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the egg garden

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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:

Giardino all’improvviso con scultura EGG (3)

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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Courtyard renovation with SPA

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:58:16 +0000

accesso area spa in cortile privato a milano

Landscape design can turn a typical courtyard in Milan in a soothing private oasis. The courtyard renovation in Milan, Vigentino district, features an outdoor Jacuzzi surrounded by bamboo and star jasmine. A tailored, raised deck integrates both the volume of the above-ground hot tub and the planters. Evergreen climbers grow on custom-made grid panels installed on limit walls. The space is managed balancing privacy with the possibility to have a possible parking space. The new courtyard layout is inspired by the waving, well-raked gravel of Japanese gardens. The range of materials is minimalist and in line with the post-industrial style of the building: metal for structures and planters, wood for decks and furnishing, natural stone for the floors. Modern simplicity is achieved by refined details such as the vase with a cut to accommodate the beautiful existing Salix matsudana or the fluid laying of the paving tiles.

Location: Milan, Italy
Site area: 75 sqm
Year: 2007 (design), 2008 (construction)
Partners: archh. Elena Radaelli, Elena Bianchi
Services: concept design, executive design, suppliers selection, works supervision

Materials: Iroko wooden deck, Quarzite di Vogogna (light green), galvanized and painted steel, river pebbles.

Plant species: Chamaerops humilis, Phyllostachys aurea, Trachelospermum jasminoides, Vinca major.

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Residenze dei Giardini: coordinate terrace landscape design

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:22:10 +0000

terrazza-con-vista-su-porta-nuova-milano

Coordinate terrace landscape design for all of the 23 apartments of ‘Residenze dei Giardini’. Not just flats, not just flats in Milan city centre: this is an exclusive residential estate sited in the Porta Nuova district. Each home unit has glass parapets granting privileged views on the Vertical Forest, the BAM Biblioteca degli Alberi and the new urban skyline. The landscape design project features 23 different scenarios to introduce the show with lush and joyful vegetation. Green is fun because it brings in beauty and privacy at once. Each terrace has trees and shrubs that grow in tailored planters made of graphite colour painted galvanized steel. Botanic choices consider the specific sun and wind exposure of each spot. The green layout fades the presence of adjacent properties and facilities while playing with the panorama. Terrace landscape design is coordinated to provide continuity between properties. Planting choices are made to evoke the magic of Mediterranean flora: flush, aromatic leaves, vivid flower colors and fruits all year round. White flowering of Malus ‘Evereste’, Iberis sempervirens, Osmanthus fragrans are paired with the rosy corollas of Abelia grandiflora, Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’, Callicarpa bodinieri, Malus ‘Red Sentinel’, Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ and blue to violet blooms of Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’, Buddleja davidii ‘Ile de France’, Ceanothus ‘Concha’, C. thyrsiflorus ‘Repens’, Lavandula angustifolia, Vinca major.
Copper color of Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Flame’, flame red of Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ and lime green of Cornus stolonifera ‘Flaviramea’ prolong the color season to autumn.

Client: COIMA
Location: Porta Nuova, Milano
Site area: 630 m2
Year: 2017 (design), 2018 (construction)
Partner: Società Agricola Panda
Services: Landscape design, Works supervision

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