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Landscaping Green Architecture
Landscaping and urban design because public spaces are becoming more and more important in architecture.
19-07-2023 - Landscaping
U / U Studio designs Řeporyje Skatepark in Prague
A leisure park intended for a variety of different ages and social spheres, redefining the concept of public space: U / U Studio designed Řeporyje Skatepark, transforming what was until then a vacant area in a predominantly residential neighbourhood in western Prague.
14-06-2023 - Landscaping
NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) designs the Shenzhen Lotus Water Culture Base
The NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) studio founded by Doreen Heng Liu designed the restored surface landscape above the water purification plant and the related underground offices of the Shenzhen Lotus Water Culture Base complex, located within a municipal lotus-themed park in Luohu District, Shenzhen, China.
12-04-2023 - Landscaping
Vltavská Underground, transformation of an urban non-place
The architects of U / U studio and re_place worked on revitalisation of a classic non-place in the city: an underpass in a Prague metro station. Vltavská Underground had already become a mecca for street artists, and is now a public space inviting freestyle sports activities.
RECENT PROJECTS
05-08-2016 - Landscaping
Poetic Places, augmented reality with literature
"Augmented reality" - the expression on everyone's lips this summer, thanks to Pokémon Go where players swarm on their discovery tour of the urban environment.
29-07-2016 - Landscaping
The Versilia River - The City and the Water workshop
This year's International Summer School “The City and the Water” organised by DESTeC (Department of Energy, Systems, Territory and Construction Engineering), University of Pisa, the Foundation Terre Medicee and CAV (Centro Arti Visive of Pietrasanta), has begun and is exploring the territory crossed by the Versilia river.
25-07-2016 - Landscaping
Rural redevelopment. San Lorenzo in Mombello di Torino
The restoration of the small Romanesque church of San Lorenzo in Mombello di Torino by studio Maccagno involved both refurbishing the historic architecture and working on the landscape design outdoors to offer new ideas for using the territory.
11-07-2016 - Landscaping
An infrastructure landmark by DVVD
The Claude Bernard pedestrian and bike overpass by French architecture firm DVVD, links Paris and Aubervilliers with a sculptural stroke.
06-07-2016 - Landscaping
Webcreativity or the success of The Floating Piers
The Floating Piers, the artwork by Christo and Jeanne-Claude on Lake Iseo has been the big “hype” of summer, and not just in Italy but elsewhere too, if the massive numbers of photos circulating on the web are anything to go by.
30-06-2016 - Landscaping
Observatorium and the KleinpolderpleinPARK Rotterdam
For a number of years, Observatorium - Rotterdam-based Dutch artists' collective - has been working on an urban redevelopment project called KleinpolderpleinPARK.
