SUPERELEVATA FOOT[PRINTS]. Recycle, reuse, urban happy mood

Urban happiness can be found in the discovery of new emotions as well as in the sense of security that familiar and livable places provide, but we believe it also has to do with the feeling of being part of the process of contributing to the creation of a better place to live in. The paper presents the results of SUPERELEVATA FOOT[PRINTS], an operation of temporary recycle and a successful injection of urban happiness. On the 21 of September 2014 one of the most interesting spots in Genoa – the industrial shipyards next to the Ancient Harbour – has been temporarily opened to the public. For one day, this area stretched between the city and the sea, the only part of the central waterfront of the city that hasn’t been transformed by the conversion of the city of Genoa into a public space, has become the theatre for 40 installations that connected the industrial past of the city to its contemporary touristic connotation.