Via Filippo Civinini 69 Roma 00197
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ALBULA - A Garden along the Tiber
Roma
Albula is inspired by the river, the soul of our city since its inception, and by the vegetation that naturally populates it. A part of the Tiber that, from an urbanistic point of view, recognize the passage between the countryside and the city, becomes the pretext to emphasize the importance that riparian vegetation plays in the ecology and conservation of the soil, biodiversity and aquatic ecosystems. A forgotten world, that our project addresses through the three basic elements of this landscape: the river, the shore and vegetation. Fragments of glass to evoke the transparency and light, but also the flow of the river and the elements that water brings with it, transforming them. To mark the limit - the bank - a strip of coconut fiber, a material used for the consolidation of the banks of river flows among willows, poplars, reeds and brambles, shelter and nourishment for wildlife, key reservoir of biodiversity