Three Landscape Essays explores strategies to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis in public spaces in Southern Europe, from the role of vegetation, environmental comfort, and energy consumption to the opportunity to rethink public space as a meeting place for diversity. It looks for alternative imaginaries for the near future beyond the human perspective. It is also a highly complex technical experiment, aiming to grow vegetation on very little land. Three Landscape Essays presents an innovative structural solution for installing gardens over parking lots, commercial galleries, or subway stations. It is designed as a prototype that can be applied to other locations.
Participants
LLUÍS ALEXANDRE CASANOVAS BLANCO, LYS VILLALBA, MONTSERRAT BONVEHI, AND SETH DENIZEN
MADRID, SPAIN; SAINT LOUIS, USA
Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco, Ripoll, Spain, 1985. Lives and works in Madrid, Spain.
Lys Villalba, Madrid, Spain, 1981. Lives and works in Madrid, Spain.
Montserrat Bonvehi, Girona, Spain, 1978. Lives and works in St. Louis, USA.
Seth Denizen, Chicago, USA, 1985. Lives and works in St. Louis, USA.
Authorial Collaborators
Irene Dominguez
Technical Collaborators
Mecanismo Ingeniería; José Hevia, David Echeverría for Colectivo Masquepalabras, and Christian Lagata (Photography)
Team
Viuda de Ramírez (Production); Jaime de la Torre, Paco Téllez Buitrago, Jingyuan Zhu (Collaborators)
Thanks
Natalia Álvarez-Simó, Condeduque Cultural Center in Madrid; Viveros Municipales de Madrid
Supporters
Washington University in St. Louis; Universidad Europea de Madrid; Condeduque Cultural Center in Madrid
