Tameka Baba

Garden Club of America | Prince Charitable Trusts Rome Prize
1 settembre 2025–26 giugno 2026
Professione
Professional Practice Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture Section, Knowlton School, Ohio State University
Titolo del progetto
Urban Tapestry: Exploring Soft Density in Rome’s Public Spaces
Descrizione del progetto

Rome’s piazzas have long served as vibrant hubs of cultural exchange, shaping the rhythm of urban life. Yet, their enduring permanence often overlooks the region’s rich ecological diversity, raising questions about their adaptability in a warming climate. How might weaving be employed both as a metaphor and a method to introduce traditional elements from Italian Renaissance gardens, cultivating a “soft density” of vegetation in urban settings? Urban Tapestry examines how composition, symbolism, and narrative can address challenges related to climate adaptation, comfort, and social interaction. Piazza del Popolo serves as the focal point of this study, beginning with a photographic catalog that maps the piazza’s current functions and evolving into speculative woven studies that reimagine the space as a resilient, scenographic, and socially engaging landscape.