The Wild Grows out of the Past

Parc de Pedra Tosca
Designed by RCR Architectes
Located in Garrotxa Volcano Park in Les Preses, Spain

Not sure what to write about this project, but its material simplicity and geometric contrast is brilliant.

The piles of basalt are burial mounds which have been partitioned and balanced with a dividing pathway.

The project photographs wonderfully, and is especially provocative upon entry, where the contrasting steel and rock are most prominent.  I imagine walking through would be a bit frightening or imposing due to the highly restricted views and limited interior vegetative life.  Excited to visit and experience this garden in the surrounding landscape of the volcano park.  While incredibly architectonic, the designers certainly exercised restraint on the wild of the geologic formation and anthropogenic history of the site.