For the eleventh year running, Pedrali is renewing its presence at the Landscape Festival – I Maestri del Paesaggio, the event that every September transforms Bergamo into a large open-air laboratory where the future of cities is explored. Now in its fifteenth edition and promoted by Arketipos in collaboration with the Municipality of Bergamo, the festival brings international landscaping leaders to the heart of the city and opens a cultural dialogue between nature, architecture and public space.
From 5 to 21 September 2025, Bergamo will become a capital of ecological thinking applied to urban design. The theme of this edition, “New Urban Ecosystem”, invites reflection on the urgent need to rethink cities as resilient, inclusive organisms that are deeply interconnected with nature. As we approach 2050, the year in which 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas, the debate on the future of metropolises is becoming increasingly concrete: the goal is to redefine the relationship between urbanisation, ecology and economy in a new, more equitable and sustainable balance.
As always, Piazza Vecchia is at the heart of the event, transforming into a Green Square designed this year by Sarah Price, a British garden designer known for her artistic sensibility and ability to blend nature and visual beauty. The installation is inspired by the colours and textures of Lorenzo Lotto’s paintings, which the artist admired at the Accademia Carrara, and takes the form of an immersive garden made up of plant textures, tree trunks and ornamental flowers. It is a tribute to biodiversity and the organic beauty of natural landscapes, where even disorder becomes visual poetry.
This is the backdrop for Pedrali’s contribution, which furnishes the square with some of its most iconic outdoor collections. The Babila Twist armchairs, designed by Odo Fioravanti, combine comfort and durability thanks to their steel frame and hand-woven flat polypropylene rope. Every detail speaks of functionality and attention to the environment: the components are designed to be easily disassembled and recycled, and the cushion, padded with draining polyurethane foam, is covered with quick-drying outdoor fabrics.
Accompanying the chairs, the Anemos tables by Pio & Tito Toso feature a sculptural shape inspired by architecture: the die-cast aluminium base, with its clay-coloured textured finish, supports a light yet solid top, perfect for outdoor environments. Next to them, the Elliot tables designed by Patrick Jouin, with their slender, three-lobed shapes, complete the setting with a touch of discreet elegance.
The dialogue between nature and design continues along the Green Design route, a trail that winds its way through the most evocative places in the Upper Town. Among these, the Antico Lavatoio (Old Wash House) hosts an installation by Greta Bianchi, Marco Togni and Michele Pezzoni, which reinterprets urban space as both a cultural and natural ecosystem. Here, Pedrali offers a selection of furnishings that reinforce the link between historical memory and sustainable vocation. The Philía chairs, armchairs and stools by Odo Fioravanti evoke a carefree, outdoor lifestyle inspired by the Italian dolce vita of the 1960s. The Nolita Relax lounge armchairs and Nolita sofas, designed by Mandelli Pagliarulo, are rooted in the history of the brand, which has been producing metal garden furniture since 1963 with Mario Pedrali.
The Elliot and Circuit tables complete the composition, while the Filicudi table lamps, designed by Andrea Pedrali, with their columns marked by light grooves, give a warm light and sculptural character to evening environments.
Pedrali’s participation in the Landscape Festival is not just an aesthetic presence, but a gesture consistent with a design philosophy that has been promoting design as a tool for balance between culture, nature and industry for years. In a world seeking new paradigms for urban living, the Bergamo-based company confirms its role as a sensitive interpreter of an idea of sustainable and shared beauty.
