A snapshot of the existing situation
Decades of low maintenance have allowed nature to slowly reclaim the formal elements of the park: a wild poetry that becomes the starting material for the redesign.The ruin vocabulary of the central island will be conserved as a romantic gestureThe dense self-seeded afforestation of certain areas is blurring the lines of the original park. While these biotopes have high natural value, they clash with the cultural elements of the historic layout. Their managed substitution addresses the ecological ambitions of the future spaces, advocating for a balanced and productive dialogue between natural succession and cultural use.The slow filling of the castle moat by the vegetationThe main entrance path framed by two rows of Metasequoias is one of the most distinctive features of the site. Opening the park to the public raises the question of accessibility: most paths require restoration, and the method of intervention will need to minimise construction impact (in terms of process and foundation loads) on the existing root systems of the mature trees.