ROUND BLUR
PROGRAM: Urban installation
TEAM: 2A+P Architettura / nicole_fvr (Tommaso Arcangioli, Gianfranco Bombaci, Domenico Cannistraci, Lorenzo Castagnoli, Pietro Chiodi, Matteo Costanzo, Valerio Franzone, Angelo Grasso)
CLIENT: Associazione Artegiovane, Municipality of Turin, GTT
COLLABORATORS: Modelab - Marco Galofaro (model), a.titolo / Zebra (communication)
LOCATION: Turin, Italy
AREA: 1.400 m2
STATUS: Competition Entry 2003 > Completed 2005
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Round Blur is the fusion between heathers and artificial catadioptric flowers called catafiori, between synthetic grass and white refractive asphalt. Here, the artificial elements inhabit the inert ground while natural elements bloom from the natural soil.
Round Blur is an uncertain and fragile place that is accessible only by tram and observable by the cars driving along the roundabout.