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18 beautiful creations of human hands, from which you just can’t take your eyes off.
Each garden has its own life, history, traditions...
1. Botanical Garden "Villa Taranto" in Italy
In the botanical garden "Villa Taranto" on an area of 18 hectares, a classic Italian garden and an English landscape park, greenhouses with magnificent exotics and a herbarium of British flora merged into a single ensemble. Gorgeous, rare tree species grow here. In total, the garden contains more than 20,000 species of the most beautiful plants in the world.
The botanical garden of Villa Taranto is one of the largest in Europe. The owner of the garden, Captain Neil McEiern, purchased a villa on the shores of Lake Maggiore, where his dream came true. The garden has been open to visitors since 1932. It is beautiful at any time of the year and has become one of the unique attractions in the Milan area.
2. Gardens at Versailles. France
The gardens of Versailles in France are the breathtaking luxury of nature + the unique genius of human hands. The modest hunting lodge of King Louis the Thirteenth, rebuilt by his descendants, has now turned into a luxurious palace, surrounded by an equally luxurious garden. The gardens of Versailles cover an area of 101 hectares, and together with sculptures, fountains and grottoes, they were a place of entertainment for the Parisian nobility, and now you and I can visit there and enjoy the beauty that the French kings admired.
Here you could listen to operas by Lully and watch plays by Racine and Moliere. Here Marie Antoinette played out entire pastoral scenes with her friends, the stage for which was the most mysterious places of the legendary park.
3. Romantic rose garden of Mottisfont Abbey. Great Britain
The current romantic Mottisfont Abbey Garden was once a modest vegetable garden established at the monastery of Mottisfont Abbey in the 13th century. Years passed... and the garden was transformed by the famous expert on ancient roses, Graham Thomas, into an amazing rose garden.
Now the garden has the status of the National Collection of Antique Roses. The collection captivates not only with the beauty of the flowers, but also intoxicates with its unique aroma. The oldest plane tree in England grows in the garden, and the garden itself contains more than 300 different varieties of roses.
4. The beautiful gardens surrounding the Cloisters Museum in Manhattan. NY
The Cloisters is the only museum in the United States entirely dedicated to medieval European art. Around it there are beautiful gardens, planted with exactly the same plants that grew in European monasteries (information about this was found in medieval treatises and poems).
From the western balcony (located at a high altitude of the open terrace) there is a magnificent view of the Hudson and the untouched opposite shore - it seems that there is no huge city around, and time stopped several centuries ago...
5. Ascott Gardens. Buckinghamshire, UK
The picturesque lands on the edge of the Aylesbury Valley, where Escott Garden is currently located, have belonged to the noble English Rothschild family since 1873. The Victorian garden was laid out slightly away from their house and separated from it by a small park with majestic trees. Wide steps lead down, passing under old spreading beeches. On the slope below the park you can see an unusual sundial made of figuratively trimmed boxwood and yew, the ornate pattern of which carefully preserves the Victorian spirit of the garden.
The plantings in the flower beds are diluted with artichokes with curly foliage and stone vases in which pink pelargoniums grow. Off to the side of the alley, in the center of a circular pond surrounded by a hedge of golden yew, sits a magnificent fountain: a bronze statue of Venus by Thomas Waldo Story from 1890. Venus stands on the shell of a turtle, which is dragged by frolicking half-fish, half-horses.
6. Gardens of Suzhou. China
The amazing city of Suzhou is called the Chinese Venice because it is located on numerous canals. The world-famous Suzhou gardens with their poetic names are already attracting increased attention. There are: “Garden of the Humble Official”, “Lion’s Cave”, “Garden of Longing”, “Blue Wave Pavilion”, “Garden of Harmony”, “Garden Where You Want to Stay”, “Emerald Gazebo”, “Garden of the Master of Networks” and others .
The garden of a humble official. The gardens are all different, but each of them has its own “zest” that amazes the eye and makes you feel the full power of nature. You can come here at any time of the year and fall under the spell of uniquely beautiful plants: trees bloom in spring, lotus flowers in summer, autumn amazes with a riot of colors, and winter, although it sets you up for some melancholy, is just as magical in these gardens as in others periods of the year.
7. Butchart Gardens, Brentwood Bay. Canada
There are hundreds of plants planted in the Butchart gardens. They are intricately intertwined in one crazy dance. And all this splendor is subordinated to an invisible director who organically puts the flower symphony into a single whole.
