Yorks Historic Guildhall and Riverside 2nd Prize Winning Proposal / JaK Studio Architects Yorks Historic Guildhall and Riverside 2nd Prize Winning Proposal (9) – ArchDaily. + Pool by Family and PlayLab. Family and PlayLab have designed a floating swimming pool for New York that would filter river water through its walls.
Called + Pool, the cross-shaped baths could be divided into four separate compartments with a lane-swimming pool, children's area, sports pool and lounge. The designers have launched a campaign through crowd-funding platform Kickstarter to build a full-scale prototype of one arm. Helsinki Central Library Competition Entry / Luca Peralta Studio Helsinki Central Library Competition Entry (7) – ArchDaily. Waterfront Kopaszi Dam / T2.a Architects Waterfront Kopaszi Dam / T2.a Architects – ArchDaily. Visuals - Bahia de Pasaia - Projects - KCAP. Vanke Center Shenzhen by Steven Holl Architects. Steven Holl Architects have completed a building conceived as a "horizontal skyscraper", supported over a landscaped garden in Shenzhen, China.
The project has been awarded with a 2010 Honor Award by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Chapter. Holl's Knut Hamsun Center at Hamarøy (see our earlier story) will also be awarded at the ceremony in April. Colorful Guizhou Brand, Research & Development Center / Huasen Architects. Designed by Huasen Architects, the winning competition proposal for the Research and Development Center for colorful Guizhou.co is based on the structure of local villages, having full possibilities to grow in all directions. The orientation for each building was defined by the best natural view of the river and surrounding mountains.
SUNLIGHT AND RAINWATER ENERGY Guide! In this way, energy can be generated during all seasons with a smart idea. Manggo was became one of 10 finalists of the India Future of Change Design Competition. Incoming search terms for the article: street lights (51), powered by article dashboard (50), Powered by Article Dashboard chemistry set (12), street light (11) Urban Meadow Proposal / Barnabas Laris & Adam Vesztergom Urban Meadow Proposal – ArchDaily. Winners of the Tallinn Vision Competition Street 2020 peer_to_peer_1 – ArchDaily. Trafford Wharf Promenade / FoRM Associates. Promenade Samuel-de Champlain / Consortium Daoust Lestage + Williams Asselin Ackaoui + Option aménagement. Architects: Consortium Daoust Lestage + Williams Asselin Ackaoui + Option aménagement Location: Quebec, Canada Project Team: Réal Lestage, urban planner, principal in the project team, Renée Daoust, architect, urban planner, principal / Caroline Beaulieu, architect / Lucie Bibeau, landscape architect / Martin Adam, b. arch. / Maria Benech, b. arch. / André Nadeau, landscape architect / Simon Magnan, landscape architect / Rachel Philippe-Auguste, architect / Catherine St-Marseille, m. arch. / Hubert Pelletier, m. arch. / Nelson Couture, architect / Jacques Michaud, tech. arch.
Punggol Promenade / LOOK Architects. Architects: LOOK Architects Location: Punggol, Singapore Client: Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore Principal Designer: Look Boon Gee Design Team: Ng Sor Hiang, Anton Siura, Lee Liting, Friska Siswanto C&SL Engineer: SM1 Consulting Engineers M&E Engineer: HY M&E Consultancy Services Pte Ltd Quantity Surveyor: OTN Building Cost Consultants Pte Ltd Main Contractor: Horti-Flora Services Pte Ltd Site Area: 78,000 sqm Completion: 2012 Photographs: Frank Pinckers, Anton Siura, Choo Meng Foo, Derek Swalwell Punggol Promenade Punggol Promenade as a waterfront landscape insertion within the surrounding urban setting allows visitors to revel in a poetic interlude intertwining shifting planes of time and space – memories of a bygone era are evoked through embodiment of signifiers and reality melds with processes of re-familiarization to yield new layers of meaning.
The experience becomes so immersive and personal that a comforting sense of reconciliation with nature is inspired. Klaksvík City Centre / Henning Larsen Architects Klaksvík City Centre / Henning Larsen Architects (2) – ArchDaily. Jellicoe Harbour and Silo Park / Taylor Cullity Lethlean, Wraight + Associates. Architecture: Taylor Cullity Lethlean, Wraight + Associates Location: Wynyard Quarter, Auckland, New Zealand Client: Waterfront Auckland Completion: Aug 2011 Photographs: Simon Devitt Photographer, Jeff Brass Working waterfronts are constantly in flux; crusty, utilitarian, muscular and dissolving, with temporal qualities that engage all of our senses.
Yet contemporary waterfront redevelopments are often characterised by the removal of the very qualities that attract us to these places. At Auckland’s Wynyard Point redevelopment these conventions are challenged in a development that anticipates transforming a forlorn industrial and maritime precinct into a layered, mixed-use precinct. The first catalytic projects of this redevelopment are public spaces centred on Jellicoe Harbour and Silo Park. These spaces promote an alternative design approach to the typical erasure of waterfront memory. The design weaves public realm experiences around these ‘as found’ conditions. OMA’s Arts District Master Plan Unveiled. This past week, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority of Hong Kong unveiled OMA’s conceptual master plan for a new arts district (Koolhaas’ plan is one of three competing proposals).
