In an international online competition set for designing the best solar park by New Italian Blood, the Italian designer Sandro Corradi from STUDIO CORRADI INGEGNERIA came up with his design of solar park. The location of the park i.e. the Costa Viola, is 200 m above sea level and has a deep emotional impact on the visitors.
Visitors can walk or ride bikes or train through a 10 km lane which surrounds the monument. At the two ends of the lane, two buildings made of glass are constructed. Each of them covers 300sqm area, and the heat and sound are prevented to enter through the solid glass used to make the buildings, thus providing a cool and noise-free environment. One of the two buildings will house renewable energy department and the other a tourist office.
Along the bridge at Costa Viola, the North lane pavement will be widened to 22 m and various attractions like children play-grounds, sun bathing areas, climbing areas, bungee jumping, land art excursions etc. can be constructed later. The South lane will also be acoustically isolated. Privacy and pleasant surroundings will be provided for family picnics in large areas. You can also experience the pleasing and harmonious sounds of live and recorded music that is played in small auditoriums.
The monument is constructed on an ultra light steel structure that also hosts photovoltaic 50 percent translucent solar panels. The rainwater is also collected for the irrigation purposes. The electric bus-train is solar driven and runs on rubber tires to reduce noise. Wind mills along with solar panels are roofed at the arcades of the bridge, and this is how energy is generated for the solar park. To give the whole design an environmental impact, the wind blades are constructed of green composite material. Bamboo fibers constitute the laminates and the payback time which was supposedly 6 years for solar panel reduce to five weeks and also reduces for wind blades by three years.
