50 – SG2028 – ASIZA BIROU DE ARHITECTURA S.R.L.

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Autori principali: arh. Vlad Sebastian Rusu, arh. Octav Silviu Olănescu, arh. Anamaria Olănescu, arh. Anda Gheorghe

Colaboratori specialităţi:

Structură – ing. Ovidiu Rusu

Peisagistică –  ing. peis. Alexandru Cotoz, ing. hort. Valentin Sebastian Dan

Construcții hidrotehnice –  ing. Monica Gheorghe

Planșa 1

ARGUMENT

Situated at the north-estern limit of the city center, on the banks of the Somes river, the proposed revitalization of the “Feroviarilor” Park relies on the sustainable urban development principles. The project seeks to re-integrate natural (aquatic and vegetal) elements within the city, along with providing diverse facilities for neighborhood and city-level communities. The required means for these proposal have been designed to be non-invasive and reversible. Our solution aims to balance the resources and high-quality public spaces that satisfy the needs of the community within the designed landscape and proposed buildings.

GRADINA SOMESULUI (SOMES GARDEN) – THE PARK AS A COMPONENT OF THE ECOLOGICAL GREEN SYSTEM

Our design proposal integrates the Somes river as an ecological axis of the park, making it a component of the Ecological Green System. This concept of re-naturalization of Somes’s banks is followed by porposals for wetlands, which become the main attractors of the park. Integrated into a simple rainwater collection system, the wetlands together with the river become the dynamic elements of the park, encouraging the emergence of specific vegetation and fauna. Through their natural character, this places aim to evoke the atmosphere and the intrinsec qualities of existing spaces along the Somes river. In this context, the old park is proposed to become the Somes Garden, a name that encompasses the new character of the proposed green space and its new relationship with the river.

Planșa 2

ZONING, FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES

The functional zoning of the park proposes a four-stripe scheme parallel to the Somes River, each with its name and specificity: the Somes Strip, the Ecological Strip, the Cultural Strip and the Social Strip. Each of the four strands shows gradual intensities of human activities, ensuring their gradual hierarchy from the Somes River to the built neighborhoods. The design has envisioned thirty possible scenarios of use, which can take place in different combinations depending on the season or time of the day. These are  distributed in space according to the intensity of human activities, by taking into account the general scenario of human activity, gradually calming from the built area to the natural one.

VEGETATION AND TOPOGRAPHY

The proposal integrates a consistent part of the existing vegetation, and the notable trees have been integrated into the new design. The selection and layout of the new vegetation follows the general concept of the project, by creating vegetation areas complementary to each of the four functional zones. Thus, the area in the immediate vicinity of the Somes River and wetlands (Ecological Strip) have native vegetation from the Somesul Mic geographical area (including Somesul Cald). It has been grouped as ecotopes found in the course of the river from the spring to the confluence with the Somes River (near by the city of Dej). The flora of the other strands was selected to be specific of natural wetlands, meadows and hills.

By the systematization of the land, the park becomes more intimate with the Somes River through the emergence of positive and negative topography.

REVERSIBILITY AND REUSE

The designed objects of the park (entrance gates, functional core, pavilions, technical spaces) are discreet and dissimulated, based on reversible constructive techniques and structures. The built elements are designed in a unitary architectural language, which uses wood and metal as materials, giving the vegetation a key part in the design process. Along with the notable elements of the existing and proposed vegetation, the main built elements contribute to the identity of the various places of the park.

Some of the existing anthropic elements are meant to be used for the consolidation and waterproofing of wetland slopes (existing concrete slabs and platforms), or for various installations for wild life (railway sleepers). Also, the vegetation proposed for replacement (trees and shrubs) is processed and used as a compost.

Planșa 3

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND FUNCTIONING SCHEME OF THE WETLAND

Rain water coming from the nearby streets is filtered through the biofilter swales and directed to the retention pond and rain garden that sustains the proposed wetland of the ecological strip. All the rain water that is not assimilated by the natural filtration of the park grounds is directed to the retention pond. In case of high water of the Somes River some of the water could be redirected to feed the wetland.