6 Hyper Exotic Urban Gardens - Amanda Erickson In honor of the opening of a new garden in Paris, Reuters has pulled together a list of some of their favorite green spaces. Here are a couple of our favorites: 1. Paris, France. Who doesn't want to pull weeds with a view of the Eiffel Tower? (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters) 2. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters) 3. (Charles Platiau/Reuters) 4. (Bob Strong/Reuters) 5. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters) 6. (Henry Romero/Reuters) Arkadien Winnenden by Atelier Dreiseitl Arkadien Winnenden, Germany from Atelier Dreiseitl on Vimeo. Landscape Architecture: Atelier Dreiseitl Partner in Charge: Dieter Grau Project Landscape Architect: Rudolf Mager Project Engineer: Stefan Brückmann Project Team: Angela Soler, Dietmar Schellinger, Gustavo Glaeser, Vera Sieber, Andreas Bockemühl Location: Winnenden, Germany Client: Strenger Bauen und Wohnen GmbH Architects: Eble Architekten Area: 3.4 ha Completion: 2011 Awards: Green Dot Award Build 2011 Don’t be put off by the cuteness! Arkadien Winnenden is a hardcore industrial regeneration project. Mixed architectural typologies are kept a cohesive neighborhood thanks to the appealing Mediterranean colour concept and “garden city” quality of the streetscapes. Winnenden is a non-descript town with little going for it except its proximity to Stuttgart. Sensitive urban designing with rainwater as a vibrant feature underlies the total success of the development. Show in Google Maps
Steeling Beauty New plan seeks to revitalize Pittsburgh riverfront. A long stretch along the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, once home to steel mills, suffered, like so many cities along the Rust Belt, from the decline of local industry. The Allegheny Riverfront Green Boulevard (ARGB) Study, led by Sasaki Associates with the help of Hacin + Associates, seeks to transform this 6.5-mile-long strip from an industrial corridor, filled with vacant tracts of land, into a mixed-use area that provides a robust connection between the existing neighborhood and riverfront. The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) secured a $1.5 million Partnership for Sustainable Communities grant from the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to fund this study. The study also proposes several options for transit. “The objective was to recapture access to the riverfront,” said Robert Rubinstein, Director of Economic Development at the URA. “There are a lot of moving parts.
LOLA Landscape Architects win Maaskant Prize 2013: Topos The Rotterdam based landscape architecture practice LOLA have recently been awarded the Rotterdam-Maaskant Prize for Young Architects 2013. The 5,000 € prize is intended to lift the public profile of young Dutch offices (with architects under the age of 36) and is awarded every two years on the recommendation of a jury. LOLA (LOst LAndscapes) was founded in 2006 by Eric-Jan Pleijster, Cees van der Veeken and Peter Veenstra. The firm has worked on both conceptual and implementation-orientated projects across urban and regional scales, and also in the research and education fields. 1. 2. 3. 4. The jury noted that an infectious "new romance" underlined their work, in which the human experience was always the central focus. One of the offices' recent projects, Dwaalster (Star Maze) – an extension of Landgoed Groot Vijversburg in Tytsjerk – has been published in the Dutch Yearbook for Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture and is expected to be completed in 2014.
ideas + buildings | People and Perspectives at Perkins+Will Even before Spring fever has set in completely, the Atlanta Beltline’s Eastside Trail is mobbed with people walking, jogging, and biking. Right now, they’re confined to a two-mile segment of what will soon grow into a 22-mile loop circling downtown and midtown Atlanta along forgotten railroad tracks. When complete, this loop will contain public space, streetcars, and multi-use trails and will connect 45 adjacent neighborhoods. Despite its currently-abbreviated length, people swarm the 14-foot wide trail every day – exploring their city, discovering new connections, getting exercise, being seen, trying not to run each other down, and, yes, even going to work along the trail. That’s the thing about cities: they create systems for commuters, shoppers, students to perform their day-to-day activities, but the most interesting cities in the world are also great for wandering, getting lost, and finding unexpected things. The case for the modern flâneur in Atlanta is simple.
Graphisoft Park by Garten Studio April 17, 2013 / Filed under: Hungary / Parks / Water features / See all projects by: Garten Studio / 31,637 / Location: Záhony Street, Budapest, District III – HUNGARY Landscape Architecture: Garten Studio Ltd. György Szloszjár Eszter Dandé Zoltán Stéhli Commissioned by: Graphisoft Park Ltd. Area: 32000 m2 Period of design: 2008-2010 Implementation period: 2008-2012 EFFECTS ON LOCAL CONNECTIONS – NEW ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC AREAS The site confined in the triangle of Szentendrei Road, the railway and the River Danube is a relatively closed unit without direct connection to residential areas. NEW ACTIVITIES IN EARLIER INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT: SUCCESS STORY The real estate development at the banks of River Danube started with a Hungarian architectural software ArchiCad in 1997. Show in Google Maps
Feyssine Park by Ilex Paysage Urbanisme April 18, 2013 / Filed under: France / Parks / See all projects by: Ilex landscape architecture / 33,279 / Client: Ville de Villeurbanne Designers: Ilex [paysage urbanisme] (mandataire), Cap Vert Ingénierie, Agibat Date: Opened in november 2001 Surface Area: 45 ha Image Credits: Erick Saillet This 45 hectares alluvial forest is right in the city, a stone’s throw from “Tête d’Or Park” and the “Cité Internationale”. The challenge was to create a new park in the chain of the parks on the banks of the River Rhône: a space for observing free nature and the open urban place. The “Urban Nature Park” proposed here reconciles public functions with the great natural quality of the site. It invents a space of freedom, a new amenity right in the middle of the Lyon urban area. Show in Google Maps
Warren Byrd: How to Be a Landscape Architect Throughout March, the University of Virginia School of Architecture has celebrated the work of local landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz (NBWLA) and its recently published book Garden Park Community Farm. The celebration kicked off with a lecture by Warren Byrd, FASLA, former student and faculty member. He explained his life-long “meandering with purpose,” starting as a curious boy with a sketchbook, through his 25-year journey founding the firm, and its expansion into one of the most well-respected practices in the country. It’s a unique occasion for a landscape architecture program to honor the lifetime achievements of a designer who has been personally tied to the school throughout his career. For me, as one of the program’s students, it was an opportunity to better understand my program and profession and glean insights from a lifetime of dedicated teaching and practice. Lesson #1: Live your Values Lesson #2: Be humble Lesson #3: Draw Like this: Like Loading...