Realengo Park Susana Naspolini / Ecomimesis Soluções Ecológicas

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Text description provided by the architects. The Realengo Susana Naspolini Park was inaugurated in mid-June in the Realengo neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The park is part of an initiative by the City Hall, the Environmental Department, and the Parks and Gardens Foundation to create new urban parks in the city through public tenders. The local population and social movements claimed the land for more than 20 years and requested that the 160,000 m² of the former Army cartridge factory be transformed into a public park. In 2021, the City Hall received half of the land area as a donation and launched a public notice to develop the basic park project on the site. After the bidding process, we were selected to draft the Basic Project. The following year, a new tender was opened to elaborate on the executive project and the construction work. The winning construction company then hired our office to continue the project in the executive phase while the work was supervised by the Parks and Gardens Foundation.