#Urban GardensGrow Together Grow Green, urban reforestation as a collaborative action.
This collaborative project adopts an approach to urban reforestation that goes beyond the sole act of planting, weaving a narrative of collective responsibility. The project’s focus on extending tree cover implies a deliberate collective effort to combat the local impact of climate change. In Milan and Bergamo, the Grow Together Grow Green installation, covered with a variety of seedlings specific to the region, has served as a tangible representation of the city’s commitment to sustainable transformation. Thousands of trees have been adopted, and some have already been planted in public spaces and private gardens across the cities.
Topotek 1 works in landscaping and architecture, regarding itself as a traveller to the marginal parts of typologies and scales, with forays into urban design, music and art. The agency develops concepts through a critical and inquisitive understanding of contemporary, cultural and historical realities. The hybridisation of subjects and disciplines, the transmission and re-contextualisation of design elements, and the staging of scenographic sequences are all strategies that define the agency’s work.
Martin Rein-Cano is the founder, creative director and associate director of Topotek 1. He studied landscape architecture at the Technical University of Hannover and the Technical University of Karlsruhe, before going on to study art history at Frankfurt University. He founded Topotek 1 in 1996.