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Renaissance Urban Regeneration by Giacinto Faba Is Granted the A' Design Award in Landscape Planning and Garden Design
Giacinto Faba honored for landscape planning and garden design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ Renaissance Urban Regeneration by Giacinto Faba has been granted the A' Design Award in the Landscape Planning and Garden Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Renaissance Urban Regeneration
Renaissance seeks the rebirth of a forgotten suburb, deprived of memory, and marked by unhappy episodes. The design concept will restore to the city of Pescara two spaces, besides the restyling of the existing park, a new square will be brought to life by the void created by the demolition of three dilapidated buildings where the architecture of the 70s forms the setting. The circular fountain and the unarranged trees will characterize the design of the square. The design also includes innovative techniques and sustainable materials such as pervious concrete for the surfacing.
About Giacinto Faba
Giacinto Faba is a professional architect with over twenty years experience, from architecture and urban design to product design and interior design. From a young age he wanted to be intimately involved with nature and the territory, and has always worked to give a design project a continuity with the context so that it is as integrated as possible with nature. His style is characterized by a continuous research for natural materials and in his works there is a continuum derived from different cultures. The search for stimulating adventures to grow professionally and to find new frontiers is the objective of his art.
Award Record
This recognition makes Giacinto Faba a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2024 - 2025 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Landscape Planning and Garden Design Award
The A' Landscape Design Award is an international landscape design competition recognizing good landscape designs by leading architects and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to landscape designers, urban planners, garden designers and municipalities from all countries. Entries typically include landscape designs, public parks, residential gardens, urban plazas, campus designs and green roofs. Awarded landscape designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/landscape-design
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/168773
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/168773
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!168773
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/226819
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.giacintofabaarchitetto.it
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Renaissance Urban Regeneration
- Function
- Urban Regeneration
- Category
- Landscape Planning and Garden Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Sustainability
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Rosy Brown, Dark Green, Dim Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Giacinto Faba
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #168773
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The dilapidation of the built space in the future square and the neglect of the natural space in the Speranza park reflect the current state of the intervention area. The aim is to redevelop the area, restoring dignity and value to the 60s and 70s Pescara housing, with the design of a square and the restyling of the existing park. At the centre of the square, in the shape of concentric circles, a fountain as a beating heart, surrounded by trees, including native species, that change with the seasons. While the restoration of the park aims to develop a green lung, making it a visiting card.
- Inspiration
- The design idea of Renaissance, in the future square, a place devoid of memory, is inspired by the stone which, falling into the water, generates concentric waves. As the waves propagate, so circular areas with trees and shrubs develop in the square, giving life and dynamism to the environment. For the park, on the other hand, the inspiration originates from the Gothic plots of the ancient maps, represented in the project by small paths transversal to the lengthways path, which generate an effect of movement and connection.
- Research
- Historical analysis and local testimonies have not revealed citations for the design of the square. Indeed, the project’s inspiration was the metaphor of the stone falling into the water. The metaphor gave rise to an idea that supports the business of the project and the sociality of the square as a meeting place and interactions between residents, becoming a point of aggregation for the community. In a different way, in the park the historical analysis brought to light traces of Gothic plots, highlighted in the design with alleyways transversal to the lengthways path.
- Challenge
- Renaissance represents the rebirth of a forgotten suburb, devoid of memory and marked by various vicissitudes. The challenge has been to restore sociality, affection and value through this design. The urban planning variant thus allows a transformation from a residential area to a public space, a place of meetings and regeneration. The restyling of the area, the wise use of pervious concrete and the enhancement of the prior park, restore dignity and a future, transforming abandonment into a renewed promise of life.
- Realization and Technology
- Innovative techniques and sustainable materials in the realization of the project. The pavement in the centre of the square as well as the path of the park are made of pervious concrete, to facilitate the discharge of rainwater and reduce the summer temperature. The pervious concrete is a mixture composed of cements, water, additives and sand free aggregates in the right proportions. While the remaining part of the square is in combed concrete. Elettronic Interface Led technology has been used to manage the remote control and dimming of the lighting system of the project for energy saving.
- Operation and Interaction
- The operation takes shape through the demolition of three dilapidated buildings. The transformation takes place by way of an urban renovation project that includes both the creation of a square and the restyling and restoration of an existing park. Interaction develops between residents and non residents, thanks also to the proximity of sports facilities. A good result is obtained both by improving human relationships and enhancing environmental beauty by planting new trees. The design implements a process that optimizes space and promotes sociality.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in June 2021 in Pescara and ended in November 2021 in Pescara
- Specifications
- Square mq 9825 Park Area mq 5700
- Keywords
- Renaissance, Square, draining concrete, brushed concrete, fountain, trees, flowerbeds,park
