Beyond any rhetoric of recycling, waste incineration plants are, to date, irreplaceable. However, while respecting current environmental legislation, this type of system causes a strong environmental impact, with negative consequences especially on the surrounding areas.
The project has a dual purpose:
– to mitigate the environmental impact;
– to redevelop from an aesthetic and functional point of view what is the main distinctive element of the system itself: the chimney.
Since the increase in the height of the emission chimneys determines an increase in the dispersion effectiveness of the gases, we hypothesized to bring the height of the chimney from the current 45 meters to 80 meters. So we designed a belvedere tower, which inside houses the existing chimney and its extension, the lift and the safety stairs. At the top of the tower is the belvedere, a 360° glass space, a new observation point of the surrounding area.