Piazza GC
A square built around everyday gestures: crossing, pausing, meeting and finding shade
STATUS, ROLE, CONSTRAINTS, EVIDENCE
Project record
Spazio 7D + BIOMA
Public space design and landscape integration, in collaboration with Spazio 7D.
- Reconnect access points from several directions.
- Resolve changes in level and built edges.
- Turn a passage space into a welcoming place.
- Place
- Castelli Romani
- Year
- 2024
- Status
- Completed
- Field
- Spazio pubblico
The published evidence covers status, scale, design choices and the available photographic record. No unmeasured performance outcomes are claimed.
What this project illustrates
Public space design: connecting access points, levels, shade and places to pause. Urban regeneration describes the intervention’s field; it does not by itself certify a measured ecological benefit.
01 / THE PROJECT
Connecting movement to give space back to public life
Piazza GC sits within a compact urban fabric, between existing buildings and routes that cross the space in several directions.
The project turns these movements into a legible structure. The ground guides people, trees create shade, seating introduces pauses and planting makes the edges more welcoming.
02 / READING THE PLACE
Before drawing the square, we listened to its movements
Access points, changes in level, built frontages and existing activities already defined a network of movement. The project makes it visible without making it rigid.
The centre remains open and recognisable, while trees, pergolas, seating and planted beds create more sheltered places along the edges.
A new continuity between people and neighbourhood, not an isolated object
03 / DESIGN CHOICES
Each element guides, protects and invites people to pause
Ground, shade and planting work as one system to support movement, climate comfort, different uses and a changing daily identity.
- 01Routes converge without obstructing one another
Paving bands collect the different access points and lead them towards the centre.
- 02Shade defines places
Trees and pergolas protect seating, support commercial activity and make the square usable during warmer hours.
- 03Planted edges, not enclosures
Shrubs, perennials and flowering plants add depth and biodiversity without closing the square.
- 04Seating within the design
The position and direction of benches allow people to sit alone, observe or meet.
04 / INHABITING PUBLIC SPACE
Public space becomes part of everyday life again
Crossing, waiting, meeting, sitting in the shade or pausing near local activity can coexist. The project does not prescribe a single use. It prepares different conditions for the community to inhabit over time.
A SHARED PLACE