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As a member of the jury for the second International Urban Garden Competition ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????Bilbao Jard??n 2009,?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? Diana Balmori of New York-based Balmori Associates was one of four designers invited to create a garden. Dr. Balmori chose to place a garden on the steps leading to a footbridge over the Nervi??n River in Bilbao, Spain. The river runs through the city and into the Bay of Biscay.
Balmori Associates describes the garden: ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????The garden climbs the stairs, running in undulating lines of different textures and colors. Envisioned as a dynamic urban space ?EUR??,,????'?????<?????????????(R)?(its) lush plantings cascade down as though the garden was flowing or melting, bleeding the colors into each other. In one gesture, it narrates a story of landscape taking over and expanding over the public space and architecture. ?EUR??,,????'?????<?????????????(R)? Like the famous Spanish Steps in Rome, the garden is not only designed for visitors to ascend and descend, but for them to linger, and just be.?EUR??,,????'?????<????????
For more information, visit http://bilbaojardin.com/english.html
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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