Urban agriculture as a tool for social and landscape regeneration.
During the 2015 Expo year, the Festival degli Orti in the Royal Gardens of Villa Reale di Monza explored food production through the lens of rural and urban agriculture, highlighting the potential of community gardens to reshape urban spaces.
L’Oasi Urbana is a temporary wooden installation designed as an edible garden. Combining planting beds, plant supports, pathways, and outdoor seating, it brings together productive urban agriculture and the aesthetic qualities of a green public space. Selected for the exhibition L’Orto in tavola, the project won first prize in the competition promoted by Terra Lab 3.0 and its institutional partners.
The installation reimagines the urban garden as more than a place for growing food: it becomes a space for social interaction, landscape regeneration, and everyday contact with nature, promoting locally grown produce and a more integrated relationship between city and agriculture.
