This project aims at providing St. Galla parish church with an oratory made available for the local community. The area involved within the project will be transformed into a green space dedicated to sport, recreational, and even contemplative activities. Project’s surface is almost flat as is the bottom of a big urban void built about five meters below the street level so that it is hidden from the city.
Over the years, the existing green elements have been located without any comprehensive project, being the outcome of random operations. The new project fits in its environment by taking into account the existing trees constraints and by trying to safeguard them as much as possible, compatibly with the new bulky activities. Within its area, the new project introduces a new spatial sequence, once missing, by introducing a geometrical and recognisable organization made through green and soil modelling.
The landscape is improved by five rectangular “prints” hosting specific functions, linked together by winding footpaths, deep in a naturalistic style garden. These “prints” just appear from the ground level in order not to disturb the special nature of the place. Five shapes stand out like stamped “prints” on the ground, reaffirming their contrasting geometrical nature against the informal greenery surrounding them. These figures shape the ground with their in relief edges host five different functional activities (two soccer field, a basket\volleyball field, a playground, an educational garden and a stone paved meeting square).
