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Maurizio Bocchi (Parma, 1950) received a degree in architecture from the University of Florence in 1976. He
has worked until 2008 as a manager for Parma's city government, focussing on urban planning and park design
and renovation. His projects for the city of Parma include the restoration of a historic residential building in
the city centre (1986); the restoration of Palazzo Pigorini, now an exhibition venue (1996); the restoration of
Palazzo del Governatore (2008); and the drafting of the Disciplina particolareggiata per il centro storico di
Parma (regulations for the restoration and maintenance of historic buildings in Parma's city centre) (1978). He
is the designer of many of the city's parks, including Parco Nord (1990) and Parco Falcone Borsellino (1992); he
has also carried out the renovation of the Giardini di San Paolo (1988). He has worked as head of Parma's Ente
Scuola Edile (masonry school board), where he was also a teacher. He has written the book L'immagine della
città storica (Electa, 1985).
Alessandro Vitale (Parma, 1956) received a degree in agricultural science from the University of Bologna. Since
1982 he has worked as a technical officer for the Department of parks of the city of Parma. He is in charge of
the design and maintenance of urban green areas. He has written a plan for the maintenance of Parma's green
areas that has rationalized the use of public resources and has generated a great quality improvement in this
public service. He has directed many renovations of the city's green areas and has designed, and directed the
construction of, new parks, flowerbeds, street furniture and school gardens. He is also responsible for the
enforcing of the city's regulations on green areas and collaborates with architecture and engineering firms for
the surveying of existing green areas and the creation of new ones.
In 1999 he worked as a botanical consultant in the renovation of the Giardino Ducale, acting as operations manager
for green areas. In 2006 he wrote the chapter "Le colonne del giardino: storia e governo della struttura
vegetale" in Carlo Mambriani's book Il Giardino di Parma: da delizia ducale a patrimonio collettivo di arte e
natura (Diabasis, 2006).
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