Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Analysis / Solution / System,Circulation,City Space,Concrete,Editor's Picks,Harmony With The Context,Landform / Contour / Lawn,Landscape & Street Furniture,Landscape Award,Playground,Public Space,Sports Field,Square,Street Art,TravelMarch 7, 2013
Superkilen is a half a mile long urban space wedging through one of the most ethnically diverse and socially challenged neighborhoods in Denmark. A collage of stories and urban situations from around the world: Bjarke Ingels Group, Topotek1 and SUPERFLEX’s response to Copenhagen’s most multi-cultural district…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,BUILDING SYSTEMS,COLOR,Community Centre,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,FUNCTIONAL,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Kindergarten,MATERIALS USED,NATURAL VENTILATION,OUTDOOR SPACE,Planting Area,Playground,Public Facilities,Public Space,SOLUTION,Square,Steel,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITY,TravelAugust 18, 2012
The Spanish architectural firm Ecosistema Urbano has once again managed to transform an unlikely area into a sustainable, family-friendly community center, much like its Air Tree project in Vallecas. This time, however, the project is designed to be an “open environmental classroom” for teaching children about the benefits of reduced energy consumption…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Circulation,City Space,Editor's Picks,Harmony With The Context,Pavement / pattern,Plant Materials Used,Planting Area,Public Space,Square,TravelAugust 1, 2012
scape Landschaftsarchitekten, The winning design defines the whole area as an urban landscape, a perceptibly continuous public space. The concept is characterized by an intense interaction of architecture and open space. So the Town Hall Square becomes an urban living room, the connecting access road turns into a linear pocket park and the courtyards into public gardens…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Editor's Picks,Fountain,Harmony With The Context,Park,Pavement / pattern,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,Square,Water FeatureFebruary 23, 2012
The Fountain Square project is the design of a soil, the construction of a landscape, capable of receiving, amplifying and responding with its articulations, changing and complex needs of those who will use it. The project was inspired by the desire to create a space that induces…
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Between forward-facing high-rise buildings and blast furnaces of the past the new Steelyard square forms the center of Belval Ouest, a city development project which is currently constructed in Luxembourg on the grounds of a former steel mill…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Deck / Terrace / Plaza,Harmony With The Context,Pavilion,Planting Area,Public Space,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,Square,Steel,WoodenDecember 7, 2011
Van Beuningen square is located at the van Hallstraat, West district of Amsterdam. Building an underground two-layer parking facility gives cause for the redesign of the entire square.Based on the initial ideas of the West district of Amsterdam and Dijk&Co Landscape Architects…
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