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Project • By ViGa Arquitectos • Pavilions
Kokedama Infinito
The complexity of current problems requires redefining the role of the architect; it is essential to go from being creators of forms or objects to interpreters of an extraordinarily dynamic reality that demands fast, flexible solutions; but above all, solutions that integrate architecture and nature. Beyond actual trends, the design of the environment that surrounds us must share values and positively influence the people and species that occupy it.
Angela Vizcarra
Angela Vizcarra
Kokedama Infinito Pavilion is an ephemeral installation that was inspired by the Japanese art of growing plants in a moss ball and then hanging them on a thread. The Kokedama allows us to introduce a new way of growing vegetation in a predominantly arti... More
Project • By Openact Architecture • Pavilions
Sava Activities
Sava Activities is an on-going public urban design project aiming to reintroduce the riverbanks of Zagreb’s Sava River to the daily life of the city. Initiated as a competition proposal in 2015, the project had been developed around the flood related characteristics of the river.
Unlike the other European capitals which are established around a river, Zagreb’s urban growth had been formed with a tendency to move away from Sava. As the wildest branch of Danube, Sava River historically had harmed and destructed Zagreb, but now regulated with the construction of the embankment; its riverbanks carry the potential to be rethought as vital urban spaces of Zagreb.
Due to increasing water levels which occur several times a year, no pe... More