Nabito Architects were given a public commission to design a park in Frosinone, Italy.
The five human senses are the main theme of the space in which materials and vegetation are related to them. The equipped green area and urban garden is due to be completed this month.
Seen at designboom. More images after the break.
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it looks like a palette to me..
wanna see a bigger image that explains the circulatory system of the park
can anyone explain the diagrams to me??
Hey, it looks like a field of volcanoes!
Would like to see some images of the park when in use by the public. I think that would help me judging upon the project.
ya….it does look like a palette, the Japanese ones. or likes green tea + black tea cups,India Thali? whatever, it reminds me of food…
great, make the theme the five human senses, never heard that before.
Hey ek,
Continuing your theme of being feebly sarcastic, I’ve never heard someone put down a project with no constructive criticism before.
do you know what sums this up?
a complete lack of context – the total lack of context in any of the plans, models, diagrams and visualisations.
which is why this totally non site specific design concept is an example of meaningless conceptual pattern-making at its very worst. utterly pointless. the five senses? WOW WHAT A CONCEPT!! surely we should be trying to stimulate all the senses with EVERY design?
I take it this was designed by an architect?
I actually don’t think the end result is too bad, but the concept diagrams are silly.. sometimes you’re better off not knowing what the concept is.
wondering what “input-output-intertwined” stand for…
more elaborated text will be a great help. thanks…
about context Bateman mentioned, I agree. As a park it depends on user character. It will be great to see a great park concept that closely related to neighbourhood needs.
Why commission an architect to design a park when there are so many highly skilled and capable landscape architects who understand people, spaces and the environment. Way too much concrete in this small space to be able to call it a park, probably an ideal skate park for the local kids once it’s done.
Exactly Keomi, exactly.
When architects design public spaces they invariably end up a in a mess. they are always far too reliant on some imposed concepts that do not reflect how people actually use space. they also design far too much in plan, and too much emphasis is placed on “how the plan looks”.
i really dont know why they dont just stick to buildings, and leave public to space to Landscape Architects.
lots of landscape architects here, I see.
Hi!
it looks like meal plate of different food items… specially in that isometric veiw..
The Goal Of the project is to invite users to a path in which scene are always changing.
You will have the sensation to discover always different spaces but with the same kind of characteristics. The Five Human senses are the main theme of the space; the material and the vegetation will be related to them, but in general it is an excuse to give to the standard less(since 1970) neighborood a relational space With senses we relate eachothers. The user will not have an entire look over the park, but he will do a series of different experiences. The variation of high and inclination, dimensional games are some of the ludic peculiarity of the Park.
This park is a gift to smell, to touch, to eat, to speak, to sea and to hear eachothers.
We work with landscape architects, and we found interesting the relation between his point of view, incapable to reach more then 60 cm high and our vision of a ludic, undisciplined and elegant space with different highness.
They really help us technically and we enjoy discussion about contrast between artificial and natural spaces; another important characteristic of the park. We’d like to give a tension. What is natural has to be natural and what is not is not; and we did not want to use material such as corten steel(that we hate) or wood boards because we’d like to be clear.(no cheat). We love the authenticity of the contrast and to alternate different spaces with different characteristics. We tried to design a hybrid containing nature; an Open “Salone”.
Come to visit and come to enjoy SENSATIONAL PARK BY NABITO.
someone is speaking of context.??????????
Please come to visit the area, to understand that this park is automatically connected with the contest becouse is going to invent a contest that does not exist at the moment. It is the starting point, an oasis in the desert. Tha city hall and the administrator strongly wanted this park as an embelma to create a specific context in wich start to develop the neighbirood standardlees soince 1970.
People has to know before talk.
Situations are alqways diferents and complex and peple could not be superficial to coment.Maybe in A bar with friends.
By the way What is the context?
Such a Genius.
I think there are too many architects or landscape architects talking about thinks they don’t know.
I visited the park and i think it’s a great public park and it is loved by people living there.
I think people have to study and above all to open their minds.
great nabito.
valerie