Eco Park Durres is a large public park built on a former landfill that was a serious environmental problem for the city. The site has been used for years as an open landfill where solid waste has been stocked without any protection. As a result a serious environmental problem was created.
The main material used to build the park is the waste found in the landfill at the site. The waste is moved, shaped, and compacted to form an artificial landscape.
The design is inspired by a famous local Roman mosaic, “The Beauty of Durres”, which serves as a metaphor for the transformation of a polluted site with negative connotations into a public space for recreation and environmental education.
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