Where does architecture meet public space? Carme Pinós

Carme Pinós, Estudio Carme Pinós, Barcelona discusses how considerations of public space inform her recent work.

by ColumbiaGSAPP

“We wanted our garden to be a concentration of perfumes in which we are submerged as we descend,” explained Carme Pinos of Torreblanca Park in Alicante, Spain, where criss-crossing paths bypass circular beds with aromatic plants and vine-covered metal trellises to create a sensuous public space. More recently, the cantilevered floors of Pinos’s 16-story Torre Cube in Guadalajara, Mexico were built around a central, open-air atrium to question where architecture meets public space and vice versa.