Parco dell’Acqua: shaping a landscape where water becomes structure
Within the Parco Agricolo Nord Est in Lombardy (Italy), the Parco dell’Acqua redefines hydraulic infrastructure as a living landscape, integrating water management, ecological systems, and public space into a cohesive territorial vision.
Published in Topscape Paysage, the Parco dell’Acqua project in Sulbiate–Aicurzio highlights LAND Italia’s landscape approach, where water becomes the guiding element in shaping space, ecology, and collective use.
Developed as a blue-green infrastructure, the project transforms basins, wetlands, and phytoremediation systems into an accessible and evolving landscape. Through soil design, vegetation strategies, and a network of paths and public spaces, the park builds a continuous ecological matrix that reconnects the site with its surrounding agricultural context.
At the core of the intervention is a dynamic relationship between water and land: areas designed to manage stormwater become everyday spaces for community life, while the biolake and planted systems support biodiversity and microclimatic regulation. The result is a landscape that is both adaptive and experiential, where technical performance and spatial quality coexist
Read the full article here (in Italian).
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