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 Art in Architecture,CANTILEVERED,Exotic Idea,FUNCTIONAL,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,MATERIALS USED,Playground,Public Facilities,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,Tree House,USABILITY,Wooden,Wooden HouseDecember 10, 2012
Chop Stick, created by the Swedish architecture duo visiondivision, provides visitors to 100 Acres a place to sit, swing, and enjoy refreshments in an outdoor pavilion crafted almost entirely from a single tree. The 100-foot-tall tulip tree—the state tree of Indiana—was found in a forest near Anderson, Indiana, and transported to 100 Acres with a large portion of its limbs intact…
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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 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,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 Activity / Multipurpose Area,Community Centre,Editor's Picks,Harmony With The Context,NATURAL VENTILATION,Playground,Prefabricated elements,Public Space,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,SOLUTION,SUSTAINABILITY,USABILITY,WoodenJune 8, 2012
Klong Toey is currently the largest and oldest areas of informal dwellings in Bangkok. More than 140 000 people is estimated to live here, and most are living in sub-standard houses with few or no tenure rights or support from the government…
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