The idea of the planner Willem Brouwer

“….The realization of Arbatax Cantieri Nautici is not just an architectonic occasion, but above all it is an important occasion for the dynamism of the social-economic fabric. In the history of man, all the big planning works have always been the spark of future developments of a territory. Planning an architecture which has to be the image for those who have been so successful in the nautical world is a challenge. We were very interested in understanding this unique and exceptional phenomenon Bruno Abbate-Primatist to catch the philosophy and the reason of its success. I always
say that the will of beauty and the will of quality mean to love life. Beauty and style are not luxury, which is a commercial world, but they are the quality of comfort and an evidence of culture, which let us live better looking at the future. Arbatax aims at expressing this idea…not the factory as a simple container of industrial activities, but an assertion of passion and interest, which incites in a positive way. These are the values which make the difference between architecture and a simple building…”

Original document: Primatist People Winter 2008 p50-51