Being a juror in the second edition the international competition of Urban Gardens "Garden 2009 Bilbao, Diana Balmori of the team, based in New York, Balmori Associates was invited to create a garden in the Basque city. As the site chosen to locate the garden stairs in the middle of the two towers near the controversial Arata Isozaki Santiago Calatrava bridge over the river Nervión.
The garden complements the list of many projects of this equipment in the city of Bilbao among which Abandoibarra management (proposal contest winner, 1997), the Plaza de Euskadi (under construction), Campa de los Ingleses (winning proposal Contest, 2007) and recent selection as a finalist in the competition for the management of the bay of Pasajes.
The garden complements the list of many projects of this equipment in the city of Bilbao among which Abandoibarra management (proposal contest winner, 1997), the Plaza de Euskadi (under construction), Campa de los Ingleses (winning proposal Contest, 2007) and recent selection as a finalist in the competition for the management of the bay of Pasajes.
Photo: Iwan Baan, Bustler
