Roberto Nuble Marx - colour and patterns

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Roberto Burle Marx is seen to have revolutionised garden aesthetic, breaking the boundaries of formal European through modernist design. The four-kilometre-long promenade at Copacabana Beach, designed by Burle Marx in 1970 and the Safra Bank Roof Garden reveal his recognisable abstract and colourful pavement designs. 

 

Although in Landscape Architecture we explore the vertical planes and multidimensions of a place to create a fully immersive experience, we must not forget that we spend most of our time looking at the floor. I used Burle Marx works as inspiration for St James Park in DP1, exploring rhythmic geometry and coloured paving to enhance colour, culture and expression in the landscape. Using the floor as a canvas provides a multitude of potentials from the obvious expression of creative and cultural art to dividing and integrating spaces that enhance flow and movement. I have chosen these two precedents as I intend to integrate Burle Marx’s decorative ground style in North Place carpark as part of my public art, wayfinding strategy. The use of organic form, striking patterns and bold colour will juxtapose that of Cheltenham’s vanilla design and exhibit the bold, celebratory and expressive ‘off the now’ concept in the new Eco & Creative Quarter. 

 

It is also worth noting that Burle Marx’s innovative and pioneering attitudes towards colour, native plants and designing for future generations will be themes throughout my design.

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