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COOL landscape - Piazza Vecchia
COOL landscape - Piazza Vecchia
Bergamo, Italy
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COOL landscape - Piazza Vecchia
Bergamo, Italy
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2018
COOL landscape
The ambiguity of the meaning of COOL raises different reactions. On the one hand there is the professional meaning. Urban heat stress being an important issue. It is a new responsibility for landscape architects. The second meaning, related to fashion, is airier, more frivolous.
But the COOL theme is also a typical Italian phenomenon: an aesthetic idea about appearance, attitude and style. COOL is something positive, something new. That makes it an interesting topic for the debate about the future of landscape design.
The temporary transformation of the Piazza Vecchia is a statement of how we think about the city and the landscape. And it is a special experience. The 'Sky is the Limit'. The Piazza is 'crowned' with a roof: a cloud of balloons. Balloons casting a shadow. Gently moving, they create a relaxed, almost hypnotizing effect. Balloons supporting climbing plants that create a green atmosphere: sheltered, from urban heat stress. Plants that marvel us: hop with their 'bells'. Also a fashionable material, as it is an elementary ingredient for new beer types.
Big colourful pots create an intriguing pattern on the square. Different types of artificial grass create a circular pattern that forms a dialogue with the movement of the shadows of the balloons.
In the evening the balloons change in a night sky full of moons, almost immaterial as they are softly glowing.
In the centre of the Piazza was a large block of ice. The melting of the block shows the influence of climate change. It sparked the public debate. But it was also an intriguing object that people wanted to experience: feel it, and see the simple cube shape transform in to a sculptural object.
For two weeks, under the balloon sky, there was space for walking, sitting, dancing, and meeting each other.
The ambiguity of the meaning of COOL raises different reactions. On the one hand there is the professional meaning. Urban heat stress being an important issue. It is a new responsibility for landscape architects. The second meaning, related to fashion, is airier, more frivolous.
But the COOL theme is also a typical Italian phenomenon: an aesthetic idea about appearance, attitude and style. COOL is something positive, something new. That makes it an interesting topic for the debate about the future of landscape design.
The temporary transformation of the Piazza Vecchia is a statement of how we think about the city and the landscape. And it is a special experience. The 'Sky is the Limit'. The Piazza is 'crowned' with a roof: a cloud of balloons. Balloons casting a shadow. Gently moving, they create a relaxed, almost hypnotizing effect. Balloons supporting climbing plants that create a green atmosphere: sheltered, from urban heat stress. Plants that marvel us: hop with their 'bells'. Also a fashionable material, as it is an elementary ingredient for new beer types.
Big colourful pots create an intriguing pattern on the square. Different types of artificial grass create a circular pattern that forms a dialogue with the movement of the shadows of the balloons.
In the evening the balloons change in a night sky full of moons, almost immaterial as they are softly glowing.
In the centre of the Piazza was a large block of ice. The melting of the block shows the influence of climate change. It sparked the public debate. But it was also an intriguing object that people wanted to experience: feel it, and see the simple cube shape transform in to a sculptural object.
For two weeks, under the balloon sky, there was space for walking, sitting, dancing, and meeting each other.
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