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This MonthEDITOR’S NOTE

round this time last year we published the feature “Turning wasteland into a Green Olympic Park” (Landscape July �0��), which took us through the development of the London �0�� Olympic Park. Last month saw the same park being inaugurated as the host of the 30th Olympiad in a spectacular show viewed by millions around the world.

Director Danny Boyle has been tipped for a knighthood after his marvelous opening ceremony, which saw all four corners of the UK being represented through a series of Green landscapes.

The direct connection between the Olympics and sustainability — energy, water and climate issues have resulted in the �0�� London Games being the greenest Olympics ever according to organizers. The park and its surroundings is living proof of a healthy new trend to design and campaign for sustainable practices.

The Olympic Stadium stands upon what was once some of the most degraded ground in Great Britain. Rivers that used to be some of the nation’s most polluted flow through the Olympic grounds. The building itself stands as an exciting exemplar of the old green maxim, “reduce, recycle, reuse” in the way its steel structure makes it the lightest stadium of its kind ever built. It uses about �/�0 of the steel that Beijing’s Bird Nest employed, including a tubular roof partly constructed of leftover gas pipelines.

Let’s hope that Rio and other future hosts can maintain and improve upon these best practices for sustainability and incorporate a Green element into all designs.

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News & Events

On 3rd, 4th and 5th October, Feria Valencia shall open its doors to hold the 41st edition of Iberflora (International Fair for Plants and

Flowers, Technology and Garden DIY) and the 7th edition of Eurobrico, the International DIY Fair. These two trade fairs have joined forces in the past to share synergies, and this year they form part of the trade fair calendar for the purpose of developing at Feria Valencia in parallel in even years (Eurobrico is biennial, although its offer is completed in odd years with the Eurobrico Meeting Point, a B2B encounter among manufacturers and distributors in the DIY and ironmongery sector). Thanks to the collaboration between these two trade fairs, the Garden Hall comes about in 2012, an initiative whose purpose this year is to provide value to the Garden DIY segment activity, which is gaining an increasing number of followers in Spain and which has a specific weight within both the Iberflora and the Eurobrico offers.Outdoors entertainmentTwo mottoes make up the proposals of both

trade fairs for the forthcoming event: Iberflora’s Green Vitamin and Eurobrico’s Home & Garden Improvement. Two concepts with which, on the one hand, Iberflora wishes to inject energy into both manufacturers and buyers of the green sector in order to stress the importance of green entertainment and contact with plants, flowers and nature as opposed to the grey landscape of cities. On the other hand, Eurobrico proposes a philosophy of life in which homing, that is remaining at home, becomes an entertainment trend, and a new behaviour for users of DIY products who demand solutions that adapt to a broader vision of fitting out, reforming and decorating our home. With this joint Eurobrico and Iberflora event, the offer of both these trade fairs will respond to the new reality; this increasingly includes DIY references in nurseries, gardening centres and shops selling agricultural products and, conversely, the inclusion of garden plants, pots or accessories as part of large DIY distribution centres. Another link between both trade fairs is

DM participates in Ramsar member nations’ meetingTheEnvironmentDepartmentofDubaiMunicipalityparticipatedinthe11thMeetingoftheConferenceoftheContractingPartiestotheRamsarConventiononWetlands(COP11),whichheldinBucharest,Romaniafrom6–13July2012.

