Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Amusement park / Water park,Analysis / Solution / System,Featured,Fountain,Green Project,Landform / Contour / Lawn,Landmark,Landscape Element,Park,Playground,Riverside,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,TravelAugust 10, 2012
Blaxland Riverside Playground Park by JMD Design is a 21 hectare Park that offers a scenic location for a diverse range of leisure activities. Situated in Sydney, Australia along the picturesque Parramatta River and adjoining the heritage precinct of Newington Armory, where JMD Design has converted an okay park into an enormous field of fun…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Amusement park / Water park,Architecture Award,DAYLIGHTING,Editor's Picks,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,FUNCTIONAL,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,Leisure Centre,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,NATURAL VENTILATION,Ornaments & Details,Pavilion,Prefabricated elements,Public Facilities,Public Space,Steel,Travel,USABILITYAugust 8, 2012
Designed by Jean Nouvel, the pavilion is a 72’ x 72’ steel frame structure with fixed acrylic panels on the North and South facades and operable industrial-grade folding doors on the East and West. It incorporates four 70’ by 25’ recessed screens that will drop down after sunset, projecting illuminated mages of the carousel horses onto the pavilion’s transparent skin that will be visible from across the waterfront…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Amusement park / Water park,Editor's Picks,Exotic Idea,Harmony With The Context,Landscape Element,Playground,Prefabricated elements,Public Space,Travel,Urban Design,WaterfrontJuly 6, 2012
Architects Helen & Hard designed this new action playground off the coast of Norway to mimic the topography of the Troll field, one of the largest gas fields in the North Sea. The architects applied the industry’s geological and technological expertise, as well as their production methods and materials to an activity park aimed particularly at children…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Amusement park / Water park,ATMOSPHERE,Beachfront,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,Landscape Award,OUTDOOR SPACE,Pool / Pond,Resort,Resort Space,SCALE & SIZE,TravelJune 24, 2012
This gigantic swimming pool was officially documented by the Guiness Book of World Records as the world’s largest swimming pool in December of 2006. The pool is located in Algarrobo, Chile at the San Alfonso del Mar resort…
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“Euthanasia Coaster” is a hypothetic euthanasia machine in the form of a roller coaster, engineered to humanely – with elegance and euphoria – take the life of a human being. Riding the coaster’s track, the rider is subjected to a series of intensive motion elements…
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Facing a place menaced by a natural and social process of erosion, the project proposes the transformation of the existing site. The sea and wind storms that regularly affect the south coast creates a situation of natural instability on the volcanic cliffs…
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