ArchShowcase Archive for the ‘City Center’ CategoryCadogan Cafe in Chelsea, UK by Edgley DesignThursday, May 16th, 2013Article source: Edgley Design Our proposal aims to improve the social function and attractiveness of Duke of York square. The café is a bold and distinct formal proposition, framed by and reacting to the particular scale, proportion and environmental conditions of the historic site. Recessed landscaping extends the café’s seating into the surrounding pavement.  Image courtesy Edgley Design
TechTown District Plan in Detroit, MI by Sasaki AssociatesSunday, May 12th, 2013Article source: Sasaki Associates TechTown—an emerging knowledge district in Midtown Detroit—is currently characterized by surface parking, vacant properties, and inward-facing, siloed hubs of activity. The TechTown District Plan-articulates an inspiring vision for the revitalization of the district. Developed by Sasaki Associates in collaboration with Midtown Detroit Inc. and U3 Ventures,the plan accelerates innovation, promotes entrepreneurship, and builds community around the generation of ideas in a vibrant, mixed-use setting.  Image Courtesy Sasaki Associates
Hongqiao Business District in Shanghai, China by MVRDVSaturday, May 11th, 2013Article source: MVRDV Sincere Property, MVRDV and Aedas have started construction on a Central Business District at Shanghai’s mostly domestic airport Hongqiao. The 4.5ha site is located near Hongqiao Airport train station at the corner of Shenhai Express Way and Shenbin Road. The plan comprises ten office towers, an underground shopping centre, cultural program, parking and a sunken plaza which will bring a more intimate form of urban life into an area currently dominated by large boulevards and urban expressway’s. The project’s completion is planned for 2015.  Image courtesy MVRDV
City Hall of Illkirch-Graffenstaden in France by Atelier FilippiniFriday, May 3rd, 2013Article source: Atelier Filippini The project consists in the renovation of the current city hall in the city of Illkirch, France, taking into account a contemporary re-interpretation of the existing facades, as well as the creation of a new entrance volume which enhances the image of the city, and communicates a modern image of this administration.  Image courtesy Atelier Filippini
Pushkinsky Cinema in Moscow, Russia by Za Bor ArchitectsThursday, May 2nd, 2013Article source: Za Bor Architects The main idea of the offered solution is transformation of Pushkinsky cinema while preserving its original historical volume. Modern expressive elements «sprout» through the semicentennial structure, symbolically connecting the old and the new by means of the shape and materials.  Image courtesy Za Bor Architects
Cite Des Affaires in Saint-Etienne, France by Manuelle Gautrand ArchitectureWednesday, April 17th, 2013Article source: Manuelle Gautrand Architecture The site is a vital liaison point between the centre of Saint-Etienne and the new Chateaucreux neighbourhood, to which it forms a major entranceway. It also constitutes a pole grouping several government bodies that will set up there : Regional Development Authority, Tax Services, Epora, Saint-Etienne Métropole, and so on. Service and leisure facilities will also be part of the mix: shared corporate restaurant, café, tourism bureau for the metropolitan area.  Image Courtesy © Vincent Fillon
One Angel Square in Manchester, England by 3DReidSaturday, March 23rd, 2013Article source: 3DReid Flexibility: 1 Angel Square contains 328,000 sq ft of high quality office space, specifically designed for maximum flexibility. The building structure and its mechanical & electrical systems allow occupiers to easily reorganize accommodation and subdivide space, so as needs change, the building stays relevant – without excessive refit costs.  Image Courtesy © Daniel Hopkinson
Creating the Nexus for Detroit’s Techtown in Michigan by PayetteThursday, March 14th, 2013Article source: Payette Successful innovation districts are not comprehensively designed from the outset; they mature over time, taking advantage of emerging local talent pools and evolving business clusters of excellence. Nexus, a plan to create an innovation district in Midtown Detroit focuses on proximity, talent growth, culture, and urban density – qualities intensely destabilized in the wake of the city’s economic decline.  Image Courtesy Payette
Bratislava Culenova New City Centre in Slovakia by Zaha Hadid ArchitectsWednesday, March 13th, 2013Article source: Zaha Hadid Architects The design is based on a dynamic field strategy which organizes the new city centre’s program along a gradient of circular and elliptical patterns. A fluid field emerges from the underlying matrix in a series of larger tower extrusions towards the site’s perimeter and intermediate scale pavilion-like structures surrounding the cultural plaza adjacent to an existing decommissioned power station.  Image Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects
Regeneration of Athens City Centre in Athens, Greece by OKRA Landscape ArchitectsFriday, March 8th, 2013Article source: OKRA Landscape Architects We are very proud of winning the important international design competition ‘Re-Think Athens’, towards a new city centre, organized in a very professional way by the Onassis foundation. The team of urbanists, architects and landscape architects of OKRA are very enthusiastic to work on implementing our ideas in Athens. The competition proposal is made by OKRA in collaboration with Mixst Urbanisme and Wageningen University, and supported by Studio 75 and Werner Sobek Green technologies. Within the next months the OKRA team will further develop their ideas into an approved design for the central area in the city centre.  Image Courtesy OKRA Landscape Architects
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