The initiative in Central Italy stems from the need to re-protect and reorganize parking spaces, to ensure an adequate level of parking supply in line with demand.
SETIN, with Alessandro Piazzi as Team Leader and Riccardo Leone as Landscape Expert, was responsible for drafting and submitting the Landscape Report as part of the authorization process.
The project foresees the construction of approximately 440 new parking spaces for operators, including civil, plant and data facilities, the internal road system, pedestrian walkways and directional signage. The selected lot, identified as ideal for airport workers using the existing shuttle service in the area, corresponds to a currently disused space.
The design solution, which connects two parking areas, provides for:
- two entrances and two exits,
- a slight advance of the entrances, with a small green area,
- the construction of a roundabout allowing users to search for free spaces within the two parking lots without having to exit and re-enter,
- 5 m × 2.50 m parking spaces and 5 m-wide one-way lanes.
To harmonize the intervention with the surrounding landscape, the following shrub and tree species will be planted:
Shrubs
- Arbutus unedo
- Pistacia lentiscus
- Phillyrea latifolia
Trees
- Quercus ilex
Once fully mature, the trees will reach 2.5 meters in height.
The planting pattern on the north and east sides follows a quincunx layout: the first two rows consist of shrubs, and the rear row consists of tall evergreen trees, ensuring effective masking of the intervention. The spacing adopted is 1.5 meters between rows and 2 meters along the row for shrubs, and 2 meters between rows and 6 meters along the row for trees, so that once fully mature, the vegetation will completely screen the parking lot.
Through a design that combines functional improvements with landscape integration, the intervention aims to provide a significant increase in parking capacity for airport operators while minimizing visual impact on the surrounding area. The Landscape Report guides this balance between operational efficiency and environmental quality, supporting the authorization process now underway.