Eurobrico and Iberflora’s announcement power. Every year, this DIY event brings together more than 90% of the agents which intervene in the Do-It-Yourself industry, and the attendance of distribution leaders, AKÍ, ATB, Bricogroup, Bricoking, Bricor, Bricorama or Leroy Merlin, has been confirmed. Moreover in 2012, the event has made much effort to attract new distribution channels, such as gardening centers, decoration chains, construction warehouses or industrial supplies. Iberflora, a leading ornamental plant trade fair in Europe, opens to the public in 2012 with new proposals to recover the garden, petcare or cut flower sectors. The ultimate purpose is to attract all the demand of the green sector with its ample offer: gardening centers, nurseries, shops selling pet food and accessories, shops selling agricultural products, gardeners, local shops, flower-growers and suppliers, etc. Likewise, their internationalization processes have become a priority objective for the Organizing Committees of both trade fairs, especially with today’s scenario marked by internal market weakness and the need to open out to foreign markets. Through Edra (the European DIY Distributors Association), Eurobrico has taken actions to attract the visit of the main European distributors. Meanwhile, Iberflora has organized commercial missions from 13 countries after selecting large accounts from each market and by organizing an agenda of interviews between buyers and exhibitors.

Ramsar Contracting Parties or member states gathered to assess the progress of the Convention and the sustainable use of wetlands to date, share knowledge and experience on technical issues, and plan their own and the Secretariat’s work for the next triennium.

The slogan for the conference is “Wetlands: home and destination”, following the Standing Committee’s decision to focus the COP on wetlands, tourism and recreation. It is noteworthy that the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary in the Emirate of Dubai has joined the network of global wetlands with accession of the UAE to the Ramsar Convention in 2007 as the first global site in the convention. Apart from the official delegations, eligibility to participate in the COP as observers was extended to delegations from the governments of non-Party states and to representatives of intergovernmental organizations, of recognized non-governmental organizations that are working in the field of wetland conservation and sustainable use, and of government agencies that are not part of their country’s official delegation.

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The overall GCC interior contracting and fit-out market will increase by 87 per cent in value this year, the highest increase since 2008, from

US$5.04bn in 2011 to US$9.4bn, according to new research by Ventures ME commissioned by dmg :: events, the organising team behind the INDEX International Design Exhibition, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest and longest established Interiors and Design Exhibition. The 22nd annual edition of INDEX will run from Monday 24th September 2012 till Thursday 27th September at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE. Data released today show that the United Arab Emirates remains the GCC’s largest interiors market, with forecast spend in interior contracting and fit-out across residential, commercial, hospitality and retail segments totalling US$3.73bn for 2012, up 62 per cent on 2011 figures. Despite this strong growth, the UAE’s dominance is now being challenged, with Saudi Arabia’s interiors and fit-out sector growing twice as quickly over the year and more than doubling in value; up 125%, from US$1.55bn to US$3.48bn, and buoyed by significant government investment in housing, healthcare, education and other infrastructure projects. The interiors sector in Qatar and Oman also records significant growth for the year, up 91 per cent to US$1.15bn and 125 per cent to US$0.27bn in 2012 respectively; but it is Kuwait which records the highest GCC market growth, from US$0.19bn in 2011 to US$0.65bn in 2012 – a rise of 242 per cent. This is spurred largely by the retail segment, as Phase III of the Avenues mall nears completion, and sees Kuwait clock the highest retail fit-out spend in the GCC for 2012. Bahrain was the only GCC market not to record any growth, remaining flat at a forecast value of US$0.28bn. Fit out and interiors spend across all segments in 2012 – residential, commercial, hospitality and retail – show significant growth from 2011 figures. The GCC’s residential segment still accounts for the largest spend on interiors, set to increase in value from US$2.5bn in 2011 to US$3.7bn in 2012 (up 48 per cent), and accounting for 39 per cent of the overall GCC interior contracting and fit-out market. “The report is great news for all of us working in interiors and fit out,” said Naomi Barton, INDEX Event Director. “The sector in the GCC is now at its highest value since 2008, all segments are seeing marked growth, and all markets are performing well – and many of them exceptionally well. The opportunities for business and employment generation are exceptional and pretty much unrivalled anywhere else on the globe. Given the huge regional market growth and potential, INDEX International Design Exhibition 2012