Divided into three villages, the 40 hectacre waterfront site places strong emphasis on the quality of the street life and the “cultural production where all aspects of the creative process are nurtured and made visible.” The master plan has been years in the making, as Koolhaas established an office in Hong Kong to better understand the culture and context, as well as collaborate with financial and culture experts to design a feasible plan to positively affect the communities involved. Rem Koolhaas commented, “Using the village – a typology every citizen of Hong Kong is familiar with – as the model for our plan allows us to absorb the massive scale of WKCD’s ambition into manageable portions and forge deep connections with Kowloon, whose vital urban energy will be the lifeblood of WKCD.”
National Mall Winning Design Proposal for Sylvan Theater / Weiss/Manfredi + OLIN. New York-based architects Weiss / Manfredi and Philadelphia-based landscape architects OLIN have been announced as winner of the National Mall Design Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds at Sylvan Theater in Washington, DC.
Weiss / Manfredi and OLIN were one of three winning teams selected by the Trust for the National Mall to rejuvenate and transform three neglected sites on the National Mall (read our original announcement here). In the winning proposal for Sylvan Theater, Weiss / Manfredi and OLIN sculpt the ground plan and restore the existing tree canopy to create a new performance landscape that can accommodate a wide variety of events, while permeating the site with critical visitor amenities. Continue reading for more images, video and the architects’ press release. Extending from the heart of the National Mall, a rejuvenated Sylvan Theater and Sylvan Grove will restore the tree canopy that inspired the name of the original theater nearly a century ago. Pierscape / James Corner Field Operations Team - Plan 2 (206108) - ArchDaily.
Pier+ / AECOM and BIG. A team led by AECOM and New York-based Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is one of five shortlisted teams invited to participate in an international design competition to renovate and reactivate Chicago’s landmark Navy Pier.
This is a once-in-a-century opportunity that will redefine the character and focus of Chicago’s waterfront. It is part of an ambitious effort to create a new Navy Pier for the 21st century, and in doing so, to redefine what the pier and the waterfront means to the city. Unveiled to the public on January 31, 2012 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the AECOM-BIG design vision aims to “re-colonize the people’s pier,” by maximizing opportunity through a holistic approach. The result is Pier+, a vibrant urban destination that creates a new amenity shared by all while making a positive and progressive statement about Chicago to the world. Continue reading for more! Navy Pier is prominently situated along Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes. One Prize. ONE PRIZE is an Annual Design and Science Award to Promote Green Design in Cities.
The Chongming Bicycle Park / JDS Architects. JDS’s proposal for the Bicycle Park in Chongming, China, consists of three landmark buildings, each portraying different aspects of the culture of cycling.
With their spiraling shapes and sloping sides, the structures are accessible by bike, and offer a varied experience to visitors. The Park aims to inform and stimulate biking as an expression of social awareness, while illustrating the relationship between sport and technology through its distinctive architecture. The Visitor Center acts as an entry landmark, serving as main access point and providing information about the park. The Bike Museum is a double helix, with its exterior portion used for the ride downwards. Diller Scofidio + Renfro selected to transform the center of Aberdeen.
Aberdeen City Garden Trust has announced Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) as winner of the international design competition that will transform the center of Aberdeen. The New York City based firm will be working with the Scottish practice Keppie Design and Philadelphia landscape architects OLIN. The “rich and varied” shortlist included Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Foster + Partners, Gustafson Porter, Mecanoo, Snøhetta & Hoskins and West 8. After an extended run-off between DS+R and Foster + Partners, the Aberdeen City Garden competition will be DS+R’s first major win in a European design competition.
Continue reading for more! Malpica Harbour / CREUSeCARRASCO Arquitectos. Architects: CREUSeCARRASCO ArquitectosLocation: Malpica Port, La Coruña, Spain Project + Work Directors: Juan Creus, Covadonga Carrasco Collaborators: Francisco Rosell, Felipe Riola, Roi Feijoo, Belén Salgado, Alexandre Antunes, Bárbara Mesquita, Laura Coladas Completion: January 2009 Total Cost: 2,843,239.43 euros Intervention Area: 13,710 sqm Photographs: CREUSeCARRASCO arquitectos, Xoan Piñón This harbour redevelopment project, developed in conjunction with the Port Authority, is primarily focused on zones where public space can be created. The harbour was analysed as a place for interrelations and shelter, with the appeal of its fishing industry and its views; a unique location that makes its presence felt in the town with ramps, stairs and balconies.
Kaohsiung Port Station Urban Design Winning Proposal / Ager Group. AGER Group’s Boston Studio won an Excellence Award winning first prize for the Kaohsiung Port Station Urban Design competition initiated by the Urban Development Bureau of the Kaohsiung City Government in Taiwan. The 15.42 hectare site is located between the Hamasen and Yenchen historic commercial centers of the 1920’s and 40’s and at the intersection of three of Kaohsiung’s thriving neighborhoods home of the recent Maritime Music Center and Port Terminal competitions.
High Park / Rojkind Arquitectos - RA_HPA_diagram_terrace_detail (140884) - ArchDaily. D.o.o. - Zadar - Održavanje javnih zelenih površina- drvoredi. Mehrshahr Residential Complex Proposal / ContemporARchitectURban Designers Group. EWWUD 2010. Cruise Ship Terminal in Bilbao / [baragaño] - Schemes (179555) - ArchDaily.