Called Jesolo Magica, the project will include shops, bars, restaurants, offices, a hotel, a congress centre and health centre.

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The information that follows is from Zaha Hadid Architects:

The design creates a continuum of fluid space that instigates a renewed sense of possibility.

The disparate elements of the Jesolo Magica complex fit together to form a coherent field of buildings, each one separate – but logically connected to the next in a continually changing ensemble.

The volumes encompassing the retail centre “open-up” around a central space, like the petals of a flower. The hotel building forms the final “petal”, framing the views over the adjacent lagoon.

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