YAP Rome at MAXXI 2018

Green Gallery YAP 2018 STUDIOD3R


Urban Context
Urban conditions such as pollution, global warming and sealing ground are challenging not only the inhabitants but also the biodiversity in cities. The urban surrounding of the MAXXI is densely built and in large parts sealed. In order to reduce pollution, improve the microclimate and foster the local biodiversity we propose the Green Gallery. The greater green areas in the surrounding are linked though multiple stepping stones between the Riserva Naturale di Monte Mario and the Villa Ada. The project propose to introduce an additional green stepping stone at the MAXXI square, providing shade during summer and creating an urban biodiversity fauna corridor.

Concept and Spatial Design
The MAXXI’s massive volumes made out of concrete and dynamic spatial formality emphasise the gravity tectonics, whereas the installation Green Gallery displays the lightness and stresses the boarders of materiality with its minimal structure. The three-dimensional matrix unfolds in front of the MAXXI as a decent dignified carpet. The light, rigid structure determines the spatial extension of the project and spans the boarders. The biomass of the climbing plants and potted plats complement the steel structure and create a lively, biodiverse ‘Green Gallery’ with a variation in density.

Experience
The visitors of the MAXXI can wander around the light structure, lose themselves in the shade of the wildly growing plants and enjoy the cooler microclimate while listening to the diverse birds singing. In this way the citizens value urban biodiversity and relax in the small, wild oasis of the ‘Green Gallery’.

Radostina Radulova-Stahmer, Deniza Horländer
in collaboration with Marcello Fantuz