Belo Horizonte's municipal parks remain closed to visitors as a preventive measure against Covid-19, but that does not mean that the care of green areas has been left without due care. People will soon return to the streets and those who pass by the Ecological Park da Pampulha will be graced with a work of art and an open-air living space. This is
Oca , an installation in a metal structure inspired by the projects of Burle Marx, designed by architects
Bárbara Barbi ,
Murad Mohamad and
Jéssica Sarrià . The installation was presented in the last edition of
CASACOR Minas and will now meet the public in a region known for the presence of works by the famous Brazilian landscaper.
Nature was the architects' main inspiration when choosing the color palette adopted in the project, in tones that refer to the mountains, in addition to the materials used, such as the stones with natural textures and the wood of the deck, which made up the installation at
CASACOR . But The wooden deck will not be installed in the Park to avoid generating maintenance costs. In the center of the work stands a vertical structure assembled from 420 slats of oxidized metal, in the shape of a spiral, forming a totally organic architectural ensemble, in the Burle style. Marx. After the decoration exhibition closed, the architects needed a space to permanently install the structure. That's when the
Gentileza Movement came into play, promoting a partnership between
CASACOR , the Municipal Parks and Zoobotany Foundation and the three architects who designed the project. work, which they chose the Pampulha Ecological Park, a location that now has its first open-air work of art.[newsletter]
