https://landezine.com Landscape Architecture Platform Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:03:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://landezine.com/mayfield-park-by-studio-egret-west/ https://landezine.com/mayfield-park-by-studio-egret-west/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:15:04 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=86267 Mayfield Park is the first new city-centre park to be created in Manchester for over 100 years. The 6.5 acre park provides a sequence of character spaces connected by a meandering river, the design strikes a careful balance between active useable green spaces for people with natural habitat creation for wildlife. The landscape is inspired […]]]> https://landezine.com/mayfield-park-by-studio-egret-west/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/renome-kids-lab-by-afa/ https://landezine.com/renome-kids-lab-by-afa/#respond Fri, 03 Mar 2023 10:51:15 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=84869 Playgrounds: what is their purpose? Are they designed to bring variety to everyday family life; to offer visitors completely new and interesting experiences or maybe to create new ideas for stimulating children’s communication and minds?What can really make a playground unique and educational and how to succeed in bringing all these features together in one […]]]> https://landezine.com/renome-kids-lab-by-afa/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/tophane-park-playground-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/tophane-park-playground-by-carve/#respond Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:44:43 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=84672 site conditions Galata port is an urban redevelopment project taking place in Istanbul aiming at transforming a previously inaccessible area within the Tophane district into an artistic and cultural core. As part of this project, Tophane Park offers a mix of historic landmarks, such as the 18th-century Ottoman-style Mahmud-Han fountain, and new developments including the […]]]> https://landezine.com/tophane-park-playground-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/marmara-forum-cloud-playground-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/marmara-forum-cloud-playground-by-carve/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:54:21 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=83939 iconic landmarks Fantastic play cloud structures have arisen in the city of Istanbul. They are the iconic landmarks of a new open-air playground on the roof park of Marmara Forum, a shopping centre in the Bakirköy district. The windows of the clouds magically change colours as daylight changes throughout the day. While in silence at […]]]> https://landezine.com/marmara-forum-cloud-playground-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/play-land-at-serravalle-designer-outlet-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/play-land-at-serravalle-designer-outlet-by-carve/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:52:47 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=83883 play with legacy Tucked away in the picturesque mountains of Piemonte, some small towns stand out as shining gems among the lush green forests. These small agglomerations of few houses tied together, were the inspiration for Carve’s design of an iconic playscape at Serravalle Designer Outlet. Carve was asked to create a multifunctional design that […]]]> https://landezine.com/play-land-at-serravalle-designer-outlet-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/myyrmaki-sports-park-by-loci/ https://landezine.com/myyrmaki-sports-park-by-loci/#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:29:00 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=83479 Myyrmäki Sports Park is a versatile sports and exercise center in the city of Vantaa. The area was developed as a part of the growing Myyrmäki region. The redevelopment sought to balance the growing number of users, transport facilities and natural values of the site, as well as to strengthen the image of the area. […]]]> https://landezine.com/myyrmaki-sports-park-by-loci/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/jules-ferry-park-in-lorient-by-in-situ/ https://landezine.com/jules-ferry-park-in-lorient-by-in-situ/#respond Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:15:39 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=81748 A mall, a square and a park are connecting the city centre to the sea. Jules Ferry Park is an exceptional urban piece in terms of its size, availability and location: 4 hectares in the city centre of Lorient. This project opens up a former city square, and a unified public space in the extension […]]]> https://landezine.com/jules-ferry-park-in-lorient-by-in-situ/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/wonder-wood-by-vega-landskab/ https://landezine.com/wonder-wood-by-vega-landskab/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:47:38 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=81901 In recent years, there has been an increased focus on what happens in the schoolyard between the classes, and what play, movement and motor skills can do for the children’s learning. In 2013, the philanthropic fund ‘Realdania’ created a campaign, to increase physical activity among school children. The campaign called for ‘action-packed playgrounds’ that could […]]]> https://landezine.com/wonder-wood-by-vega-landskab/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/vognsbol-kindergarten-by-vega-landskab/ https://landezine.com/vognsbol-kindergarten-by-vega-landskab/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:42:00 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=81936 Vognsbøl Børnehus is a large institution with 13 home groups of children aged 0 – 6 years old, with a total of 180 children. The institution was finished in 2018. The institution has a special focus on activities and sports for children. Children today in Denmark are spending most of their