Archive for the ‘Public Landscapes’ Category
Monday, February 14th, 2011
The ‘Baljurk-project” (baljurk = evening-dress, ball gown) is situated in the centre of The Hague, next to the old Passage. The construction of the Passage in 1882 has transformed the urban tissue. Before this transformation there used to be a meandering transition between the two streets “Kettingstraat” and the “Achterom”, cause by the fact that the “Achterom” used to be a modest stream. This organic flow is unique in the context of The Hague’s rectangular lay-out. By consequence of the construction of the Passage this smooth transition was converted into a straight angle. The Baljurk-project is exactly placed on this corner.
 The Ball Gown
- Architect: Eric Vreedenburgh – Archipelontwerpers
- Purchasers: Geste groep
- Team: Coen Bouwmeester, Jaap Baselmans, Arjan Mulder, Niels Groeneveld
- Project date: 2000
- Realization date: 2005
- Addres of the project realization: Kettingstaat / Achterom, Den Haag
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Tags: Kettingstaat, Netherlands
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Friday, February 11th, 2011
Spring 2011 marks the opening of “Metropol Parasol”, the Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnacíon in Seville, designed by J. MAYER H. architects. After finishing the concrete works in 2008, the parasols are under construction now. Visiting the site at the moment gives an impressive imagination of the final dimension and appearance.
 Metropol Parasol Costruction in February, 2011
- Architect: J. MAYER H. Architects
- Project Team: Juergen Mayer H., Andre Santer, Marta Ramírez Iglesias, Jan-Christoph Stockebrand, Marcus Blum, Ana Alonso de la Varga, Paul Angelier, Hans Schneider, Thorsten Blatter, Wilko Hoffmann, Claudia Marcinowski, Sebastian Finckh, Alessandra Raponi, Olivier Jacques, Nai Huei Wang
- Competition Team: Juergen Mayer H, Dominik Schwarzer, Wilko Hoffmann, Ingmar Schmidt, Jan-Christoph Stockebrand, Julia Neitzel, Klaus Küppers, Georg Schmidthals, Daria Trovato
- International Competition: 1. Prize, 2004
- Project: 2005-2010
- Completion: Spring 2011
- Client: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla and SACYR
- Management Consultant: Dirk Blomeyer
- Technical Consultant for Competition 2nd phase only and Multidisciplinary Engineers for Realization: ARUP GmbH
- Technical Support for Plants – Competition 2nd Phase only: Coqui-Malachowska-Coqui with Thomas Waldau
- Translation competition text: Carmen Diez
- Plexi-Model: Werk 5, Photographer: Uwe Walter
- Timber-Model: Finnforest Merk
- Construction-Site Photos: J. MAYER H. Architects
- Software used: ArchiCAD + Rhino and Maya.
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Tags: Seville, Spain
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
Z&Z Studios have submitted a proposal for a public promenade in Belgrade, Serbia. Recent research shows that on the average foreign tourist question — what is it that it leaves the biggest impression when you visit Belgrade — in 95% of cases will tell you – people or citizens of Belgrade.
Bearing in mind this fact, the guiding idea of this project and have just been – the people.
New Belgrade large terraces are designed at the same time as new symbol of entering the old town and as a final solution for direct links between the two historical entities – Kosancicev venac and old Sava river port, tourist port Belgrade today.
The big challenge was at the same time to respect the old background ambient atmosphere, and the buildings of modern architecture.
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Tags: Belgrade, Serbia
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
RTA Office designed the renovation of the Riverside Moon Bay Park, access door and landmark building in the city of Jinhua in China. The building is like a single object located at a singular point of the city. The place is a park with a path that leads from one point of the city’s river front.
Architecture: RTA-Office
Project: 2008-2009
Construction: 2009-2011
Client: Jiangnan Greenbelt Yangtze River Department
Total intervention: 2 he
Building surface: 3800 m²
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Tags: China, Jinhua
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Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Cutting-edge architectural design by West 8 defines New Miami Beach Cultural Venue and ExoStage Provides Unique Outdoor Arts Experience. West 8 has delivered on its mission of a green park, not a plaza, a park that feels intimate, shady, and soft was created; a park that will support the world-class attraction of the New World Symphony Building. Lincoln Park reflects the spirit and vitality of Miami Beach and will support a multitude of day and night uses, either under the shade of the trees or a starlit sky.
