The following site has been brought to CETO's attention for possible admission into the organisations register of historical sites. As such it shall remain on the record for questions or comments until Monday 25th May 2020 at which time members shall be free to vote on whether the site is worthy of being considered a site of global significance.
AN APPLICATION FOR SITE REGISTRATION
Name of Site:- Wellow Coastal Instillation Park
Location:- Wellow, Bakkermaya
Description of Site:- Constructed in the period 1900-1920 the Park was an attempt by the artistic community of Wellow to bring art to everyday life. The art community set about building twenty homes around a series of terraces and plaza's each of which was influenced by various themes from the islands mixed history of having been part of Lodja, Paracambi and Bakkermaya during its history. Today the twenty homes have become part of the local council with one having been converted into a Temple for Marissa. The 19 other homes are today museums dedicated to the area and the artists who helped create it.
Why is the site significant beyond its own nation?:- 1. The park is one of the best surviving examples of attempting to make art part of an urban landscape from the modern period. The park has been immaculately cared for in its 100 or so years of history.
One of the 19 houses that still survive. It has fantastically shaped roofs with unusual pinnacles,however fits in well with the use of the park as pleasure gardens and seem relatively inconspicuous in the landscape when alongside the flamboyance of other buildings within the park. 2. The design of the park includes several attempts to incorporate art with functional transport. The park is criss-crossed by a series of viaducts that are mainly built one on top of the other and wide enough to accommodate a motor vehicle the size of the average early motorcar. The top roadway works its way clockwise around the park area while the lower one goes counter-clockwise. There is even space beneath the roadways for pedestrians to walk in the shade. It marks a unique attempt at the art being equally as important as function.
The viaduct system from ground level.3. The park also features a number of examples of how it was possible to create an artistic environment while facilitating public facilities. One such great example are the tiled benches that are dotted around the area. These are constructed by the Wellow born artists Maxwell Grondel and once more combine signature artistic styles with function. The serpentine nature of the benches allowed people to sit in the plazas while the curves allowed them to have privacy. The tiles were also angled to allow water to drain from the benches rapidly allowing them to be used without getting wet shortly after any downpours.
The fact that despite 100 years of use on a daily basis the park remains in such fine condition and is perhaps one of the most well preserved examples of the artistic movement of the early 20th Century that sought to combine art and practical living solutions makes it something of importance to Mundus.
Signed
Duchess Anna Davison
Duchess of Wellow / Honourary Chancellor of Wellow University.