awake hours during the […]]]> https://landezine.com/vognsbol-kindergarten-by-vega-landskab/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/sub-base-platypus-by-aspect-studios/ https://landezine.com/sub-base-platypus-by-aspect-studios/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2022 13:06:01 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=80420 Sub Base Platypus in Kirribilli, Sydney, which is on the traditional lands of the Cammeraygal has a rich and interesting history. In 1876, the site had its first major transformation, becoming a gasworks for residents of North Sydney. In 1942, it was transformed into a torpedo factory to support the war effort, and in 1967 […]]]> https://landezine.com/sub-base-platypus-by-aspect-studios/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/rudolfplatz-by-hochc/ https://landezine.com/rudolfplatz-by-hochc/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:12:00 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=81269 The Concept The task was to completely redesign the Rudolf Square (named after a local knight) and the surrounding streets as well as to create a rainwater retention system and an island of cool microclimate in a dense city neighbourhood. To do this, the square was reimagined in two parts Knight Rudi’s Castleland playground and […]]]> https://landezine.com/rudolfplatz-by-hochc/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/playground-choriner-strasse-by-hoch/ https://landezine.com/playground-choriner-strasse-by-hoch/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:08:00 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=81310 Playground of the Choriner Folk – Designing a Story The playground in the Choriner Street, Berlin, offers a fantastical world for children’s play. It started off as an overgrown, neglected, hidden playground with a certain kind of magical feeling of a ruin to it. The new design retains this wild magical feeling, keeps as many […]]]> https://landezine.com/playground-choriner-strasse-by-hoch/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-sales-ring-playground-by-arcadia-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/the-sales-ring-playground-by-arcadia-landscape-architecture/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:45:48 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=79391 The Sales Ring Playground has been designed to provide a playspace for children of all ages, where the long and rich cultural heritage of the Newmarket Randwick site is nurtured and celebrated. The playground is part of a new public park, Inglis Park, which has become the new heart of the suburb of Randwick.  First […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-sales-ring-playground-by-arcadia-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/home-guard-park-by-tengbom/ https://landezine.com/home-guard-park-by-tengbom/#respond Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:11:22 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=68545 Tengbom was commissioned by the municipality of Norrköping in 2015 to draw a park on an area between S:t Persgatan and Kvarngatan in central Norrköping. The area borders the old Industrial Landscape and has newly built residential areas on both sides. The part of the city is dense, with a lot of housing. Access to […]]]> https://landezine.com/home-guard-park-by-tengbom/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/%d0%b0-playground-for-children-with-art-objects-by-utro/ https://landezine.com/%d0%b0-playground-for-children-with-art-objects-by-utro/#respond Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:00:27 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=78898 UTRO architects created a unique playground for children in Russia. Playful art objects were designed and drawn exclusively for the Metropolia residence project. Altogether ten art objects were created on the basis of drawings. As for functionality, the area turned out to be diverse and interesting for children of all ages. The Metropolia residential development […]]]> https://landezine.com/%d0%b0-playground-for-children-with-art-objects-by-utro/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/hashomrim-park-by-bo/ https://landezine.com/hashomrim-park-by-bo/#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2022 06:18:14 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=78323 “Well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting” – and perhaps also for playing Orna Ben-Zioni & Beeri Ben-Shalom, BO -Landscape Architects Pippi’s garden was really lovely. You couldn’t say it was well kept, but there were wonderful grass plots that were never cut, and old rosebushes that were full of white and […]]]> https://landezine.com/hashomrim-park-by-bo/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/konrad-adenauer-platz-by-foerder/ https://landezine.com/konrad-adenauer-platz-by-foerder/#respond Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:02:03 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=78237 Konrad-Adenauer-Platz is one of the central places in downtown Langenfeld (Rhineland), adjoining the city hall. Several businesses are located alongside the square such as catering, retail and different types of services. The floors above the shops, stores and restaurants are predominantly used as apartments. The northwest corner of the square opens up towards the city-hall-parking […]]]> https://landezine.com/konrad-adenauer-platz-by-foerder/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/eyes-on-place-by-nanjing-forestry-university-college-of-landscape-architecture-profiles/ https://landezine.com/eyes-on-place-by-nanjing-forestry-university-college-of-landscape-architecture-profiles/#respond Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:12:00 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=84599 The project is a good example of an appropriate and well balanced intervention, not needing to resort to the glamor of images to convince around its ability to build a bond between users and built space. The jury appreciated low-cost interventions and formal simplicity that offer a high-quality environment for educational processes on limited roof space.]]