The objective of Expo Green is to tell the story of different landscapes that characterize the Italian natural and agricultural territory and make up a green filter between the exhibition space and the outside.
Expo Landscapes
A team of landscape architects developed a project to tell the story of different landscapes that characterize the Italian natural and agricultural territory.
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- 17 February 2015
- Milan
There is the green outer ring (an area of 80,000 square meters) consisting of a wooded strip that will define the perimeter of the site; inside of the exhibition island there will be other types of greenery representing three different variations of characteristic of more urban landscapes, including the Hortus (8 gardens – with pergolas and seats – for visitors’ relax within an area of 27,000 square meters), the Large Piazzas (3 large open spaces – the West Entrance where there will also be a Butterfly Garden, Waterways Gate, Lake Piazza – located at strategic points of entry to the site), the Small Piazzas (25 smaller open spaces, of various shapes, located near service areas and dining options, each named for a tree species that characterizes the space, for example, Pears, Lime Trees, Mulberry Trees, Oaks, Sycamores and White Poplars); the Mediterranean Hill offers a Mediterranean forest carved by paths and rest areas.
In addition, installations in regards to the green areas and the architecture are linked to each other (such as seatings, pergolas, flooring) and they have been designed taking into account the reversibility of the works that will be disassembled and able to be reused at the end of the Universal Exhibition.
All of the vegetation was chosen in advance, starting from the beginning of the work, and aims for maximum quality required from the nurseries selected from the regions of Lombardia, Veneto, Emilia and Tuscany.
Approximately 90 percent of the trees will be grown and transported by air pot, a reusable vase made of a special recyclable plastic that actively increases the quality of the root systems of plants by eliminating root binding: thus reducing the growing time on the nursery, optimizing the transplantation phase and the health of the plants. After a preliminary phase developed in-house by the team of Expo 2015 S.p.A., the landscaping project was curated by Benedetto Selleri from PAN Associati along with Franco Zagari for the design of the Hortus project with the overall coordination by Metropolitana Milanese.
Outer Ring, A wood around Expo, Expo Milano 2015
General project: Metropolitana Milanese S.p.A.
Landscape project: PAN associati
Project coordination: Benedetto Selleri
Exhibition Plate, Expo Landscape, Expo Milano 2015
Preliminary landscape design: Ufficio di Piano Expo 2015 S.p.A. Matteo Gatto, Cristina Martone, Gianluca Lugli, Ciro Mariani.
Final and executive design: Metropolitana Milanese S.p.A.
Final and executive landscape design: PAN associati
Project coordination: Benedetto Selleri with Franco Zagari for the Hortus’ project
Client: Expo 2015 S.p.A.
Completion: 2015