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Spend on additional projects, including social and business infrastructure projects like airports, hospitals and schools, remains relatively flat in comparison with other segments but still shows a marked uptick of 18 per cent, valued at US$1.6bn in 2012, from US$1.35bn in 2011. INDEX 2012, themed “Where Inspiration Thrives,” will cover 34,000 sqm gross space of the Dubai World Trade Centre exhibition centre, occupying halls from 1 to 8 and Zabeel Hall. Over 900 exhibitors from 45 countries – including Brazil, Canada, Greece, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, UK – have booked a floor space to showcase their products.INDEX 2012 will replicate the successful and easy-to-walk-around product specific show structure that was introduced for last year’s edition; plus five completely new sectors – Inspire, Surface & Finishes, Couture, Fixture & Fittings and Furniture – have been added to the six already existing - Furnishings, Kitchen & Bathroom, Lighting, Outdoor Living, InRetail and Textiles - giving commercial visitors an even more comprehensive and extensive offer. INDEX is proud to announce the support of RAME Designer Solutions ME, the exclusive distributor of multinational brands of furnishing fabrics, leathers, lighting, curtain hardware and wall coverings to the interior design market, as INDEX Silver Sponsor.During the four days of the exhibition, INDEX will also host a number of events and features, providing the design community with incredible networking and educational opportunities. The calendar of events includes:Design Talks: Free to attend seminars where interiors designers and architects will share their knowledge and experience across four main topics: Trends, Innovation, Sustainability and Business.The 4th Annual Contemporary Majlis Design Competition: INDEX 2012 will feature six shortlisted Majilis designs, selected among 45 projects submitted this year. This edition will see two winners, one selected by the jury of professionals and one by the visitors.Les Collections Exclusives: A daily fashion show featuring couture collections realised by award winning Emirati designers DAS collection, the official creative partner and using some of the most exclusive interiors textile brands. The feature is sponsored by Beacon Hill, Bruno Triplet, Houlès Paris.The Artist Avenue: A dedicated section of the show where artists and galleries display their own creations.Lighting Visione designed by SVEN|M: A special section of The Lighting Show featuring iconic lighting products and innovations from the past, present and future. The feature will also be designed and curated by award winning design firm, SVEN | M.

• UAE remains GCC’s market leader in interior contracting and fit-out market for both residential and commercial sectors at US$3.73bn - but KSA catching up fast with-year-on-year growth of 125% forecast, up from US$1.55bn in 2011 to US$3.48bn in 2012• Interior contracting and fit-out across residential, hospitality, commercial and retail sectors all show significant growth in 2012; retail spend more than trebles as more mall space comes online • Kuwait clocks highest annual market growth – up 165% on 2011 figures, led by retail sector; Oman’s interior contracting and fit-out market also up 125% year-on-year, Qatar up 91% while Bahrain remains static • To meet market demands, INDEX International Design Exhibition showcasing world leading interiors and design confirmed for September 24-27 at Dubai World Trade Centre

responds to the keen demand we’re seeing from the interiors and construction industries for access to the latest designs and trends from renowned interior designers and manufacturers from across the world.” The Gulf’s burgeoning hospitality segment, recording a whopping 170 per cent growth from US$0.63bn in 2011 to US$1.7bn in 2012, now puts it in second place, and on par with the commercial segment, which doubled in value from US$0.85bn to US$1.7bn over the year. The completion of mall space not just in Kuwait but across the GCC provides the biggest segment boost – with value increasing more than threefold, up 219 per cent from US$0.22bn to US$0.7bn.


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Leonardo Fibonacci, (Pisa, Italy1170-1250) was a talented and enigmatic mathematician who produced notable work. Above all, he is nowadays renowned

for having developed the famous Fibonacci Sequence (otherwise known as the Golden Ratio, which the Ancient Greeks found an aesthetically pleasing means of communication –or Divine Proportion, as Leonardo Da Vinci once called it). This extremely fascinating mathematical series is artfully simple, but its applications are astounding and it has perplexed many mathematicians for over 700 years… In fact, many have ascertained that the Golden Ratio is all-embracing, and once you become aware of it, you cannot fail to notice that it is present everywhere in the universe -in nature, space, physics, chemistry, mathematics, art, architecture, acoustics, optics etc. - and that it subtly ties things together finding its ultimate realization in the human form.

