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Giovanna Gallardo

Giovanna Gallardo

Brooklyn, NY, US

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Irma Logs

Irma Logs was a temporary park for the international art show Design Miami  2017, designed and built by the West 8 team. Created as the main entrance to the Design Miami tent and as a memorial of the then recent devastation of two hurricanes in Florida and Puerto Rico, Maria and Irma.

The project was entirely focused on collecting debris around the city to be repurposed. Among it were countless native Florida trees that had been ripped out. When hearing about this tragedy, West 8 decided to recycle the trees to raise awareness. For months, the team was dedicated to finding and collecting abandoned tree trunks left in streets, parking lots and other public spaces with the mission to repurpose them as 101 unique art pieces while helping to clean up the city.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Miami Beach, FL, US
My Role: Designer and Project Coordinator
Additional Credits: West 8 urban planning and landscape architecture.
Adriaan Geuze, Daniel Vasini, Perry Maas, Alejandra Salvador, Juan Figueroa, Tommy Dorian.