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Eco Park Durres

Firm LocationRotterdam, Netherlands

CompanyCasanova+Hernandez architects

Lead ArchitectHelena Casanova

Projecthttps://www.casanova-hernandez.com/l074_eco-park-durres/

Eco Park Durres is a large public park built on a former landfill that was a serious environmental problem for the city. The design is inspired by a famous Roman mosaic, “The Beauty of Durres”, which serves as a metaphor for the transformation of a polluted site with negative connotations into a public space for recreation and environmental education. The project transforms a contaminated landfill into a sanitary landfill formed by hills made of waste. The hills are covered with vegetation and sculpted creating a land art intervention and sports facilities.