Parco Lineare inaugurated

The Parco Lineare has been inaugurated, the urban renaturation project that transforms about one kilometer of the plant’s perimeter into a green barrier capable of strengthening the connection between the industrial area and the city of Sassuolo.

With over 5,300 plants including trees, shrubs, and various species, what for years had been a boundary wall now becomes a continuously evolving landscape. The project, carried out by Studio MC2AA Dario Costi and Simona Melli Architects with the landscape designers from B Scape, includes an integrated acoustic barrier within the greenery along the perimeter of the plant, designed to improve the comfort of the area both in relation to the noise from production activities and vehicular traffic on Via Ancora.

In September 2026, the final section of Via Henry Dunant will also be completed, providing continuity to the entire project.
Environmental measurements carried out along the Parco Lineare highlight differences in the concentrations of certain air pollutants between areas characterized by the presence of a vegetated buffer zone and areas without such screening.
In particular, monitoring points show reductions in fine particulate matter concentrations of up to 33%, as well as variable reductions in sulfur oxides (SOx) of up to 33% and carbon monoxide (CO) of up to 67%.
These results suggest a positive contribution of the vegetated buffer strip to the local mitigation of these pollutants, highlighting the value of vegetation as an active element in improving air quality in urban environments.

At the heart of the project is the dialogue between industrial product, nature, and art. The park unfolds through different layers of vegetation that progressively transform the plant’s boundary into a landscape that is both natural and urban. Along the path, some installations with large ceramic slabs create architectural features designed to interact with the neighborhood and highlight the expressive potential of ceramics. The first, on the southern edge of the site close to the railway embankment, is a tribute to the vision of Luigi Ghirri, who in the 1970s and 1980s portrayed this area and ceramics with a sensibility removed from advertising standards: an invitation to rediscover beauty in everyday landscapes.