design
Architecture and nature
Plants, trees, butterflies and trecandi tiles —among other elements— all overlaid on ferrocement, are present in the new Parque ecologico Nido de Quetzalcoatl (Quezalcoatl’s Nest Ecological Park), the most recent work by architect Javier Senosian.
Text by Yolanda Bravo Saldaña Fotografía Francisco Lubbert, courtesy of Javier Senosiain
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arden have always revealed themselves as places for recreation and pleasure; they are a small part of domesticated Nature that does not speak of the dominion over the elements but rather of the integration of humanity with its surroundings. It is in this sense that the work of architect Javier Senosiain stands apart because it possesses that organic essence that is truly unique, where imagination overflows in the shapes and materials that create spaces of high plasticity, of a grand visual language always in intimate contact with Nature. Nevertheless as Javier Senosiain tells us:; “It would seem that there are minimal attempts to reintegrate humans with Nature these days, and thus reestablish the balance lost due to the rapid development of technique.” One of Senosiain’s ever-present concerns is the ideal vision of science, technology and humanism as ways to integrate living beings to their environment.
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