Real estate compendium for storage/warehouse use, known as "Edificio 116", located in the centre of Trieste, in the Porto Vecchio area, a district that once housed the city's port and its infrastructure, and which today is in a state of decay. The building, laid out over two levels, one of which is a basement, was built in 1910, with architectural connotations in Liberty style. The building, which has not been used for some time, is in fairly good general maintenance conditions, with some highly degraded areas. The building can accommodate commercial, tertiary and residential functions.
P. Franco Vecchio, 430 - 34135 Trieste (TS) The building, built in 1910, with Liberty stylistic and architectural connotations, is divided between an aboveground floor with a maximum height of 6 meters and a smaller underground level. The building has a rectangular planimetric conformation with two internal courtyards positioned symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis; access is from the double-height central body, raised if compared to the lateral ones, through a portico enriched with 14 columns. The construction is made of reinforced concrete with a coffered ceiling effect. The liberty frieze plasters decorate with pilasters, frames and floral elements the portico, part of the interiors, the façade and the large empty room of the double-height refectory, finished with a Venetian terrazzo floor and custom grit. Outside the building there are still two historic lampposts.
The building was designed to host the services intended for the employees of the port, hence the name of “Workers’ House”; later it was used as an office of the Port Authority and some shipping agencies; the interventions aimed at making the premises usable for the new destinations have not clearly altered the original layout of the spaces.
The property has some areas in a good state of conservation while others are heavily degraded. The internal distribution of the building is as follows:
The Porto Vecchio area is located in the central area of Trieste (population 198,417), and extends along the coastal strip between the town of Barcola and the Canale di Ponterosso (heart of the city); it is delimited by Viale Miramare and by the district of the central railway station, occupying an area of approximately 67 hectares. The port structures include five piers, four parallel and one oblique, forming as many basins, and approximately 3 km of quays. The settlement of Porto Vecchio is protected from the waters of the Adriatic by a 20-metre-wide breakwater which runs parallel to the quays for about 1 km, at a distance of about 130 meters from them. The depths of the port basin have a variable depth, with a maximum of 18 metres.
The construction of the historic buildings of Porto Vecchio took place in a period of time between the end of the 1800s and the early 1900s: their use was for the storage, conservation and parking of goods, from their arrival in the port to shipment and distribution to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Starting from the 1970s, there has been a progressive abandonment of the historic warehouses, as the main port activities have been transferred to the New Port, causing their slow degradation. The property identified as “Edificio 116”, formerly known as “Canteen Inn (Former Workers’ House)”, is located near the main entrance to the Porto Vecchio area. The property is located about 300 meters from the “Trieste Centrale” railway station (3-5 minutes on foot), while the city centre is about 750 meters from the area (10 minutes on foot).
Real estate compendium for storage/warehouse use, known as "Edificio 116", located in the centre of Trieste, in the Porto Vecchio area, a district that once housed the city's port and its infrastructure, and which today is in a state of decay. The building, laid out over two levels, one of which is a basement, was built in 1910, with architectural connotations in Liberty style. The building, which has not been used for some time, is in fairly good general maintenance conditions, with some highly degraded areas. The building can accommodate commercial, tertiary and residential functions.
P. Franco Vecchio, 430 - 34135 Trieste (TS) 
