Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Circulation,Editor's Picks,Green Project,Landscape Award,Landscape Element,Park,Pavement / pattern,Plant Materials Used,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,Public Space,TravelMay 10, 2013
The Australian Garden is Australia’s Botanic Garden and is located 30km south of Melbourne at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne. It is a garden that displays Australian flora in creative, interactive and educative ways…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Circulation,Editor's Picks,Green Project,Landmark,MATERIALS USED,Metal Sheet,Pavement / pattern,Pavilion,Pedestrian / Street,Public Facilities,Public Space,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,Urban Design,WaterfrontMarch 18, 2013
Marseille’s Vieux Port is one of the grand Mediterranean ports, but over time the World Heritage-listed site has become inaccessible to pedestrians and has been cut off from the life of the city. The masterplan for its regeneration will reclaim the quaysides as a civic space, creating new informal venues for performances and events and removing traffic to create a safe, semi-pedestrianised public realm. Its transformation is one of a series of projects to be completed in time for the city’s inauguration as European Capital of Culture in 2013…
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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,Editor's Picks,Landform / Contour / Lawn,Landscape Award,Park,Pavement / pattern,Plant Materials Used,Planting Area,Playground,Sports Field,TravelFebruary 6, 2013
Designers, Kinnear Landscape Architects, specified Wildflower Turf as a way to enhance this recreational park in Fulham, West London. The park, composed of a mix of play areas and green spaces was designed to increase biodiversity within the urban landscape…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Circulation,Concrete,Deck / Terrace / Plaza,Featured,Harmony With The Context,Landscape & Street Furniture,Landscape Award,Landscape Element,Pavement / pattern,Public Space,Step / Stair,Travel,Urban Design,WaterfrontOctober 16, 2012
The open spaces of the western part of Hafencity are central components of the processes of transformation of the former harbor zone south of the historical Speicherstadt (waterhouse district) bordering on the inner city. This area has changed continuously throughout its history, in keeping with various harbor and industrial uses. The alternating ebb and high tides characterize the typical appearance of the port basin…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Circulation,Featured,Footbridge,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Landform / Contour / Lawn,Landscape Award,Park,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,Public Space,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,Travel,WaterfrontSeptember 17, 2012
Singaporean studio LOOK Architects has created a landscaped park and promenade overlooking a beach in north-east Singapore, where 400 Chinese civilians were murdered during World War II. Named Punggol Point, the national heritage site has been commemorated with a small park at one end of the three-mile timber pathway, featuring lily ponds, playgrounds and a viewing platform over the beach…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Circulation,Featured,Green Project,Landform / Contour / Lawn,Landscape Element,Pavement / pattern,Pedestrian / Street,Plant Materials Used,Planting Area,Public Space,Riverside,Step / Stair,Travel,WaterfrontAugust 30, 2012
The race street pier by new york’s james corner field operations is now complete. Located along philadelphia’s delaware river, the intervention seeks to connect the city with the river, reactivating the water’s edge and establishing the area as an intimate public park…
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