The waterfront is a collection of nodes following the boats along the shore. Above, nodes are notated as small circles. Here, older generations seem to visit friends whom work on the boats docked there. Younger generations seem to collect around the small piazza space below the major landmark on the site which also serves as a node. Highlighted in orange, the landmark is a pair of stairs leading up to the street level from the waterfront. The edges of the site, noted in hatch marks, are defined by the retaining walls that reach up to street level and the shore line. The edges change, however, for boaters whom do not experience the shoreline as an edge but as a means of major circulation. Major circulation is outlined in dotted lines whereas minor pathways are marked in solid lines. The districts change between visual and material connections. In essence the entire riverfront becomes its own district, segregated by the rest of the riverfront by the two bridges on each side. Then this becomes broken down into the two districts on each side of the river. The right shore becomes broken down again between the landmark space and the circulation paths.
The atmosphere changes significantely from day to night. Since it is the cold, rainy season for Italy, the boat restaurants have not opened yet for business in case of flooding issues. This means that the only people occupying the site in the evening are the personal owners of boats, the workers, and a few couples taking a moonlight stroll near the Tiber. During the day, there is a consistent presence of friends and couples enjoying the quiet break from the steady traffic on the street.
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