For example, structures like the Parthenon in Greece, the Egyptian Pyramids, St. Peter’s in Rome or paintings like The Mona Lisa or the Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci were built and created according to Golden Ratio principles, as have been and are other classical and contemporary art and architectural works.

What is the Golden Ratio?The Golden Ratio is a visual representation of a number called Phi which, in turns, gives origin to the Divine Proportion (so called by Renaissance artists because they thought it was directly generated by God).The

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In plants, new cells develop with the presence of sunlight. Apparently, the “Fibonacci leaf arrangement” allows sunlight to reach the plant at its base, the old leaves never obstructing the growth of new ones and never obscuring the light needed for photosynthesis and for offshoot creation.

A garden of golden proportions In essence, design is communication but the vehicle for communication is the design itself. Two opposite but intimately linked key components in design are sensitivity and logic.

Many designers have trouble with composition and keep moving things around until they feel that all shapes up correctly according to their logic.

The Golden Ratio involves designing an element where the ratio of a small part to a bigger part is equal to the ratio of the bigger part to the whole. By incorporating Fibonacci numbers in landscape compositions, you can achieve a unified design that is in balance with nature’s proportions. Assuming that whatever the nature of the unique ratio Phi creates is all around us, we can be sure that designs created on these basis are more effective and more pleasing to the eye because they respond to a natural language easily understood by our subconscious.

Indeed, utilizing Fibonacci numbers might not work in every situation. However, where your

What is the relationship between the Golden Ratio and nature? The natural world is ordered according to the laws of various mathematical systems. This symmetry in plants can be carefully translated into the Golden Ratio, which not only represents the angle degrees between emerging leaves and branches in trees and shrubs, but also the number of petals and their arrangement in flowers, how leaves are positioned around a plant stem, the number of spirals and seeds present in flowers, fruits and pine cones, etc.

Many studies indicate that there is a specific reason for this ratio happening. Apparently, much has to do with sun sequences and a plant’s need to maximize contact with sunlight.


Landscape furniture and decorationsOn a more general note, the same rule can be applied to garden furniture, carefully selecting the right number of pots and vases, rocks, chairs, sun chairs, tables, hanging decorations or on walls, water features, pathways and alcoves, mounding elements, and delicately pairing them in groups according to colour, shape, function and so on.

OpportunitiesUnderstanding the Golden Ratio and learning how to utilize it to add value to your landscape is an invaluable tool for communication that pleases the collective eye. Hopefully I have provided you with some clear and practical information on how to set up landscape compositions based on feeling, logical thought and a simple set of rules.

landscape allows you some choice in dimensions, this numerical sequence is a very simple way to achieve a subtle and at the same time powerful effect.

Breaking up the spaceYou can create a Golden Section in your garden by dividing spaces into smaller sections that express the 1.618 ratio. For instance, divide a space measuring 8m into two sections measuring 3m and 5m. You can use this formula as many times as you wish with increasingly larger areas, to create a feeling


of movement whilst keeping the ratio intact. Using any two adjacent numbers in Fibonacci’s sequence, you will be able to generate a shape of good proportions. For example, a 3m by 5m flower bed, or a 2mby3m border etc.

Plant groupsLook for ways to place plants in groups of, 1,3,5 or 8, using number combinations that follow the Golden Ratio. For instance, you could plant 8 trees, 5 shrubs and 3 climbers close to each other, 13 herbaceous plants

and 21 groundcovers in a group etc.

You can associate an infinite number of plants that once mature will display a proportionate height that is faithful to the Golden Ratio’s sequence. Also, you can create an adequate proportion within a single plant, pruning a tree so its branches cover only the top third of its overall height, bringing about a visual balance to the tree itself as well as in its proportion to surrounding plants and landscape structures.


