Competition-Renovating the park "Livada Postei", Brasov

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Competition entry - Renovating the park "Livada Postei", Brasov, Romania
Concurs reamenajarea parcului "Livada Postei" din Brasov

This is a historical natural park near the center of Brasov, in a privileged position, on a slope facing a beautiful panorama, which is presently used as an urban park. The scope of the project was to revert it to a natural state by cleaning up the artificial interventions and reverting it to a natural state and at the same time connecting it to the existing pedestrian trajectories in the city.

The existing situation:

Panorama of the entrance

Panorama up the hill

Cross-section panorama

Panorama of the surroundings

This park should become a truly democratic space:
     - inclusivistic
     - encouraging and enabling free expression
     - flexible and multifunctional.

To that end I proposed a series of interventions which were designed to be minimal and periferic, so that their impact on the natural environment should be low. Their positions were chosen based on an "acupuncture" system, of punctual insertion with great effect of revitalisation. Basically there are two types of structures; one which is a promenade, inserted between the trees on the upper ridge (without affecting any of them) and a series of structures which can be inserted on slopes and around trees which are porous enough to enable the placement of different accesories for playing, relaxing or sheltering.

The general area can sustain (and has historically sustained) a number of activities of the citizens in different seasons. During warm periods the park is used as a free space of personal expression. During festivals, a scene can be mounted and the park becomes a fair space. During winter the slopes are used for skiing or sled racing by children and adults alike.