ENTER Studio . OBR . photos: © Anna Positano
“Locus Amoenus” the installation by ENTER Studio and OBR for Euroflora 2018, the international flower show in Genoa, Italy, hosted in its new location at the Parks of Nervi, composed of more than a thousand pinwheels surrounding a circular patio.
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Locus Amoenus is the result of a reflection on the relationship between project and context. In particular, it is the setting of the historic park that has led to the reinterpretation of some of the frequent components in the tradition of designing green areas. ENTER Studio and OBR have decided to combine the tópoi of the English park and the baroque garden to imagine another space where lake reeds and spontaneous nature of romantic inspiration meet 17th-century pools and a hint of extraordinariness. Locus Amoenus is an interactive installation made up of three different components: the Field, the Pinwheel Garden, and the Patio. The Field is the surface upon which rests the installation. The circular wooden Patio with its water tank and calla lily flowers in the centre recalls the basins of the Baroque gardens. The Pinwheel Garden evokes the ornamental garden through 1,200 pinwheels that symbolize flowers in a process in which the artificial imitates the natural.
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The intention of the designers is, in fact, to propose a shared space, where visitors can interact among themselves and with the installation, overcoming a position of mere passive contemplation, stimulating new social and environmental meanings.
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Name of the project: Locus Amoenus
An installation in between landscape, man and… pinwheels
Location: Parks of Nervi, Genoa, Italy
Client: Municipality of Genova – Parks of Nervi, EUROFLORA 2018.
international flower show – “Wonder in the Parks” competition, organized by GENOVA FLORALIES
Project team:
ENTER Studio
Margherita Del Grosso, Massimiliano Dalle Sasse, Alessio Poggi, Andrea Silvestri, Chiara Mondin
OBR Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi
Paolo Brescia, Tommaso Principi, Paride Falcetti, Martina Mongiardino
Year: 2018
Size: 100 mq
Sponsors
HABITAT by Peluffo
BASSO LUIGI of Basso Massimiliano FABBRICAZIONE GIOCATTOLI/TOY PRODUCTION Lilium Aquae of Alice Galante
Unopiù
NICartFACTORY