On the site of the 22-hectare garden, there was once a cement factory built by its founder, Robert Butchart. In 1904, his wife Janie, having decided to improve the space near her house, brought land on horses and carts and laid out an underwater garden.
A couple of years later a Japanese garden appeared, later an Italian one, and then a rose garden... completely displacing the unsightly cement factory. By 1920, more than fifty thousand people annually came to Victoria to look at the Butcharts' creation. Butchart Garden remains a family business. From March to October, 700 species of plants bloom here, and at Christmas, trees, flowers and animal figures made of glowing lights appear. About 1 million people enjoy the splendor of the Butchart Gardens every year.
8. Innisfree Garden. Millbrook, New York
To visit the Innisfree garden means to enter another world, surprisingly mysterious and uniquely beautiful. When work on the project began in 1929, garden owners Walter and Marion Beck discovered scrolls by the 8th-century Chinese poet and artist Wang Wei while visiting London. Inspired by the philosophy and aesthetics of Chinese gardens. The Becks began to transform the site into an enclosed garden, that is, a “bowl”, as Walter called it. In fact, the garden at Innisfree is one large "bowl" - a garden with Lake Tirel in the middle.
The path connects enclosed garden spaces, presented in changing scenes inspired by Chinese three-dimensional landscapes, but all in the classic American tradition.
9. Hidcote Manor Gardens, Gloucestershire. Great Britain
Hidcote Manor's gardens are shaped like "rooms" featuring various characters created through the creative use of hedges and walls. These "rooms" are connected to each other by paths, and some creative vistas are furnished with ponds with fountains and beautiful flowers planted throughout.
The owner of Hidcote Manor is the American Laurence Johnston. For 40 years he worked on the garden, drawing inspiration from the gardens of Italy and France and collecting information from friends and neighbors. The gardens were designed in three stages. In the first phase, influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, brick paths were laid between geometrically designed overgrown beds framed by boxwood. At the second stage of design, a style of architectural clarity, cold and classic reigned.
The third stage, which continues to this day, developed in parallel with the acquisition of Johnston's estate on the Riviera, Madonna's Greenhouse. As a result, knowledge of the fundamentals of garden art and the influence of nature supported the bold and integrated use of garden spaces.
10. Nezu Garden Museum. Tokyo
Nezu Museum attracts tourists not only with a rich collection of exhibits, but also with an impressive private park with beautiful landscaping, abundant, luxurious flowering plants and many statues.
It is here that the traditional Japanese tea ceremony is regularly held, where those who wish can join the Japanese sacrament of preparing and drinking tea drinks, under the guidance of experienced specialists.
11. Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in Cape Town. South African Republic
The beautiful Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden is spread over 500 hectares of African land. The garden is located near Cape Town, at the foot of the picturesque Table Mountain. Kirstenbosch has collected over NINE thousand different species of plants that grow in South Africa. Some of the presented species grow only in this place.
The Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden owes its existence to Jan Van Riebeeck, the Dutch founder of Cape Town. Riebeck noticed that too many trees were disappearing from the slopes of Table Mountain, the wood of which was used to build ships.
Then the forester Lindert Cornelissen, who had been gardening all his life, was appointed to the service. Thanks to him and Jan Van Riebeeck, the vegetation of the area was saved and turned into a wonderful place to relax.
12. Central Park, New York
Central Park has been the favorite place for walks and pastime among New Yorkers for more than a hundred years. Back in 1853, the city authorities allocated a large plot of land with an area of 700 acres, which was supposed to become the “green lungs” of the already overpopulated Manhattan.
Today, Central Park is the largest green pedestrian area in the Big Apple, located on the island of Manhattan, between 110th and 59th streets, as well as Eighth and Fifth Avenues, and has a strictly rectangular shape. The length of the park is 4 kilometers, and the width is only 800 meters, the total area is 3.4 square kilometers (for comparison, this is almost twice the area of Monaco).
With approximately 25 million people visiting Central Park in New York every year, it is the most visited park in the United States.
13. Powerscourt Garden, County Wicklow. Ireland
One of the most magnificent garden and park complexes in the country is the Pourcourt estate and garden, called the “Garden of Ireland”. In the 13th century, a spacious castle was built on what is now the Pourcourt estate, almost completely rebuilt in 1731. At the end of the 19th century, a magnificent garden complex was organized around the castle.
