FollowThink of a protracted space spiraling along the edges of picturesque mountains, and covered with an equally expansive translucently red roof. This in short is the Parco Solar Sud, a paradisiacal promenade which doubles up as a sustainable public park with a plethora of innovative spatial volumes. Originally a long carriageway located in the Bagnara region of Italy, design studio Cottone+Indelicato Architects have sought to redefine the narrow area, with the incorporation of a lengthy solar roof supported by symmetry of vertical steel elements.
Parco Solare Sud designed by Cottone+Indelicato Architects
The irregular, elongated shape of the solar park can certainly have an adverse effect on its degree of accessibility, and thus the architects have ingeniously envisaged a total of four entries; two of them to be accessed from the cardinal directions of north and south, while the remaining two to be made from vertical approaches. Coming to the ‘interior’, the spatial zonings housed by the conspicuous red roof cover will include a series of public pavilions for cultural, recreational, and educational activities.
The carriageway at times is interspersed by tunnel systems, and even they will be cleverly used as agricultural facilities for cultivation of mushrooms. Finally coming to the sustainable part, the elongated roofing system will incorporate an array of photovoltaic panels, solar cells and even diminutive wind generators.
The multitude of panels extending along the surface will function as clean energy producing shading devices. Moreover, due to adroit design considerations, their quantity and orientation (at particular spots) will depend upon the sun’s intensity (according to solar path) for optimized power generation. This in turn infuses the essence of practicality along with sustainability in the whole ambitious proposal.
Source: ecofriend
