It will be called Pista 500, and will be built in Turin, on largest hanging garden in Europe. Its location? The roof of the Lingotto, the former FIAT car factory that the architect Renzo Piano transformed it into a congress center, as well as into the Giovanni Agnelli Auditorium and the Giovanni and Marella Agnelli Art Gallery.
What will the largest hanging garden in Europe look like?
Olivier François, CEO of the Fiat brand and marketing director of Stellantis, proudly announced the project for the largest roof garden in Europe. Which will also be one of the largest in the world. The initial idea would have been to inaugurate this new space in July, intended for the community and open to all, but it will not be possible. And, for once, the pandemic has nothing to do with it: it is nature that takes time, with the plants that must grow to dye the “high slope” of the Lingotto green. "I think we will inaugurate around 22 September, day more day less. And it will be beautiful" he said. It will be the one who will design it Stefano Boeri, mind of the Vertical Forest of Milan (elected "most beautiful skyscraper in the world"). It was he, together with his team, who selected the 28 thousand species of trees and plants almost all at km 0 almost. These species are characterized by the ability to absorb polluting emissions.
The largest hanging garden in Europe will not be just a record. It will also and above all be a gift that Stellantis and FIAT give to the Turin residents, part of the green commitment that the two companies have undertaken for years. "It is my heart project, and it has a very strong symbolism. In fact, we make an area of tradition totally industrial and polluting highly sustainable”Commented François. Access will be free and open to all, so that everyone can enjoy this piece of history. Of Italy and of the automobile. So much so that, initially, it was thought to allocate the track to a special event dedicated to the electric 500. Then, the desire to do something lasting for the community prevailed.
The idea behind the project
For an increasingly sustainable future, the idea of the largest hanging garden in Europe was born. If on the one hand, FIAT is betting everything on its own 500 electric and on electricity in general, its management is working on all-round green projects. The nearly 30 plants in the garden, with their millions of leaves, will help keep the air cleaner. A need that, with the arrival of the pandemic, has become even more pressing.
"The Covid pandemic has shown us how fragile our lives and our bodies can be and has highlighted the importance of improving the environment and above all the air of the cities in which we live. Trees, in addition to absorbing CO2, reducing energy consumption and urban heat, increase the biodiversity of living species and make cities more attractive, and drastically thefine dust pollutionConfirmed Boeri.