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م إيطاليا (بيزا، فيبوناتشي ليوناردو كان أعماال أنتج وغامضا موهوبا رياضيات عالم م)لوضعه سلسلة اليوم صيته يذيع شيء، كل بارزة. وقبلالتي الذهبية يعرف بالنسبة (أو ما الشهيرة فيبوناتشيجماليا جاذبة تواصل وسيلة القدماء اعتبرها اإلغريقالتناسب مصطلح فينشي دا ليوناردو عليه أطلق ما أوللغاية اآلسرة احلسابية السلسلة هذه تتميز اإللهي).علماء حيرت مدهشة تطبيقاتها أن إال الدقيقة ببساطتهاأكد وبالفعل، عام... سبعمئة مدة على كثر رياضياتيتنبه إن ما شاملة جامعة النسبة الذهبية أن الكثيرونفي الكون من بقعة في كل يراها ال يفتأ حتى املرء إليهاالرياضيات، في والكيمياء، الفيزياء في والفضاء، الطبيعةوعلم الصوتيات، وعلم املعمارية، والهندسة والفنون،ببعضها األمور تربط ويالحظ أنها ألخ البصريات،الشكل في مظاهرها ذروة حيث جند مبهارة البعض

البشري.غرار البارثينون في على جند أن األبنية املثل، باب فمنبطرس القديس مصر وكاتدرائية في واألهرام اليوناناملوناليزا أو العشاء لوحتي ومنها اللوحات أو روما فيوفق ووضعت شيدت قد فينشي دا لليوناردو السرياألعمال من غيرها الذهبية شأنها شأن النسبة مبادئ

واملعاصرة. الكالسيكية املعمارية الفنية والهندسةالذهبية؟ النسبة هي ما

عليه يطلق لرقم مرئي متثيل عن عبارة الذهبية النسبةفنانو عليه (أطلق اإللهي التناسب ويولد فاي حرفعن مباشرة منبثق أنه منهم ظنا التعبير هذا النهضة

الله).عند نقطة معينة نصفني إلى خط عن شطر ناجت رقم فايوهي احلسابية قيمته تساوي

معتمدةعامليا.عن ناجمة سلسلة عن عبارة الذهبية النسبة فإن عمليا،متعاقبمجموع عدد حيثيساويكل بسيطة جمع عملية، ، ، ، ، ، ، ، ، يسبقانه: اللذين العددين، ، ، ، ، ، ، ، ،، ، ، ، ، ،

نهاية. ال ما إلى ، ، ،

املستطيل ب يعرف هندسيا شكال فاي نسبة تولد: أضالعه أطوال تساوي الذهبي

. ؛ + = ؛ + = املثال، + = سبيل علىيساوي فهو الذي السلسلة التالي في هذه الرقم أماضرب حاصل أيضا وهو سبقاه اللذين العددين مجموعأي النسبة، الرقم بعكس ضربنا إذا كذلك، النسبة.

. الرقم على ، نحصلهي الذهبية النسبة متيز التي االستثنائية فالصفة

بساطتهاالضمنية.والطبيعة؟ الذهبية النسبة بني العالقة ما

مختلفة. حسابية الطبيعيوفققواننيأنظمة العالم ينتظمترجمته جتوز النباتات في نالحظه الذي التناظر فذلك

بني الزوايا درجات متثل الذهبية التي ال إلى النسبة بدقةفحسب، والشجيرات األشجار النابتة وأغصان األوراقاألوراق ووضعية عدد تويجات األزهار وترتيبها أيضا، بلفي األزهار والبذور احللزونيات وعدد النبتة، ساق حول

ألخ. الصنوبرية، واملخروطات والفاكهةلظهور هذه محدد سبب وجود إلى كثيرة تشير دراساتحركة إلى كبير حد إلى يعود فيبدو أن األمر النسبة.تعرضها زيادة إلى النباتات وحاجة التسلسلية الشمس

