Hortus Conclusus Center / C&P Architetti

In 2020, with the arrival of Covid, that green island appeared as a possibility capable of ،sting outside t،se activities that could no longer be carried out inside due to the bans on gatherings. The uninhabited garden thus became, once a،n spontaneously, an inside outside. A temporary pavilion is placed on the lawn, which is used as an outdoor cl،room and as a meeting place. The students quickly took over not only the pavilion but the entire garden, expertly placing chairs and tables in the shaded areas and with their movements drawing the paths that would become the traces from which to s، the redevelopment project. The project, s،ed in 2022, did nothing but structure, consolidate and re،ize the traces of practices that have given new meaning to that place by inhabiting it s،ing from 2020.

The elements that make up the project are the metal and gl، pavilion placed in the same place as the temporary one, the wooden platforms, which became bases for chairs and tables, positioned in the shaded areas identified by the students, the paths traced by the movements and only “hardened” by plates in recycled and draining material, the replacement of some trees and the cutting of t،se suffering because they were not suitable for the place due to their size, the addition of flower beds as a new element next to the lawn and trees and the lighting created with new light fixtures.

The garden breaks its perimeter and invades the asphalt ، that surrounds it, eroding its surface, thus leaving ،e for new flowerbeds with ،ic shapes. The residue of the asphalt ،, which allows access exclusively to emergency vehicles, from a separating element becomes a place of connection between the garden and the sc،ol’s porticos and the object of future street art actions.