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Kic Park
Shanghai, China
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Kic Park
Shanghai, China
Project Featured on Mar 25, 2014
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YEAR
2009
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
Kik
Park is a leftover urban area that Francesco Gatti is surprised to see has
escaped being built-up and which is positioned at the entrance to the Kic
Village, constructed in recent years for the students at the nearby
universities of Fudan and Tongji.
Since 2005 when the Italian architect transferred part of his
professional activities to China he has recurrently been interested in the
possibility of designing interstice spaces – as in the case of the In Factory
JingAn Six Loft Buildings (2006), where the outside areas of the redevelopment project
were treated on a par with a residential and work environment.
An
essential element in his designs has always taken account of
inter-activity: in this case
between the people concerned (their actions and activities) and the influence
of natural elements such as weather and sounds.
In
this sense the forms and materials used by the architect (ethereal false
ceilings constructed with metal wires,
curved forms, faceted voluminous shapes, dappled coverings or panelling)
vary depending on the project and its scale. Some solutions are used “una tantum” as they are in response
to a specific and contextual
condition.
This
is the case with Kic Park where Francesco Gatti has imagined a pleated wooden
floor destined to be suitable for all the functions that are indispensible in a
public area (seats, green spaces, pathways, publicity panels …).
The
image used by the architect to illustrate his idea - that of a sheet of paper cut
and folded like a fan – brings to mind the epigenetic description that Deleuze gives
of spaces characterized by the use of a fold:
Development and evolution are
concepts that have changed their significance, because today they designate
epigenesis or the apparition of organisms or organs that are neither pre-formed
nor built-in but formed from different objects that do not resemble them […] With
epigenesis the organic fold is sought after, produced, and multiplied from a
surface that is relatively flat and uniform. *
In this way Gatti, using a generic
and characterless basis, has accomplished plastic results that are both
individual and original, and has
introduced divergent intervals into an area that would otherwise be anonymous -
thus enabling people to find their own personal space.
The architect has covered the whole
surface with wood, an ideal primitive material that is both flexible and
hospitable, that grows old and shows the temporary nature of the operation.
Where the wood rises up, one can see
a living underworld made of grass and trees.
The architect in this way has
predisposed specific spaces where people can chat together, have a rest, or
even go skateboarding. A social
carpet that does not exclude the coexistence of aggregation and individualism.
Text by Giampiero Sanguigni
Park is a leftover urban area that Francesco Gatti is surprised to see has
escaped being built-up and which is positioned at the entrance to the Kic
Village, constructed in recent years for the students at the nearby
universities of Fudan and Tongji.
Since 2005 when the Italian architect transferred part of his
professional activities to China he has recurrently been interested in the
possibility of designing interstice spaces – as in the case of the In Factory
JingAn Six Loft Buildings (2006), where the outside areas of the redevelopment project
were treated on a par with a residential and work environment.
An
essential element in his designs has always taken account of
inter-activity: in this case
between the people concerned (their actions and activities) and the influence
of natural elements such as weather and sounds.
In
this sense the forms and materials used by the architect (ethereal false
ceilings constructed with metal wires,
curved forms, faceted voluminous shapes, dappled coverings or panelling)
vary depending on the project and its scale. Some solutions are used “una tantum” as they are in response
to a specific and contextual
condition.
This
is the case with Kic Park where Francesco Gatti has imagined a pleated wooden
floor destined to be suitable for all the functions that are indispensible in a
public area (seats, green spaces, pathways, publicity panels …).
The
image used by the architect to illustrate his idea - that of a sheet of paper cut
and folded like a fan – brings to mind the epigenetic description that Deleuze gives
of spaces characterized by the use of a fold:
Development and evolution are
concepts that have changed their significance, because today they designate
epigenesis or the apparition of organisms or organs that are neither pre-formed
nor built-in but formed from different objects that do not resemble them […] With
epigenesis the organic fold is sought after, produced, and multiplied from a
surface that is relatively flat and uniform. *
In this way Gatti, using a generic
and characterless basis, has accomplished plastic results that are both
individual and original, and has
introduced divergent intervals into an area that would otherwise be anonymous -
thus enabling people to find their own personal space.
The architect has covered the whole
surface with wood, an ideal primitive material that is both flexible and
hospitable, that grows old and shows the temporary nature of the operation.
Where the wood rises up, one can see
a living underworld made of grass and trees.
The architect in this way has
predisposed specific spaces where people can chat together, have a rest, or
even go skateboarding. A social
carpet that does not exclude the coexistence of aggregation and individualism.
Text by Giampiero Sanguigni
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