding
Public national budget
Public local authority budget
Other
Please specify other source of funding
Funds both provided by public government (local and national) and private actors owning the railway infrastructure (e.g. Rfi company) (Ref.4.)
Type of fund(s) used
Earmarked public budget
Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Business models
Green densification model
Vacant space model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Type of innovation
Technological
Infrastructural innovation
Please specify technological innovation
This is meant to be an infrastructural innovation, as it links the whole railway system in the city with a park that wil be developed above it (Ref.1.)
Novelty level of the innovation
The innovation is completely new without connections to previous initiative(s)
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Such a big an inclusive project has never been developed in the city and in the whole region, according to the documentation (Ref.1-2-3)
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Climate change
Lowered local temperature
Environmental quality
Improved air quality
Improved soil quality
Green space and habitat
Increased green space area
Increased conversion of degraded land or soil
Restoration of derelict areas
Description of environmental benefits
Parts of the park will cover derelict areas and they'll restructure the green spaces allowing more trees to be planted (Ref. 1) ; the urban effect of the heat island is reduced; the infiltration of run-off rainwater increases; No other data mentioned (Ref.2)
Economic impacts
Stimulate development in deprived areas
Attraction of business and investment
Description of economic benefits
At the south west part of the park the city of music will be built.The project proposes to shape a genuine city of music providing for the enlargement of about 2000 square meters of the conservatory with a new building that will house a 400-seat auditorium and music school. Furthermore it is also planned to build an area for outdoor concerts with 400 seats. The park of music because of the new structure planned by the master plan is easily accessible from the city center. (Ref.1)
Social and cultural impacts
Social justice and cohesion
Improved liveability
Improved access to urban green space
Increased opportunities for social interaction
Health and wellbeing
Improved physical health
Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Description of social and cultural benefits
The NBS allows urban spaces to connect with positive effects in terms of social interaction and well-being (Ref.1). Ratio square meters/ inhabitants = 5,1 sqm/in (Ref.3.). This means that for each inhabitant of the city there will be 5.1 sqm of green area available with the new park (Ref.2.)
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts
Indicators
Area of green space area available with the new park (5.1 sqm) (Ref.2.)
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Water management (SDG 6)
Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Environmental quality
Air quality improvement
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Conversion of former industrial areas
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Social interaction
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Enabling opportunities for physical activity
Improving physical health
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Economic development: service sectors
Tourism support
Real estate development
Employment/job creation
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Protection of historic and cultural landscape/infrastructure
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown as of July of 2020
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Not applicable
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
Unknown
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Ref.1. Baricentrale - riqualificazione area ferroviaria
Ref.2. Il Progetto di Fuksas per Riconvertire le Aree Ferroviarie Dismesse di B…
Ref.3. Concorso Baricentrale, vince il progetto Fuksas „Concorso Baricentrale, …
Ref.4.Fuksas, Baricentrale e Rossani Il futuro della città levantina è verde
List of references
Ref.1. Studio Fuksas (2013). Baricentrale - riqualificazione area ferroviaria, Available at https://fuksas.com/baricentrale-railway-area/ (Accessed 18-6-2020)
Ref.2.LivingMade (2013), Il Progetto di Fuksas per Riconvertire le Aree Ferroviarie Dismesse di Bari Centrale, Available at https://www.livingmade.it/portfolio/il-progetto-di-fuksas-per-riconvertire-le-aree-ferroviarie-dismesse-di-bari-centrale/ (Accessed 4-8-2020)
Ref.3. BariToday (2013), Concorso Baricentrale, vince il progetto Fuksas
„Concorso Baricentrale, vince il progetto presentato da Fuksas“, Available at https://www.baritoday.it/cronaca/concorso-baricentrale-progetto-fuksas-vincitore.html, (Accessed 4-8-2020)
Ref.4. AffariItaliani (2014), Fuksas, Baricentrale e Rossani. Il futuro della città levantina è verde, Available at https://www.affaritaliani.it/puglia/fuksas-baricentrale-e-rossani-il-futuro-della-citt-verde.html, (Accessed 4-8-2020)
Ref.5. Ingegneri.info (2013). Bari Centrale, il progetto di Massimiliano Fuksas. Bari: pp.1-2
Attachments
Attachment Size
Ref.5. Description of Fuksas project (176.18 KB) 176.18 KB
Comments and notes
Additional insights
August 2020, Update: While browsing the data on the internet I encountered many articles claiming that from 2013-2014 there were protests coming from the community against this particular NBS. Some members of the neighborhood requested a bigger role in the project. More information can be found bellow:
https://www.baritoday.it/cronaca/comune-occupanti-rossani-contro-progetto-riqualificazione-fuksas..html
Pictures of the NBS
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