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.
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.
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.
Observatorium, the Dutch artists' collective - whose member Andre Dekker is scientific director of “The City and the Water”, workshop organised by DESTeC (University of Pisa) in Seravezza, Versilia - has been working for decades on transforming places with close ties to water.
A workshop with a stand-out artistic and scientific director, Andre Dekker from Rotterdam-based Dutch collective Observatorium with twenty years' experience in land transformation.
Livegreenblog and Floornature continue their partnership with DESTeC (Department of Energy, Systems, Territory and Construction Engineering), University of Pisa for the Summer School.
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