Project
Park of Sovereign States
Nomination
Best Project of Public Space
About the project
The goal of the project is to create a must-visit place on the Torfyanovka-Helsinki route, which will become a new point of interest in Eastern Finland.
The design concept is a sculpture consisting of multilevel rectangular concrete blocks. The size of each rectangle is proportional to the area of the 193 independent states. The blocks line up, forming a spiral staircase, which is accessible to visitors. Each country’s name is written in a font of the same size and placed on the visible part of the block wall.
The dialogue between the low and the upper parts of the park emphasizes the post-industrial nature of the modern world. The raised middle part of the sculpture works as a natural amphitheater for contemplating the bay of Hamina Bay.
Location
Hamina, Finland
Project design year
2020
More project images
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/a871n3zs6avd1f1/AABuFcKfTLSwqDb1ADzlfSDua?dl=0
Project 3D tour
https://kuula.co/post/7631m
Applicant and authors of the project
Studio XY