The installation message
"The Feeling the Energy project, promoted by Plenitude and created by the CRA - Carlo Ratti Associati studio with Italo Rota, combines art and sustainability, two essential aspects in a historic botanical garden", declares Esteban Manrique, director of the Real Jardín Botánico in Madrid and researcher of the CSIC (Superior Council of Scientific Research, an organization dependent on the Ministry of Science and Innovation).
"Art is the basis for the creation of a historical landscape; sustainability is the fundamental principle for maintaining a green space in the city that absorbs carbon dioxide and provides the citizen with well-being and relaxation. Climate change is forcing us to be increasingly responsible in our actions and energy choices , also through the cultivation of plant species that can store a large amount of carbon dioxide in their structure".
"The Feeling The Energy installation", concludes the director Manrique, who is a botanist who studies plant ecology, in particular of the effects that global changes produce in the global ecosystem, "is interesting both as an architectural / design proposal and as a project of an educational nature. A structure powered by solar panels that self-produce clean energy shows us what our potential is in terms of environmental sustainability".
The patronage of the Italian Embassy in Madrid
The initiative received the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Madrid.
During the inauguration, the Italian ambassador in Madrid Riccardo Guariglia said: "The Embassy has decided to support this project because this peculiar installation draws our attention to the importance of sustainability, energy, the circular economy, science and innovation, beauty, harmony with nature, our habitat.
"It should be noted that it is also a project open to citizens promoted by an important Italian company, Eni Plenitude, whose presence in Spain is very important and growing and whose activity will undoubtedly contribute to the achievement of national objectives linked to decarbonisation.
"From a design point of view, this copper installation was created by the studio of Carlo Ratti, a famous Italian architect, professor at MIT and director of the MIT Senseable City Lab, linked to Rome's candidacy for Expo 2030.
"A country candidacy, whose pillars are based on sustainability and urban regeneration, which for today's society is a real need recognized also at the level of the United Nations.
"I would also like to thank the Interni Magazine delegation led by its director Gilda Bojardi, who worked hard to make this project possible in Spain: a magazine with which the Embassy maintains a very long history of collaboration, promoting a call for projects carried out every year. by young Spanish designers, prototyped by Italian companies and also presented at the Fuorisalone. Collaboration that we want to deepen and continue to develop ".
Photo credits: Marco Beck Peccoz
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