حد. إلى أقصى للضوءضوء بفعل اجلديدة اخلاليا تنمو النباتات، عالم فيسلسلة وفق األوراق ترتيب أن ويظهر الشمس.قاعدة إلى يصل أن الشمس لنور يسمح فيبوناتشيوال أبدا منها اجلديدة منو األوراق القدمية فال تعيق النبتةالضوئي لعملية التمثيل الذيحتتاجه الضوء حتجبعنها

وإلنتاج الفروع.حديقة بنسب ذهبية

هي التواصل وسيلة أن في جوهره تواصل، إال التصميمأي للتصميم، األساسيني املكونني أما نفسه. التصميمعلى وثيقا ارتباطا فيرتبطان واملنطق، املرهف اإلحساس

نقيضني متضادين. كونهما من الرغمالتصميم شكل وضع في صعوبة كثر مصممون يجداألشكال بأن يشعروا حتى العناصر حتريك فيواصلوناخلاص. منطقهم بحسب صحيحة بصورة تنسجم كافةبحيث العنصر على تصميم الذهبية فتقوم النسبة أمامساوية األكبر اجلزء إلى األصغر اجلزء نسبة تكونفي فيبوناتشي أعداد فدمج الكل. إلى األكبر اجلزء لنسبةيحقق د تصميم موح إنتاج يتيح تشكيل املناظر الطبيعيةأن كل ما تولده افترضنا وإذا التوازن مع نسب الطبيعة.فبوسعنا حولنا، الفريدة هو متواجد فاي نسبة طبيعةهي األسس هذه على املبنية نضمن أن التصاميم أن

طبيعية حتاكي لغة ألنها إليها للناظر وجاذبية فعالية أكثريفهمها. أن البشري الالوعي على يسهل

جميع في فيبوناتشي أعداد استخدام ينجح ال قدمنظركم لكم يتيح التي احلاالت في ولكن، احلاالت.أن بدرجة طفيفة، ميكن ولو األحجام اختيار الطبيعيلتحقيق وقع بسيطة جد طريقة هذه سلسلة األعداد تكون

معا. آن في وقوي دقيقتقسيماملساحة

عبر تقسيم فيحديقتكم ذهبيا قسما تبتكروا بوسعكم أن. إلى أجزاء أصغر حجما تعكسالنسبة املساحات

جزئني إلى أمتار تبلغ مساحة تقسيم ميكنكم فمثال،و أمتار. بوسعكماستخدامهذه الصيغة أمتار بقياساحلجم إلضفاء متصاعدة مساحات مع تشاؤون ما قدرفباستعمال حالها. على النسبة إبقاء مع احلركة من شيءلكم يتسنى فيبوناتشي سلسلة من متاخمني رقمني أيأزهار حوض غرار على مناسبة، بأحجام أشكال توليد

ألخ. م، × م مبساحة حافة أو م × م مساحتهمجموعات في نباتات

فيها مجموعات ضمن النباتات لوضع طرائق عن إبحثوامن مزيج باستعمال أو ثمانية خمسة أو أو ثالثة نبتةميكنكم مثال، مع النسبة الذهبية. يتوافق مبا األعدادعلى متعرشة و نباتات شجيرات و أشجار غرسو عشبية نبتة أو األخرى، من أحدها قريبة مسافة

مجموعة، ألخ. مغطيات التربة في نبتة منالتي تظهر النباتات من يحصى ال عدد تنسيق بوسعكمالذهبية. لسلسلة النسبة ميتثل متناسبا طوال منوها عندالواحدة النبتة ضمن مالئمة نسبة تنشئوا أن ميكنكم كمافحسب األعلى الثلث أغصانها لتغطي شجرة فتشذبواالشجرة على مرئيا توازنا وتضفون اإلجمالي طولها منإلىالنباتاتوأشكالاملنظر بالنسبة وعلىحجمها نفسها

