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.
A new wooden bridge at the Gulou Waterfront eco-cultural tourism resort in Jiangmen, in the western part of the Pearl River Delta in China, is a symbol of the revitalisation of this area. The infrastructure, designed by the LUO architecture studio, re-proposes the ancient Chinese tradition of the covered bridge as an icon of the structural change taking place.
The Kiwanis Methow Park Kiosko is a facility that serves as a community hub for a park in Wenatchee, Washington. Commissioned by the Trust for Public Land organisation and the city of Wenatchee, the project designed by the Fivedot architectural firm with the Site Workshop landscape architects studio, has become a point of reference for the local community.
Tamaraceite Park in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, designed by architect Hector Martínez and sculptor Juan E. Correa, falls somewhere between architecture and sculpture, between landscape and art. “Corrientes” redevelops a classic non-place in the city and turns it into a public place with a social function.
International architectural practice 100architects created Over the Rainbow, a brightly coloured playground on the formerly unused rooftop terrace of a shopping centre in Changsha, China.
A dynamic interactive structure created by Future Simple Studio in collaboration with Born in the North and Dept of Words & Deeds celebrates the wind, the view and indigenous connections. The installation in Downsview Park in Toronto, Canada was produced as part of XOXO Downsview, a public art project in coordination with ArtworxTO.
An architectural project on an abandoned hill in an old sandstone quarry enriches the experience of visitors to the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area. The project by Czech studio henkai architekti with ZAHRADA-PARK-KRAJINA provides new paths and three little architectural structures as lookouts for contemplating the landscape.
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