The Pourcourt themed gardens offer a variety of landscapes. There you can see a pond with reeds, fountains and statues, magnificent roses, gorgeous sculptures...
Pourscourt Gardens are probably the best in Ireland, both in design and location at the foot of Great Sugar Loaf Mountain. The construction of the house was ordered in the 1730s. Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt. The new gardens were completed in 1858-75 and included gates, vases and statues collected from all over the world.
14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
The Royal Botanic Gardens is a true oasis in the heart of Melbourne. The garden is recognized as the most beautiful place on the entire continent. Its unique flora is enlivened by the calls of cockatoos and the singing of other rare birds. All this splendor is located on 354,000 square meters of land.
The date of foundation of the garden is considered to be 1846, it was then that the governor of La Trobe allocated land for its creation. The first director of the garden was the scientist Ferdinand Müller, who collected a huge collection of plants from all over the world, and also founded a scientific center where unique experiments on selection and crossing of different plant species were carried out.
Visitors to the Royal Botanic Gardens are allowed to enjoy picnics and walking paths. Here you can enjoy the spectacle of picturesque lakes and hand-feed magnificent black swans. The garden is also a protected area where kangaroos, possums, ostriches and other exotic animals live.
15. Garden of Roberto Burle-Marx. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Roberto Burle-Marx Garden was founded by landscape architect Roberto Burle-Marx in 1985 with the aim of preserving endangered plant species. In 1949, Burle-Marx, together with his brother, purchased property in Barra de Guaratiba: an old house with a small 17th-century chapel dedicated to Saint Anthony. Burle-Marx restored the buildings and began creating a unique garden.
The area of 365 thousand square meters contains huge collections of tropical and subtropical plants brought from all over the world. Here you can see more than 3,500 species of plants, including the families of araceae, bromeliads, cycads, palmaceae and others.
On the grounds of the garden there is a house museum displaying the art and crafts that Roberto Burle-Marx acquired throughout his life. The collection includes more than 3 thousand original items.
16. Humble Official's Garden, Suzhou, China
The Garden of the Humble Official (Zhuozheng Yuan) in Suzhou is considered one of the most beautiful Chinese gardens. It was built in 1509, covers more than FIVE hectares and is considered an example of high style and harmony in Chinese landscape art of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhuozhenyuan is the fruit of the imagination and labor of a civil servant accused of corruption by the emperor. After his dismissal, he was forced to live in solitude and devoted almost twenty years of his life to creating a garden. The name of the Garden comes from the classic literary character - the “modest official”, for whom the greatest work in life was his garden, which meant everything to him.
They say that after the death of his father, the son of a former official lost his father's main pride in one night. This was at the very beginning of the 16th century. Be that as it may, his creation, the Garden, is still one of the most attractive tourist destinations in China.
17. Villa d'Este Tivoli. Italy
The villa complex includes a palace and an adjacent garden. Located on the outskirts of Tivoli, on a hill. The fountains of the Villa d'Este were especially famous; It was precisely these that Peter I sought to surpass when creating Peterhof. In 2001, Villa d'Este was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Like other European Renaissance gardens, the garden of the Villa d'Este carries complex philosophical and political symbolism. Villa d'Este was conceived as a garden of the nymphs of the Hesperides, dedicated to Hercules, the mythical progenitor of the d'Este family.
The key element of the garden at Tivoli was the statue of Hercules, from which two symbolic roads lead - one to Virtue, the other to Vice. The garden, with its complex configuration, was conceived as a microcosm, metaphorically recreating the local natural environment. This corresponded to the characteristic ideas of the 16th century about the universal interconnection of phenomena (the image of a chain stretching from the root cause to the most base phenomena is present in Giacomo Della Porta’s book “Natural Magic” (1558).
18. Park Sanssouci. Potsdam, Germany
Park Sanssouci is located in Potsdam (near Berlin). This is the summer residence of Frederick II (1740-1786), where, away from official life, he wanted to spend time in a quiet environment, indulging in his favorite activities. The name "Sans Souci" means "without worries".
This ensemble was created by such outstanding architects as Knobelsdorff, Schinkel and Perzius, sculptors Glume, Ebenhech, Benkert and Heimuller, the Hoppenhaupt brothers, the creator of Lenne parks and other artists and craftsmen.
