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Parco Centrale Prato
Italian Landscape Development Contest – design by OBR Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi with Michel Desvigne Paysagiste
10 Oct 2016
Parco Centrale Prato Competition
Design: OBR Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi with Michel Desvigne Paysagiste
Location: Prato, Tuscany, Italy
Parco Centrale Prato
IL PARCO CENTRALE DI PRATO
THE WINNER AND THE RESULTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION

OBR Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi with Michel Desvigne Paysagiste wins first prize in the international competition to design the new Parco Centrale (Central Park) in Prato, Italy.
The jury, chaired by Bernard Tschumi, convened on Friday September 30 and Saturday October 1 to select the winner among 10 finalists, that all expressed new ideas on the contemporary city and on its relationship with the landscape. Bernard Tschumi: ?The project is remarkable in the way it understands and celebrates the history of Prato and of its medieval walls. At the same time, it looks to the future and to the development of the city and its diverse population.?
At a time of great design creativity for the Municipality of Prato (the Pecci Center for contemporary art, designed by Dutch architect Maurice Nio, is set to open on October 16), the results of the competition for the Parco Centrale adds yet another voice to the important and innovative debate on contemporaneity that ...