Talk:Planting Design 2013 - Working Group 26
CASE A: Gerdab (Gerdab-e Ben, the Ben lagoon) گرداب بِن by Majid Amani Beni
Radu - absent for the pressentation,(feedback based on wiki page) : The author pressented an interesting case study that I hadn't any knowledge before. I enjoyed learning about this site. The case was well documented from the cultural point of view but lacks in information about climate and plant species that are relevant for me to fully understand the site characteristics. The analytic drawings demonstrate author's approch in a macro fashion. This could be a good way to undertand the site context but I think he should be more interested in detailed view on the site, too. He didn't upload any projective drawings but from analyzing the analytic drawings I can say that the author want to have a continous tree line and better realtion between the site and soroundings. In my opinion I would try to show more the unicity of the place by treating the site as an oasis in the context of lack of green areas. The lagoon have the potentiol to be highlated because of the plants that are there that seems to be in contrast with soroundings, and this asspects can be more valuable then integrate the site more fluently with the soroundings. This way it can become a interesting site from tourism point o view and a landmark for the region. I encorouge the author to keep documenting about this place because it's an interesting one and should be given more attention from the community.
CASE B: Park Angiolina by Leon Plahuta
Radu - absent for the pressentation,(feedback based on wiki page) : The author did a complete and very good documentation about his chosen case study. Park Angiolina is world known for its flower borders. I enjoyed reading about whole site and learning important facts about its culture and landscape. The documentation he's done, made a very clear idea about the site and its context. I enjoyed that the author raised some questions and issues about law when it comes to protected areas and how green spaces are degrating in time or how can we conserve the site. This questions can lead to an intersting discussion and raise awerness on this important issues. Even though the author admits his subjectivity on the case he present very relevant information on the site. The analytic drawings are very well done with clear information that puts firmly the site in the urban context and showing the good and bad parts that can imediatly lead to proposals. After this good documentation and analyzing of the site the proposals came naturally. I like the author's perspective on non aggresive interventions that do not change the site characteristics but improve its value through punctual functional proposals that are developing the area of the park.
CASE C: MFO-Park by Carolina Esteves Flores
Radu - absent for the pressentation,(feedback based on wiki page) : The author presented an interesting case that is meant to show good practices in using an old industrial area and transforming it in a useble, recreational park through planting design. The architects that designed the site used climbers to cover the metal bars from the site. This gave a distinctiv look that quickly became a landmark of the city. The documentation is well done, making clear about the context and the plants that are used. One of the most important fact about this case is that they used a high variability of plant species so the changing of the seansons can realy change the perspectives on the site through the changing colors of the flowers and foliage. The author highlights the iportance of using season changing in your advantage through planting design. The analytic drawings make a clear idea about the context of the site and shows the author's main issue on using plants that give distinct feelings in different seasons. The projective drawings are demonstrating the positive example of "bringing to life old industrial non functional areas", through planting design. The human intervention should only start the natural way of vegetation invading not usable space and creating a very unique site.