Sustainability Report

Ecological commitment also serves as a means to restore the often-overlooked relationship between the user and the territory, bridging the divide between urban and rural environments. Understanding the ecosystem as a network of interrelated agents necessitates acting with coherence and awareness, promoting the continuity of the environmental cycle through the use of materials. The second action psresent as an intervention strategy within the built environment is the "repurposing" of pre-existing elements: recycling construction materials reduces the need to extract or produce new resources and helps manage the generation of waste, thereby significantly lowering the ecological impact of the project. This approach also influences the perception of the boundary between the natural and the artificial, as reestablishing a tangible connection between the city and the countryside requires an ecological interpretation of the landscape. After collecting and cataloging all the existing elements—both natural and artificial—within the intervention area, the concrete curbs, which had previously marked the edge of the existing path, are repurposed. These elements are relocated and reconfigured to form a new route, running parallel to the linear boundary. The path guides the user through an area sheltered by the existing trees, while also respecting them. Thanks to the new arrangement of the curbs, this will (re)naturalize the area of the old path and significantly reduces the ecological impact of the intervention, as se placement of the cubs along the whole functions as a permeable pavement. Other pre-existing elements, such as the light fixtures and swings, were also incorporated into the design of the new park. In this way, through the repurposing of construction elements and other objects found on-site, it is possible to recover and preserve a temporal and material continuity throughout the architectural project

The reuse of curbs in the construction process reflects the project's spirit of internalization. The prefabricated concrete curbs that once delineated the old park have been repurposed to design a layout that, while respecting and integrating the preexisting elements, offers users a new pathway. This approach enables the recirculation of a material initially considered unsustainable, extending its lifecycle through an innovative formal solution. The preexisting curbs were removed and cut into smaller pieces to be arranged in various patterns depending on the specific areas of the pathway. Smaller pieces, grouped in certain areas, form seating zones, while the larger ones define sections intended for transit. In their new arrangement, the set of pieces functions as a permeable pavement, contributing to the (re)naturalization of the area and significantly reducing the ecological impact on the territory.