The park area is 290 hectares. It was created in two stages. In 1745-1747, a portal and an obelisk, Neptune's grotto, an art gallery, a palace, a Chinese tea house were erected, and after the seven-year war, the New Palace, the ancient temple and the temple of friendship, a belvedere on Klausberg hill, and a house with dragons.
On the east side the park is limited by a portal. A 2.5 km long alley starts from here. All the main park buildings are located along this axis.
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World parks - recreational areas of cities, designed to filter the polluted atmosphere of megacities, are becoming more original every year. Showing yourself and surprising people is probably the principle that world-famous designers are guided by when designing gardens and national parks. Unusual bionic forms, reliefs of unearthly beauty - the amazing coloring distinguishes modern park landscape design.
Tropical Garden in Singapore - the most beautiful park in the world
In 2012, the British architectural bureau Wilkinson Eyre, in collaboration with landscape designers from Grant Associates, completed work on the 54-hectare Bay South National Garden of Singapore. The master plan for the park features a stylized orchid, which cost £500 million to complete. Two shell-shaped greenhouses, surrounded by 18 50-meter tree-like columns, were erected on reclaimed land in the center of Singapore, on the bay.
Thousands of plant species grow in an openwork frame of column trunks, connected by a spiral-shaped suspension bridge raised 20 m from the ground surface. Rainwater collected in improvised conical crowns serves to irrigate vertical plantings.
The best parks in the world are the winners of the competition “The most beautiful landscape design”
The botanical garden, located in a former sand quarry in, near Melbourne, was recognized as the best among the world's national parks in 2013. The project was developed by landscape design studio Taylor Cullity Lethlean and dendrologist Paul Thompson. 170 thousand plants from about 2000 species of Australian flora are presented in the park, which reflects the originality of the nature and landscape of Australia.
According to the World Architecture Festival 2014, Australia's national arboretum "100 Forests", designed by landscape bureau Taylor Cullity Lethlean and architect Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, was chosen as the best park in the world. The concept of the unusual garden is the regeneration of a forest plantation on the outskirts of Canberra, which was damaged by seasonal fires. The new park area of 30 hectares will include 50 thousand rare species of trees and flowers from all over the world, as well as representatives of flora that are on the verge of extinction.
Conceptual design projects for world parks
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has developed a project for an island park, which is planned to be founded in 1916 in New York on the Hudson River in the area of a dilapidated pier. “Treasure Island,” as the conceptual name of the landscape park sounds, is an undulating landscape platform based on a group of mushroom-shaped columns 56 meters high. In addition to multi-level observation platforms, the park will house an amphitheater designed for 700 spectators. Construction of the park is estimated to cost $130 million, $113 million of which has already been received as a charitable contribution from media mogul Barry Diller, making it the largest donation to the New York City Improvement Fund since its founding.
Inspired by the landscape of the Arabian Desert, Heatherwick designed the 125,000 m2 Al Fayyah Park for the city of Abu Dhabi in the UAE. The fragmented canopy, reminiscent of a cracked desert area, will be supported by a colonnade and will conceal a vast recreational area under its canopy. Protected in this way from the scorching sun, exotic plants will be able to grow unhindered on the territory of the national park - the unusual cracked roof will form a shadow zone and retain evaporating moisture.
Another ambitious project by Thomas Heatherwick is a 367 meter long park pedestrian bridge concept designed to connect the two banks of the Thames in London: Covent Garden and South Bank Street. The structure of the bridge-park includes two interconnected platforms that support supports that widen towards the top, reminiscent of the opened buds of a rare flower. The cost of construction of the bridge is estimated at 175 million pounds sterling and causes a mixed reaction from the public and the City of London - it is the most expensive park bridge in the world.
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In 1938, Christopher Tunnard, an English landscape architect and garden designer who was an ardent proponent of functionalism in his work, wrote: “The modern house requires an appropriate environment, but in most respects the garden today fails to fulfill its function. The buildings that were built at that time were famous for their clean lines, but the flower beds around them were just grassy lawns.”
Are our gardens somewhat different today? Do they match the architecture of the buildings they surround? We will show you modern landscape design and some new trends in gardening.
Functionality and minimal decoration distinguishes them from gardens of past decades. Read and watch the report prepared with love for visitors to our portal.
The design idea for this garden was taken from the work of Adolf Loos, an early-century Austrian architect who worked at the famous Bauhaus school in the 1930s.
