Dal Molin. The German architect Kipar visiting with the Mayor on the east side of the former airport
The landscape architect who redesigned the former airport of Hitler: "It's an area that should not be filled but lived. A unique opportunity for the city '
Vicenza as Berlin. The east side of Dal Molin as Tempelhof Airport in the heart of Hitler in the German capital. On the wide area where the aircraft landed at one time, thousands of people to enjoy a space made public, open to children on skates, a bicycle grandparents, couples arm in arm. From the area off-limits to park pace.Per is now "just" an idea. A vision. Is that the mayor Achille variations that could become reality thanks to the contribution of the German architect Andreas Kipar , the landscape is transforming Tempelhof into a public park and that yesterday "went out" at Dal Molin: "We must go in order to understand how big this area - says in perfect Italian, after inspection by municipal administrators -. And to understand that here at Dal Molin, the park already exists, just resist the temptation to fill that empty space for the unique landscape of the Northeast. "
inspection. The architect Kipar , one of the leading names among the European landscape, is presently no contract with the City. This is the second time, however, that the mayor met him in a process of reflection on the park project for peace. And yesterday there was the first field visit. With him, the former airport, there were the mayor, councilors Antonio Dalla Pozza (Environment) and John Giuliari (Pace), the chief of staff James Bulgarini d'Elci, executives at local public parks and all 'environment, and the designer Flavio Albanese.In waiting that the government get out of the shallows and the State, municipality, province and region could put the signature on the agreement on compensation payments, Variati try to give the route.
THE PARK THERE, minimum cost. "When ever happens to a city such as Vicenza of having a green space of this size?". Bright eyes Kipar architect or contract completion. It is not the 200 hectares of Tempelhof, but 60 of the east side of the Dal Molin "are in an area even larger proportion." His philosophy is simple. First: "forget the parks-gardens-style eight-twentieth century." According to "Reusing the existing" because "in reality, the park already exists, you just live it, open it to people. " A fragment of the track becomes a path, "Imagine a thousand children who skate over there." The green area can accommodate families, "Imagine a tent and chairs and 150, below, a little 'music." And then the lake, meadows and other care to be left in its natural state. All this on an area of \u200b\u200bVicenza Vicenza that do not know. But the sense of the project is also concerned: "The Peace Park is cheap - says Kipar -. We only need a "limited budget management." How many gardeners? "The park will not help many gardeners, but many people who live it."
OPEN TO CITIZENS. And the citizens could start the project. "In Berlin, before deciding the transformation in the park, the airport was open to the people - remember Kipar -. Since then, after that people touch, the consent to the project has exploded. " A path that excites the mayor: "I will try to create moments when the people of Vicenza have the opportunity to enter that place to live, to walk: then we'll talk." Changed the area is aware that there are other ideas, like that of hosting a civil protection. "All ideas are legitimate - notes - but if you firsthand that area which is the way we understand. The architect is right: the park already exists, do not have the urge to fill it. " Vicenza as Berlino. Ma in un Nordest superurbanizzato c'è spazio per un approccio culturale come quello berlinese? «È una bella sfida - risponde Kipar - Vicenza potrebbe aprire uno spazio di sperimentazione, un parco-laboratorio che “rompa” con le città codificate. Bisogna evitare due mali: l'indifferenza rispetto all'eccezionalità della situazione; e la banalità, quella che fa dire: “cosa vuoi che sia...”. L'occasione è irripetibile».
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