- Inhabitat – Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building
-
https://inhabitat.com
-
Pop-Up Green Park Invades the City of Lima, Peru
Posted By
Bridgette Meinhold
On
In
Architecture,Design,Reduce, Reuse, Recycle |
Comments Disabled
[gallery_extend]
Invasion Verde was one of five selected artistic interventions chosen out of 137 proposals for Lima’s Great Week. Located along the paver-lined Pasaje Encarnacion, the works gives a pop of color as well as an easily accessible public outdoor seating and play space. The undulating mini-hills are covered in natural grass, recycled tires are planted with flowers and grass and mounted on stool legs, serving as fun outdoor chairs. Recycled plastic is also used as sculptural pieces throughout the park, which is planted entirely with drought tolerant plants.
Lima has grown rapidly, and as the demand for housing grew, the city did little to incorporate public park and recreational space into their planning. According to the World Health Organization, every person living in a city should have 8 sq meter of recreation space, and Lima only has 1.98 sq meter per capita, resulting in a shortfall of 4,800 hectares of recreational spaces. Invasion Verde is an attempt to insert extra park space into a packed city, in order to improve the quality of life for Lima’s citizens.
Via Platforma Arquitectura
Images Via MRGNT Flickr/Genaro Alva
[1]
In the historic downtown area of Lima, Peru, a new pop up green space has invaded the urban landscape. Invasion Verde, or Green Invasion, is an installation by architects Genaro Alva, Denise Ampuero, Gloria Andrea Rojas and industrial designer Claudia –
[2]
Invasion Verde or Green Invasion is a pop up park in the historic center of Lima, Peru.
[3]
The park was part of the Gran Semana de Lima, or Lima’s Great Week, which is a nine day celebration of music, art, food and culture.
[4]
Green Invasion was designed and installed by green architects Genaro Alva, Denise Ampuero, Gloria Andrea Rojas and industrial designer Claudia Ampuero.
[5]
The artistic installation was one of five projects chosen from 137 proposals.
[6]
The project consists of a series of natural grass mounds along with furniture crafted out of recycled tires and plastic.
[7]
The pop up park is located in the historic center of Lima on a paver lined pedestrian street called Pasaje Encarnacion.
[8]
Drought tolerant flowers and plants were used in the installation for the nine days.
[9]
The designers of the park hope that visitors will take home ideas that will inspire them to create more public parks in their own neighborhoods.
[10]
Lima, which grew rapidly, failed to incorporate enough green and open space into their city at the offset.
[11]
The World Health Organization recommends that every person living in a city has 8 sq meters of recreational space. Currently, Lima has just 1.98 sq meter per capita.
[12]
This means there is a shortfall of 4,800 hectares of recreation space for the citizens of Lima.
[13]
By comparison some surrounding Peruvian cities do meet the recommendation: San Borja (8.4 m2/cap.), La Punta (9 m2/cap.) and Santa Maria del Mar (10.01 m2/cap.).
[14]
Green Invasion is meant to help overcome the shortfall of green spaces in the city and use recycled materials in a sustainable manner.
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12]
[13]
[14]