7. What was ‘Poetto’ like yesterday? It was designed in 1937 by architect Ubaldo Badas to be a summer seaside camp. It is located on the beach of the Poetto. The building is shaped like part of a circle, an arc that seems to want to embrace the sea, is on three floors and has an area of 13 thousand square meters. In 1947 it began to be used as a hospital and was discontinued in 1982. Since then for twenty-eight years it has been in a state of absolute degradation. Only positive aspect: its curved facade has offered a barrier to the wind blowing the sand from Poetto beach to inland an now there is a beautiful golden dune up to what remains of the balcony on the first floor. In 1947 was inaugurated the “Marine Hospital
21. Flora and fauna of the area We can find, in the surrounding area of the Poetto, various species of plants that we want to protect and preserve from environmental degradation.
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24. Flora The tree heath (Erica arborea) is a shrub or small evergreen tree with a typical height of 1 to 4m. Its carachteristic is the incredible number of small flowers whose colour is white or violet. The tree heath prefers acid soil and it is found mostly along the sea coast.
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27. Poetto hosts a fantastic tourist harbour called “Marina Piccola”, dominated by the imposing “Sella del Diavolo”.
28. Poetto Beach is connected with the centre of Cagliari by the CTM bus service. POETTO BEACH is divided into "Fermate" (bus stops). The various stretches of beach are named after the ordinal number of each bus stop starting from the Devil Saddle. The most popular are the ‘LA PRIMA ( 1st one ),’LA QUARTA’ ( 4 th one) ‘and ‘’LA SESTA’ ( 6 th one‘) Poetto today
29. The main problem of today’s Poetto is the erosion of the beach caused by motorists’ wrong behaviour; infact, especially in summer months, due to insufficient parking, drivers leave their cars close to and even on the beach, causing its pollution . Poetto today :problems
30. Which lies to its own decay since 1982 and it’s in a state of absolute degradation Poetto today Old Marine Hospital
31. The Old Marine Hospital , is a dangerous ruin, an illegal dump on the beach Poetto. It is the kingdom of piles of garbage, torn metal mesh, serious danger to adventurous kids.
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33. What will the “Ospedale Marino” be like in the future? The Regional and Municipal administrations have decided to encharge private enterprise to remodel the “Vecchio Ospedale Marino” .
34. OUR PROPOSAL We would like to restore it to re-evaluate the building but also to re-evaluate the beach. We thought that it could be a good idea to transform the building into a Public Cultural Centre usable to the inhabitants of Cagliari as well as temporary visitors. OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL PLANS OF REMODELLING So far 2 proposals have received particular appreciations by the administrators: 1) a beauty center with annexed restaurant and swimming pools for thallotherapia placed on the roof . 2) To integrate the area of the old “Ospedale Marino” in the wider area of the Park of “Molentargius” LOCAL AUTHORITIES PROPOSALS
40. Thank you Alice Garau Alessandro Poddi Riccardo Uras Stefano Chillotti Matteo Sambenedetto Martina Milito Valentina Secchi Marco Massa Massimo Piga Giulia Gessa Matteo Arrais Martina Guiso Francesca Mattana
