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Mamma Mia Restaurant, Rome

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At the Mamma Mia restaurant in Rome, you can feel in the garden even when you are indoor. Palms and ferns are always in sight thanks to the play of beams and full-height windows that connects the rooms. The landscape project spreads along the margins of the architectures to create fluid and relaxing spaces. Evergreen species with glossy leaves make their way into the pavement with apparent spontaneity. The lightness of the Chamaedorea and the cheerfulness of the sphere-shaped pittosporum soften the rigor of the wooden structure designed by Labics. The soffused light filtering through the trees and the beams has inspired the botanical choices. Clouds of Peppermint and Soleirolia and arched leaves of Dryopteris recreate the freshness and charm of the tropical undergrowth. As evening falls, the garden of the Mamma Mia restaurant seems to expand into dark. The Cor-Ten volutes of the custom-made sculpture project the vegetation into a dreamlike dimension.

Mamma Mia Restaurant, Rome

Where: Roma, Quartiere Pinciano
Area: 95 sq m
Year: 2014 (design), 2015 (construction)
In collaboration with: Labics (architecture), A. Palmieri Ing & Arch Associati (structures), Fusaro Mario Srl (sculpture fabrication), Torsanlorenzo (vegetation)
Services: Concept, plant design, sculpture design, construction assistance

Plant design sketch by Valerio Cozzi

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the egg garden

admin — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:33:06 +0000

Giardino all’improvviso con scultura EGG (26)

The EGG garden is a glimpse of a primaeval world, guarded in a prestigious building in Como. A tiny garden designed to offer a scenographic setting to the offices at the ground floor. And, at the same time, an inspiring green environment to the upper floors. The dimmed light of the north-facing atrium suggested the idea of evoking a leap in time with landscape design. As in a virgin forest, ferns fill the inner ellipse of brown metal. In the outer one, quartzite chips evoke the sparkle of the water. Hydrangeas climb a diamond-shaped treillage while acanthus and periwinkle colonize the custom-made planters. The dark green foliage visually improves the depth of the scene. The very protagonist of the EGG garden is the cor-ten® steel sculpture, designed to evoke the mystery of the origins of life on Earth. The colour palette, set to natural hues, aims to improve the well-being of the working place. The design exploits the dynamic curves of the ellipses to obtain a lively composition. The vegetation favours species with dense foliage and exotic shapes to convey the image of an uncontaminated place.

The EGG sculpture construction and installation process, and the planting gallery:

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Location: Como, Italy
Site area: 36 sqm
Partners: Fusaro Mario Srl (Egg sculpture), Società Agricola Panda Srl (vegetation) Barducco carpenteria metallica (metal cladding, planters and treillage)
Year: 2012 (design), 2013 (construction)
Services: Concept, executive and construction design, EGG sculpture design, works supervision

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Campus Spark, renovated farmhouse near Pavia

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:50:03 +0000

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Design of the outdoor spaces of Campus Spark interprets the features of the traditional, Lombard agricultural landscape in a contemporary way. Here, manicured gardens, fruit trees, feathery hedges and canals tell the fashination of an international hi-tech firm for this old farmhouse. The location is near the Visconti’s Castle in Bereguardo (Pavia). The renovated architectures find a link with the territory thanks to the neat, compact aromatic carpet that illuminates the entrance courtyard. The design of the square raised bed incorporates a wide ramp granting a fully accessible environment. Persimmon and cherry trees and field maples await the first cold weather to colour autumn. High weaving grasses accompany the paths of the central courtyard and enclose the conversation and BBQ areas designed for the users of the multifunctional and coworking quarters. River Ticino and water of the typical nearby canals are recalled with a strip of river stones that runs along and under the walkways made of WPC wood. The new structures, including also a dining area, gym and rooms for selected guests shade the passage between the two main courtyards. This provides perfect growing conditions for a soothing, dense parterre of ferns and bigleaf periwinkle. Carefully studied coplanarity of paving materials and integration of ramps and level transitions in the design of the open spaces make the site comfortable and safe for everyone.

Where: Bereguardo, Pavia, Italy
Area: 1.275 sm
Parner: Giuseppe Tortato Architects
Year: 2015 (project), 2017 (opening)
Services: Concept design, Executive design, Construction works assistance

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Campus Spark, concept design of the courtyards. Sketches by Valerio Cozzi

Today the Bereguardo complex is home to the Campus Party Sparks: an e-sports academy providing training and talent boosting to players and video gaming professionals, together with consultancy to succeed in the business of video gaming on an international scale.

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La Forgiatura, Milan

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 15:57:55 +0000

La Forgiatura Milano – corten planters with lawn

Industrial SITE reDEVELOPMENT: a new match between people and space through LANDSCAPE design.

Hardscape and softscape design build a bridge between past and present times. Today, La Forgiatura is a multifunctional area in the north-west area of Milan. It hosts fashion brands, ICT and pioneering medical companies. Today’s extraordinary complex rises from a former industrial site area, hence the name of the place, meaning ‘forge’. In the nineteenth century La Forgiatura produced special steel components, exporting them all over the world. The regeneration of the area, that took place at the turn of the first decade of 2000, has been attracting new investors and is still on the move.

I joined the design team as landscape designer since the very beginning

Since then, I have been connecting and upgrading La Forgiatura buildings with outdoor and indoor green solutions. During the years, I have been developing and tuning landscape in accord with evolving functions, tenants and key figures. I also had the chance to design tailored wayfinding to welcome and address people and traffic.
Landscape project features sharp designed hills, 1 to 8 m high, that generate a dynamic relationship with buildings. Neat lawn surfaces mirror and multiply glass facades. At each change of the season, the widespread vegetation recalls the sense of renovation that turned the old factory sheds into energy-efficient buildings and spaces to share.

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The area offers plenty of green shades

Outside, vegetation may flow smoothly besides the concrete paths, or create a green band over property limits. The advent of new companies creates new planting isles defining new ways to enjoy the location. At La Forgiatura, plants are not scared by heights: they grow on the Astronave terrace, scramble over steep hills, climb or trail down from the structure. Indoor green welcomes workers and guests at the Hall Raimondi, or creates peaceful isles where to enjoy a break or a chat.

what’s next?

La Forgiatura is an inspirational and exciting place where to work as landscape designer, because it’s a place that attracts enterprising people and where things move fast. It’a also a regeneration landmark in Milan with well-established vegetation that has good stories to tell anytime you come by. What’s next? I look forward to discovering it.

Location: Milan, Italy
Site area: 24.000 sqm (common and green areas: 8.000 sqm)
Year: 2007-2009; 2018; 2019 (design, different lots); 2011, 2012; 2019 (construction, different lots)
Partners: AG&P, arch. Giuseppe Tortato, Milano Layout Srl
Services: Concept design, Preliminary design, Detailed design, Construction design, Bill of Quantities, Works supervision, Control of the execution of works

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