Category: Public Space

Landscape

The Others Nest | Unleashing Urban Wonder in Chengdu

In the heart of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, a new urban marvel has emerged, marking a significant evolution in public space design. The Other Nest 2023 stands as a testament to the transformative power of imaginative architecture and urban planning. This project, commissioned by the visionary New Hope

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Landscape

La Barcelonita | A playground for social & commercial activity

“La Barcelonita” is a strategic intervention of the iconic corner and pedestrian crossroad situated in the open-air retail street of Westfield La Maquinista, in Barcelona (Spain). Drawing inspiration from the characteristic vibrant summer vibes and beach hues of the famous beach of La Barceloneta, we named it “La Barcelonita”, envisioning

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Landscape

The inhabited park

Between 1973 and 2008, the presence of the Peugeot-Citroën car factory on the site logically placed the town of Aulnay-sous-Bois on a metropolitan economic scale.   Today, the cards reshuffled by the arrival of line 16 of the Grand Paris Express and the major changes in our industrial model, require

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Architecture, public infrastructure,urbanism, competition, urban design
Architecture

BUSINESS CLUB COMFANDI Arroyohondo | Collective 720

With the aim of transforming and renewing the services provided by the COMFANDI compensation fund and generating a new fresh and contemporary image of the entity, the architectural project “UMBRALES; Programmatic landscapes and articulators” as a trigger to achieve this goal.   Located in the Arroyohondo headquarters of COMFANDI between

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Urban planning, landscape, Masterplanning, competition, urban design
Transportation

Inviting Londoners to better air quality streets | Gehl Architects

A major threat to public health, air pollution contributes to the death of over 9,000 Londoners a year. With Lambeth, one of the most polluted London councils, Gehl initiated, managed and piloted ‘Thrive Zones’ that both reduce people’s exposure to poor air quality and invite to areas of better air

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Urbanism, Landscape, Masterplan/Mobility, Architecture, Public space
Landscape

Canal Park, Washington, D.C | Land Collective

This vibrant park in the Southeast District of Washington, D.C. was once part of the Washington Canal system and, in recent history, a school bus depot. Designed by David Rubin while partner at Olin, the park is an economic driver for the burgeoning community of market-rate and worker housing, and

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Urbanism, , landscape, urban transformation, Public space, sports center
Urban Design

Tercermilenio metropolitan sports center | DARP

The proposal is to reconnect the park to the urban, historical and environmental fabrics of the city, through a recreational-sports program as a transversal axis The complexity of the sector where the park is located requires a structure that adapts over time and that allows an articulation with different social

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