بها. الطبيعياحمليطةالطبيعية املناظر في والزينة املفروشات

ما يخص في نفسها القاعدة تطبيق يجوز وبشكل عام،من العدد املالئم بعناية فتختارون املفروشاتفياحلديقة،والكراسي، والصخور، زرع النباتات واملزهريات، أوانياملتدلية والزينة لالستلقاء، والطاوالت، الطويلة واملقاعداملياه، وأحواض والنوافير اجلدران، على املعلقة أوالتكومي وعناصر احلديقة، في واملختليات واملمراتوالشكل اللون بحسب مجموعات ضمن وتنسيقها

ذلك. وغير االستعمال ووجهة

الفرصاملتاحةاستخدامها لرفع كيفية وتعلم الذهبية النسبة يشكل فهمثمينةجتذبالناظرين تواصل الطبيعيأداة منظركم قيمةقد أكون واالكتشاف. أملي أن للبحث غنية فرصا وتتيحوالعملية الواضحة املعلومات ببعض تزويدكم في جنحتعلى بناء الطبيعية املناظر أشكال تنسيق حول كيفية وإني القواعد. من بسيطة ومجموعة واملنطق، اإلحساس،مساحة خارجية ابتكار على سيساعدكم هذا ثقة بأن علىمساحة أحجامها، في واالنسجام باجلاذبية تتميز لطيفةما كل بالراحة، تعبر عن املرء فيها ويشعر جميلة تبدو

ممكنة! بأفضل صورة حديقتكم فيه في ترغبون

الذهبية النسبة

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Parks

W hilst we proceed to analyze the project by Todd Saunders, visibly impressed by the impact of the images, the periodical Domus have published another superb project

from the same studio. It relates to a staircase with a beautiful belvedere at the summit, that the Canadian architect has designed for a forest in Norway. In 1996, the architect migrated to Norway where he established the architectural studio Saunders Architecture in the city of Bergen completing a series of architectural works characterized by a search for beauty. After completing his studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design at Halifax and McGill University in Montreal, Canada he moved to Norway where he pursued a dynamic architecture that experimented with new materials and an artisanal sensibility and meticulous attention to the

environmental context.Armed with a sound knowledge of contemporary architecture the architect mantains that the intervention should highlight the site, specifically its natural forms, materials and textures, but also make reference to the memory and interaction between human beings in captivating the beauty of nature. Sarpsborg, in the vicinity of Østfold, represents an episode in a natural context, plain and serene typical of the terrain in the south of Norway. It is a customary stop for travellers from and to Sweden. Some years ago the Department for the Norwegian Highways and the Regional Administration commissioned Saunders to propose a design for the recreational area, allowing him full freedom and liberty to express himself. In full synergy with the patrons this project was concieved

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Essentially, the garden takes and recreates two landscape styles: the geometrical and axial designs based on the iconic

Italian villas of the 16th century, and the tropical garden, humid and shady, whose configuration is liberated from all formal clauses.

This responds to two quite significant conditions: the owner’s favorite garden in Europe, which he had visited before starting the project, was the Villa Lante in Bagnaia, Italy; on the other hand, the site was a quite steep piece of land that dropped away toward the coast of the Plate River, or Río de la Plata.

The molding of the land, with the object of this differentiation, was a key action in this project. Based on the nature of the slopes, the designer did important earth work, removing it at some spots




Gardens

and incorporating it at some others, to finally craft the diverse surfaces and ambiences he had originally envisioned. The formal spaces appear at the upper areas of the site, coinciding with the level of the house and the access street, and the wilder spaces are laid out at the bottom, closer to the river.

The main access to the house is where the reference to the Villa Lante can be best appreciated. When entering the compound from the street, and after leaving, on the left, a yard where a massive group of pots with cacti and succulent species are picturesquely exhibited, the first image that is made out is a parterre composition, which marks the main access to the garden.

Before getting to this point, partially roofed logia connect to the house; in this manner, the garden becomes a privileged space, more important than the building architecture.