- Prime Consultant/ Lead Landscape Architect: West 8, New York, NY
- Completion year: 2011
- Team: Adriaan Geuze, design director/principal; Jamie Maslyn Larson, principal/project manager; Blair Guppy, job captain; Claire Agre; Blair
- Guppy; Rachel Laszlo Tait, Karsten Buchholz; Joris Weijts; Gaspard Estourgie; Perry Maas
- Civil Engineer: Coastal Systems International: Tim Blankenship, principal; Andres Perez; Adriana Cabrera
- Development Manager: Hines
- Projection Design: Prosound and Video: Rod Sintow, principal” for projection design.
- Structural Engineering: Douglas Wood Associates: Douglas Wood, principal; Marcos R. Perez, project manager
- MEP Engineering: Cosentini Associates: Scott Ceasar, principal; John Hayletts, project manager; Paul Bunchareon, Mario Lara
- Local Landscape Rosenberg Gardner Design: Bill Rosenberg, principal;
- Architect: Ken Gardner, principal
- Local Architect: Leo A Daly: J Beattie, project manager
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Tags: Florida, Miami Beach
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Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Hermann Park Lake Plaza serves as the front door for visitors bound for Hermann Park, an area that contains several local attractions The Lake Plaza consists of 5 new buildings, a mini-train depo, a cafe and terrace, and the new Tiffany & Co. Foundation Bridge.
- Architect: Overland Partners
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Project area: 15,000 SF, 8 Acres
- Project cost: $11 Million
- Project year: 2010
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Tags: Houston, Texas
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Through an open ideas competition, Gray Organschi was awarded the commission to design a threshold between a restored riverbank and an urban edge in Stamford, Connecticut. Their urban porch proposal is composed of a shaded lattice formed from simple framing propped by gangs of timber pilings driven at slight angles to emulate the trunks of the trees in the meadow to the north. Deep slender joists of standard dimensional lumber, bolted into pre-tensioned units, are aggregated and pulled taut to create an expanded grid of wood, the upward pressure of the timber tripods forcing the trellis to undulate slightly, a torsion fostered by the longitudinal geometries and connection system of the continuous timber frame. Beneath it, a simple banding of concrete planks, interrupted selectively by broad joints of reinforced thyme and grass, provides a steady surface for strolling, seating and a chess game.
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Tags: Connecticut, Stamford
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
- Architects: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.
- Project Year: 2009 – 2010
Pier C Park is located along the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway in Hoboken, New Jersey and is part of the city’s ongoing efforts to provide recreational open space at the water’s edge. An active recreation pier designed to accommodate users of all ages, the new park complements neighboring parks in program and form. Pier C represents a new generation of waterfront programming, defined by recreation and public access rather than industrial or maritime uses. The new pier sits within the rectilinear footprint of the long-absent original Pier C, with arcing walkways that capitalize on views to Manhattan as well as the active uses of the pier.
 Boardwalk 3
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Tags: Hoboken, New Jersey
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Thursday, January 13th, 2011
- Architects: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.
- Project Year: 2011 – 2010
Segment 5 of Hudson River Park runs from Pier 64 south to Pier 54 along the formerly industrial waterfront of the Hudson River. The northern portion of this segment, christened Chelsea Cove by the design team, will combine three individual piers into one of the largest open spaces within Hudson River Park. Chelsea Cove will feature a broad central lawn, reconnecting the vertical city with the drama of the horizon, as well as an enclosing grove that separates the park from the highway. The cove will include a skate park, a carousel, and an entry garden designed in collaboration with Lynden B. Miller. It also will include a landscape installation by environmental artist Meg Webster. Pier 64, which forms the north side of the cove, rises gently toward an elevated prospect, with privileged views up and down river, as well as back toward the city.
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Tags: New York
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