Radiant Quartz
Adolf Loos lived in an era when it was believed that the perfect patio required decoration. The Austrian architect was the first to look at it differently. He believed that design, above all, should be functional.
Thoughtful garden plot
When we remove the decorations and leave only the architecture, don't we end up with a lifeless landscape? There are many ways to add interest to your patio without adding extra features.
Staircase leading to the house
The site must be connected to the cottage, and this is vital. The pond in front of the window opening puts you in a contemplative mood, for reflection. Both structures - glass and water - reflect light, which creates balance and connects the courtyard with the room.
Connect the house with the park using the same building materials, as well as decorative trees and shrubs.
Balance of elements creates a harmonious design
For decoration, you can use different materials that have similar color shades. For example, a gray stone path and tinted glass at the gate.
Non-standard gate installation
To create the desired effects, use ordinary blocks. In the photograph, soft landscaping serves as such material.
The lawn emphasizes the technological nature of the landscape
Some architects find the idea of installing standard blocks quite controversial; they consider each element separately. But if you are creating a landscape, then any decoration can reduce its functionality. Therefore, placing individual blocks is more productive.
Functional landscaping
Landscape architects Thomas and Roberto Burle Marx believe that the house and yard should form one space. For this purpose, standard blocks are used, which perfectly suit the modernist landscape and significantly reduce the cost of work.
Compositions from plants
Not all cottage landscapes have to be expensive; the advent of the prairie style provided an opportunity to reduce operating costs. In the photo we can see a factory-style green roof and wonderful flower beds with ornamental plants.
Roof of a modern house
Using traditional installations, you don’t have to commit yourself to lawns and flower beds. In the photo we can see the colorful and modern green part behind which the house is hidden.
Flowerbeds with tall plants hiding the building
Pure forms are the future of garden architecture.
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These places on the planet are definitely worth seeing: they are so abundant, vibrant and interesting.
Keukenhof Park, Netherlands. It is considered one of the most luxurious parks in the world. Located between Amsterdam and The Hague, in the town of Liss.
Each year, the park opens only for two months and then closes to carry out numerous works to restore and care for the plants and arboretum. In the spring, usually April 13-15, there is a flower fair where everyone can buy unique seedlings and ready-made bouquets. There are only five supplier companies trading in the park, which also offer souvenirs and postcards with gorgeous views of the park.
Keukenhof is a kitchen park, this is the literal translation of the name. However, it cannot be called small; the area of the park is 32 hectares. It is literally buried in all kinds of flowers, canals, waterfalls, lakes. Tulips, roses, hyacinths, and daffodils are grown here. The park was founded in 1949 and is one of the most famous European, not just Dutch, attractions.
A park Suan Nong Nooch Garden opened in 1980. This place in Thailand is considered one of the most popular. The huge plantation is planted with a variety of large decorative flowers and flowers; in addition, there is the largest selection of orchids in the country. The park regularly hosts majestic shows that will take your breath away.
In 1954, Mr. Pisit and Mrs. Nong Nooch bought approximately 243 hectares of land in Chonburi Province. At first they dreamed of growing fruits and flowers here and using the gardens for themselves, but when tourists poured in and the flowering lands were luxurious, the idea arose to create decorative elements. Gradually the garden grew and in 1980 it opened to visitors. Mrs. Nong Nooch handed over the management of the garden to her son, and she devoted her life to researching tropical plants. Thanks to her research, the garden contains many rare specimens.
Gardens and park of Versailles in France. Founded by King Louis XIV in 1661. He hired the best architects and artists who brought his dream to life - the Palace of Versailles and beautiful gardens.
The gardens and park of Versailles are considered part of the national heritage of France. Versailles is a village 24 kilometers from Paris. The gardens spread over 900 hectares. There are 1,400 fountains here.
Butchart Gardens in Canada is a group of flower gardens in Canada (British Columbia, near the city of Victoria on Vancouver Island). More than a million people visit this place every year.
Robert Pym Butchart, the founder of the gardens, wanted to produce cement on these lands. But in 1907, he met landscape designer Isaburo Kishida from Yokohama, who wanted to build gardens for his son. Robert Butchart was so inspired by the idea that he did not let the designer leave Canada until 1912. As a result, a park of amazing beauty was born.