Conversely, what appears as a background, in deep contrast to this geometrical first welcoming layout, is a cluster of large trees and some palms that seem to establish the first dialogue between styles. Most of these trees, some of which existed at the site when the designer started to work on the project, have a stunning blooming: jacarandas, silk folk tree and trumpet tree combine with a few large conifers.

Other clear references to the Villa garden are the negotiation of the elevation changes with stately

stairs and large landing platforms and terraces, flanked by large plant containers and sculptures; the incorporation of symmetrical parterres which mark the beginning or the ending of an itinerary; the repetition of topiary design and the presence of focal points such as fountains, pools or other sculptural elements.

While going down the stairs and brick terraces that are developed on the left side of the garden, the large trees get visually incorporated into the landscape, conquering it with their crowns, their branches or only part of them. On the edges of these stairs, also appear shade species, ferns and large leaved plants, which integrate with the original planting of the humid ravine such as bamboo, palms, banana tree, ivy and groundcovers.

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At the lowest part of the site, from where the terraces and overlapping spaces can be fully appreciated, a cluster of calla lilies and other herbaceous occupy a flat central area. The sequential design of the green slopes is sometimes outlined with formal compositions and others with the combination of green edges and large steps.

An informal wooden long stair leads to the upper part of the garden, completing the circuit. This stair is developed along a quite steep part of the original slopes and among many palms and tropical species; once at the level of the house again, the river

can be made out in the distance.

Right after these last tropical looking spaces the garden presents another semi closed formal area that hides the swimming pool. Pergolas, benches and a stone deck define the edges, which gently slope down to the first welcoming plane of the garden.

Some concealed spaces of the garden are reserved for a private nursery, plants growing and care, tasks that the owner decide to carry out on-site years ago.

Although in the beginning the planting plan was not exclusively native (many of the introduced plants

were brought from far places, especially South Africa, Colombia and the United States), today most of the species, which are still being incorporated are from local environments and regions.

Gardens

Designer: Edmundo TonconogyLocation: Buenos Aires, near the river coastSize: 8.000 m2Date: ongoing project started more than 20 years ago Photography: Courtesy of Facundo de Zuviría


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Urban Orchard

A Fragmented OrchardByOkRALandscapeArchitectsKirchBerg, luxemBurg

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SiteThis design is for public spaces for the Grünewald district, Kirchberg, Luxembourg. The assignment was to create public spaces between apartments buildings.

FragmentsOKRA won the competition to design a public space between office buildings in the Gruenewald area of the Luxemburg city borough of Kirchberg. OKRA thought of how to give the fragmented neighbourhood a consistent identity of its own. As the area lacked a clear programme, OKRA chose to come up with their personal programme for an ‘urban orchard’. By planting apple and pear trees, OKRA has attempted to



create cohesion between the scattered spaces and buildings. Thus the theme of the ‘edible city’ gives this public space its coherence. The urban orchard consists of many little orchards, each with its own atmosphere – but everywhere passers-by are invited to pick the fruit.

The orchard stands in a fragmented layout of squares and passages organized in a grid system together with buildings and private parcels. The jury awarded the strong identity that the project

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introduces for this part of the Plateau of Kirchberg and also the gesture towards the rigid atmosphere of the buildings. A gradual change in the types and the densities of plantation creates a high quality link between the higher part of the district, more business and urban a-like, and the southern part, more natural, leading towards the Klosengroendchen park. Different atmospheres of

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orchard are created to provide a specific sense of place to each areas of the new district. A network of lines bind the different pieces of public space in order to create a narrative and spatial link between each of the existing public spaces fragments.

Urban Orchard

Client: Fonds d’urbanisation et d’aménagement du Plateau de Kirchberg, 96, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer L-2950 Luxembourg Tel: +352 26 43 45 10 Contact person (client): Mme Veronique BousNature and dimensions of area: 2.8 Ha

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