017_Grotto Park and Pavilions
017 Pavilion 1
Project: 017 Garden Park and Pavilions
Architecture: TROPICA
Landscape Design: La Casona Garden
Status: In Design
Design: Ongoing
Build:
Location: South Miami, FL
TEXT: This large Design-Build garden will be defined only by what is present on the PLOT --by Miami’s bedrock -- Oolitic Limestone. The limestone blocks will be mined and stacked on site. The resulting cavities in the earth naturally fill with groundwater from the water table, creating a series of grottos.
In Miami, we are constantly elevating ourselves above, and trying to escape the earth, and rising sea level. This project aims to monumentalize and return to the earth.
The earth is celebrated, to raise awareness of what sits directly beneath our city.
The garden will house a number of different pavilions and programs, built entirely out of materials found on site: the landscape is created from a process of subtraction and reconfiguration.
In addition to extensive stonework on site, roofs for a series of pavilions will be created using reclaimed wood from invasive trees removed from the site. Thatched roofing installed by local indigenous groups will provide water protection for spaces below.
This project accentuates the unique qualities and characteristics of the special Florida plantings. Ferns, Banyans, and vines sprawl directly over the rock, growing without the need for any soil.
The water, streaming directly from the aquifer, will be recirculated and moved to accentuate the unique levels, in a typically flat, Florida landscape. Mangroves and other aquatic plants will provide habitat for fish and other wildlife which will naturally come to this grotto which will naturally connect to other bodies of water.
Florida’s unique geological history, once sitting beneath the ocean, is characterized by the presence of crustaceans, shells, and other marine organisms which remain present in this rock and give the garden and structures an ornamental character.
Images:
Project: 017 Garden Park and Pavilions
Architecture: TROPICA
Landscape Design: La Casona Garden
Status: In Design
Design: Ongoing
Build:
Location: South Miami, FL
TEXT: This large Design-Build garden will be defined only by what is present on the PLOT --by Miami’s bedrock -- Oolitic Limestone. The limestone blocks will be mined and stacked on site. The resulting cavities in the earth naturally fill with groundwater from the water table, creating a series of grottos.
In Miami, we are constantly elevating ourselves above, and trying to escape the earth, and rising sea level. This project aims to monumentalize and return to the earth.
The earth is celebrated, to raise awareness of what sits directly beneath our city.
The garden will house a number of different pavilions and programs, built entirely out of materials found on site: the landscape is created from a process of subtraction and reconfiguration.
In addition to extensive stonework on site, roofs for a series of pavilions will be created using reclaimed wood from invasive trees removed from the site. Thatched roofing installed by local indigenous groups will provide water protection for spaces below.
This project accentuates the unique qualities and characteristics of the special Florida plantings. Ferns, Banyans, and vines sprawl directly over the rock, growing without the need for any soil.
The water, streaming directly from the aquifer, will be recirculated and moved to accentuate the unique levels, in a typically flat, Florida landscape. Mangroves and other aquatic plants will provide habitat for fish and other wildlife which will naturally come to this grotto which will naturally connect to other bodies of water.
Florida’s unique geological history, once sitting beneath the ocean, is characterized by the presence of crustaceans, shells, and other marine organisms which remain present in this rock and give the garden and structures an ornamental character.
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017_Pavilion 2
017_Oolite Intervention
017_Oolite Intervention
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017_Reference
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