It should be noted that the couple mined limestone until 1909, but then they finally came to the conclusion that further development was futile, and they began to work on the garden. The construction was completed in 1921, at which time the couple began to receive their first guests. The park is a family legacy, now owned by the Butcharts' great-granddaughter, Robin Lee Clark.
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden spread over 34 hectares. Hundreds of plant species grow here. The garden is located near Miami in Florida. The park was founded in 1938. Today it is a park, a research institute, and a plantation, which is supported by 45,000 volunteers who are interested in preserving rare plant species. In 2012, the park became the headquarters of the American Orchid community.
Soon, parks will appear in different cities around the world that will change the usual idea of places of recreation and entertainment.
Ordinary city parks with trees, neat flower beds and outdated attractions are becoming a thing of the past. In their place, architects have developed projects that can surprise residents of a big city. Modern parks are built on the sites of abandoned train stations, artificial islands, and even underground. The editors of RBC Real Estate have collected seven original architectural concepts for parks that will appear in the near future.
1. Millennium Park (Chicago, USA)
Artificial island in Chicago by 2017 they plan to turn it into a large urban Millennium Park. The perfectly level runway of the former airfield has been transformed using imported soil. The architects will create a diverse landscape that will become home to six different ecosystems. There will be zones here: oak grove, prairie, wet swampy meadows, as well as ponds connected to Lake Michigan through a narrow channel. A large concert hall will be built on the hillside, and the coastline will become an excellent place for fishing. The creators of the project also plan to deliberately sink an old liner off the coast so that divers can explore the underwater world. The park will also have a huge open-air ice skating rink.
2. Garden Bridge (London, UK)
Another amusement park will appear by 2017. on the Garden Bridge in London. Renowned British designer Thomas Heeswick is to transform the 367-metre bridge into a leafy pedestrian area from Temple to Southbank. It is expected that the construction of this bridge will improve communications between Covent Garden and Soho. It will be a place devoid of car noise. On both sides of the pedestrian alley it is planned to plant large trees and shrubs, create decorative flower beds and replant wild perennial plants found on the banks of the Thames in their natural habitat.
3. Al Fayah Park (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Another landmark project of Thomas Heesewik is planned to be implemented in the UAE. A semi-underground public park in Abu Dhabi will give visitors a chance to take a break from the Emirati heat. The extensive park will be topped by a roof consisting of individual canopies supported by staggered columns. The park will provide visitors with more than just recreational areas: it will house a public library, a mosque, an outdoor cinema and a stage for various events. All this will also be located under canopies. During cooler times of the day, the park will turn into an observation deck overlooking Abu Dhabi.
4. Lowline Underground Park (New York, USA)
In New York, an underground Lowline park will appear on the site of the abandoned Williamsburg Bridge Railway Terminal. This project was developed by RAAD studio. Walking alleys with benches and rest areas will be laid out here. The park will have fountains, green grass, bushes and even trees reaching up towards the sun. By the way, the lighting in the park will be natural - sunlight will enter the underground premises using a fiber optic system.
5. Brooklyn Bridge Park (New York, USA)
The Danish architectural studio BIG has developed a design for an observation deck on the territory of Brooklyn Bridge Park (USA). The architects decided to create a place that would protect citizens from the sun and rain, and also provide an opportunity for walks and various events. The pier will have a two-level triangular platform with wide steps that can serve as benches. The observation deck will be somewhat similar to the upper deck of the Titanic, so it is possible that it will become a favorite place for romantic photo sessions.
6. Park at Central Station (Bari, Italy)
Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas decided to turn the central railway zone in Bari (Italy) into a park. They proposed building a 3 km long park above the rails, raised above the ground. The elevated part of the park offers a beautiful view of the city and the sea. There will also be a cultural center with creative workshops and a library.
7. "Zaryadye" (Moscow, Russia)
A landmark project to develop the concept of a modern park also appeared in Russia. Last year, the consortium of architects Diller Scorfidio + Renfro won the competition for the best landscape planning solution for Zaryadye Park in Moscow. The architects developed a hybrid project in the style of landscape urbanism, connecting the city and nature. Different climatic zones of Russia will be presented here: forests, swamps, steppes and tundra. It is also planned to create a floating bridge, a pond and a philharmonic building with an area of about 20 thousand square meters. m. Natural zones will smoothly flow from one to another, and with the help of the latest technologies, different parts of the park will create their own microclimate.
Prepared by Vera Kozubova
