The delicatessen experience
Artist are working on their open space studios on the upper level while visitors talking a walk observing the variety of trees. From the old body of the fortress, odours, tastes and voices invites you in to the delicatessen restaurant based on local products. The urban farm at the south part of the area supplies the restaurant with local vegetables while food kiosks organised from local producers and cooks enriches an experience much more vivid than a typical restaurant. The food kiosks are mixed with tables, small cinemas, small music stages and relaxing rooms. All the food experience is mixed with the atmosphere of the fortress. The corridors are no longer dark places with no use, but they are transformed into an atmospheric library while meeting young artists. |
The vintage market experience
The strong and tall external wall in comparison with the wild greenery was always an impenetrable boundary from the city to the fortress. With the formation of a public – wooden square next to Via Portuense there is a first attempt to bring the city smoothly in the fortress. At the font of the wooden square is the vintage market, organised by the local people. Small colourful kiosks dressed with colourful things of any type lead you naturally in the fortress. The dynamic of the kiosks and the texture of the ground form a path and give a rhythm to the visitors. In addition, the vertical cafeteria delivers you directly to the upper level- path of the fortress through a steel bridge. The nature slowly approaches the city via the last kiosks of the market. People have picnics next to vintage buyers. |
Into the heart of the fortress
The vintage market ‘throws’ the visitor into the heart of the fortress, where the botanic garden reaches the ground. The steel bridge leaves you directly onto the existed path of the upper level where the ramps bring you in the heart. A way down from the two wooden amphitheatres could be another alternative. In the first one you can play human scale chess or you can enjoy one of the many spontaneous shows of the central small stage. |
The wellness centre into the woods
Deeply more into the woods the wellness centre clears your mind and soul. A natural path lead the walker from the busy city into a calm green environment, where a glass cabin – entrance guides you in the wellness centre. The gym is formed around a submerged atrium which consists also an outdoor climbing wall. Traces of the building are visible from the ground level in a form of a small park where you can observe the climbers reaching their final destination. The gym is connected directly to the meditation centre which is placed in an atmospheric underground area of the fortress. |