Architonic, an important web resource for international architecture and design, speaks of Paghera's macroproject for King Abdullah International Gardens, Riyad:
“Paghera takes on a new challenge in the world’s driest desert at Riyadh.
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The project plans to conjure up a park of over 2,200,000 m˛ with plants from all over the world, including examples of extinct species and those that have survived evolution and climate shifts. This unusual garden is intended as a gift from the city of Riyadh to the Saudi King Abdullah, and it will also represent a powerful tool for learning about, and understanding, the origins and consequences of climate change and the transformations the world’s ecosystems undergo. It will help think about the choices we will face in the future and how we can effectively foster sustainable development.
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THE PAGHERA TOUCH
Paghera reviewed the landscaping, together with some other aspects of the project, in its final stages of definition, and decided to soften the rather stark, regular lines of its original design. Looking beyond the rules establishing that the trees and plants are to be arranged in orderly rows and regular intervals, Paghera felt the importance of establishing a stronger link with the site and its surroundings, of respecting its original settings, and believed that the key lay in creating an oasis, one of the largest in the world.”
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