Dignified restraint: reconstruction of an eight hundred year-old building in Pisa

摘要

For centuries, only ruins have hinted at the original structure and function of the "Tersana" north of the Arno River; the building was an extension of the city walls of Pisa. In the thirteenth century, the heyday of the ancient republic, ships were built and repaired here. A rhombus-shaped building that was subdivided by four parallel walkways, provided space for a dry dock in an artificial waterway that could be flooded, thus creating the connection with the Arno.