Rimini (RN)
year: 2025 – ongoing
Aggregate: yellow spherical quartz and Ticino Sand
Public Spaces
Parco del Mare
The Project
From Impermeable Waterfront to Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
The Parco del Mare represents a structural transformation of Rimini’s waterfront: not simply a redevelopment of the promenade, but a new model of public space extending for kilometers along the coast, restoring centrality to pedestrians, cyclists, and wellness-related functions.
The project has redefined the relationship between city and sea by reducing paved surfaces, expanding green areas, and introducing an integrated system of pedestrian and cycling paths and social spaces.
Within this urban strategy, permeable surfaces have assumed an infrastructural role.
HiSkin intervened with:
- Mosaico Drenante, incorporated into the decorative patterns of the urban design inspired by sardoncino, an identity symbol of the city
- Mineralizing coloration of permeable concrete for cycling paths
Porcelain stoneware precisely defines the design contours, while Mosaico Drenante enables the creation of continuous surfaces with high geometric precision, ensuring drainage capacity and long-term stability even in marine environments.
The intervention concerns not only aesthetics: the reduction of impermeable surfaces and the introduction of permeable layers contribute to stormwater management and the environmental resilience of the entire waterfront.
The Parco del Mare demonstrates how paving can evolve from a simple finish to a structural component of a contemporary urban project.
Technical Project Overview
Type of Intervention
Public – Large-scale coastal urban regeneration
Installed System
Mosaico Drenante
Mineralizing coloration for permeable concrete
Application Context
Pedestrian and cycling promenade in marine environment with high exposure and usage intensity
Priority Project Objectives
- Restore soil permeability
- Support sustainable mobility
- Integrate green areas and permeable surfaces
- Ensure durability in coastal environment
Benefits Achieved
- Reduction of impermeable surfaces
- Improved stormwater management
- Greater reliability in marine environment
- Strengthening of waterfront urban identity
Added Value
The adoption of the HiSkin System within a kilometer-scale urban project demonstrates the capacity of permeable surfaces to assume an infrastructural and identity-defining role.
Not simply a surface finish, but an active component of an urban strategy oriented toward resilience, public space quality, and sustainable land management.
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