Garden Mining

  • Date: July 2023.
  • Typology: Competition Entry for Jardin de Metis 2024.
  • Dimension: 150m².
  • Location: Metis, Canada.

The basis of architecture is finding simple answers to complex questions.
In this case we should not limit to design of a garden but to how it can help reverse the trend of an increasingly urbanized future. It is therefore necessary to think of a device that is itself capable of creating spaces in which flowers can grow.

n. 1- Axonometric View.
n. 2 – Axonometric Diagram.

A machine capable of being easily moved and reassembled wherever needed.
For the exhibition of the Giardin de Metis the first prototype is presented which will help in the creation of the exhibition leaving the possibility for visitors to install the flowers grown within the walls of the pavillion. New types can be replanted in the empty pots depending on the season, keeping the exhibition alive throughout the year and contributing to production for future editions too.

n. 3 – Roof Plan and context.
n. 4 – Plan.

The visitor will be able to contemplate the entire growth process and, having crossed the membrane, once inside, he will feel like he is in a laboratory free to experiment immersed in different types of plants and to collaborate in the creation of the garden and a new future.

n. 5 – Section.
n. 6 – Tools.