Torre Piloti
On 7 May 2013, the ship Jolly Nero, while manoeuvring out of the port of Genoa, struck and knocked down the pilots' tower. Nine people lost their lives in the collapse. Renzo Piano and the Renzo Piano Building Workshop were immediately involved in the design of the new structure: after a long series of discussions with all the relevant authorities and a consequent series of studies on its location, the tower found its place in the area of the new Waterfront. The new position was to allow a view of both harbour mouths for a faster and safer support service for ships entering and leaving the port of Genoa, and was not to get in the way of the port's development planning. New piers were built and existing piers reinforced to ensure total safety against ship collisions.
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