> https://landezine.com/eyes-on-place-by-nanjing-forestry-university-college-of-landscape-architecture-profiles/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/songzhuang-micro-community-park-by-crossboundaries/ Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:42:00 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=84520 The project well addresses the dialogue between different scales – the well articulated and complex general layout of the park and the 'touch and feel' scale, sensitive and rich in detail. It establishes simple and unpretentious spaces with care and sincerity to its visitors. It presents a courageous and intelligent use of color and proposes an ambience that, managing to constitute an excellent playground for children, escapes the banality of the usual catalogue-based playgrounds It also succeeds in involving a great diversity of uses to all ages of visitors, demonstrating the significant advantages of less determined spaces.]]> https://landezine.com/fosse-park-leicester-by-macgregor-smith/ https://landezine.com/fosse-park-leicester-by-macgregor-smith/#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:54:05 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=77787 Inspired by local heritage, surrounded by wildflowers and home to a fleet of colourful foxes, Fosse Park is a retail space reimagined. Created in collaboration with The Crown Estate, Fosse Park stands on the site of the old Everards Brewery in Leicester, and we’ve kept true to those roots in the details of our design […]]]> https://landezine.com/fosse-park-leicester-by-macgregor-smith/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/konigwiesen-parks-in-schleswig-by-tgp/ https://landezine.com/konigwiesen-parks-in-schleswig-by-tgp/#respond Mon, 30 May 2022 08:47:58 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=77981 The central concern of the park´s design is to link the banks of the Schlei (a narrow inlet of the Baltic Sea) with the city of Schleswig and its main historical focal points: the Gottorf Castle, the old town and the cathedral. On the one hand, the landscape of the Schlei characterizes the park, and […]]]> https://landezine.com/konigwiesen-parks-in-schleswig-by-tgp/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/pirate-playground-by-tgp/ Mon, 30 May 2022 08:32:55 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=77965 Built at the intersection of the Harbor and Sea promenades, directly on the beach in Lübeck-Travemünde, the Pirate-themed playground is a popular destination both for day tourists and locals alike.  The centerpiece of this playground is a stylized 15-meter-long pirate ship nicknamed “the Wild 13”. Entirely crafted in wood, the partly planked, partially open construction […]]]> https://landezine.com/springvale-community-hub-australia-by-rush-wright-associates/ https://landezine.com/springvale-community-hub-australia-by-rush-wright-associates/#respond Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:57:47 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=77008 The Springvale Community Precinct forms the community centrepiece of the Springvale Activity Centre – the vibrant and multicultural civic, retail and commercial focus of Melbourne’s South East. The Springvale Community Precinct is being developed as part of the 20-year program of renewal and revitalisation of this key Activity Centre. The 4-hectare site, located on Springvale […]]]> https://landezine.com/springvale-community-hub-australia-by-rush-wright-associates/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/smedetoften-by-11-landskab/ https://landezine.com/smedetoften-by-11-landskab/#respond Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:36:01 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=74402 A worn-down ‘non-place’, absent on the locals’ mental city map has been transformed into a modern urban space with a luminous landmark. Smedetoften is a residential area in the centre of Copenhagens Nordvest district with almost no outdoor meeting places. 1:1 Landskab help change that. As part of a municipality led urban renewal project 1:1 […]]]> https://landezine.com/smedetoften-by-11-landskab/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/gadehaveskolen-by-11-landskab/ https://landezine.com/gadehaveskolen-by-11-landskab/#respond Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:35:47 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=74502 The dull, old playground has been replaced by a playful universe where the children can play, move and learn new skills. At the same time, the new outdoor area offers the opportunity to take the teaching outside and create an untraditional, dynamic framework for learning. Sports court and birdhouses In the centre of the playground, […]]]> https://landezine.com/gadehaveskolen-by-11-landskab/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/harold-park-by-jmd-design/ https://landezine.com/harold-park-by-jmd-design/#respond Thu, 03 Feb 2022 11:13:10 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=72755 Harold Park is a 3.8ha park in Forest Lodge, a highly urbanised suburb in the inner city of Sydney. Nestled between two residential zones, Harold Park presented an opportunity to connect the site to its wider open space networks and create a space that is designed for community use that also provides habitats for the […]]]> https://landezine.com/harold-park-by-jmd-design/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/parkhill-greens-by-plat-studio/ https://landezine.com/parkhill-greens-by-plat-studio/#respond Wed, 25 Aug 2021 07:53:02 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=65987 The project is located on a south-facing hillside in the northern part of the Jiangangshan neighborhood in the Baoan District of Shenzhen, China. Jiangangshan Avenue is a broad, tree-lined road, combined with the adjacent reservoir and lush forest creates a pleasant microclimate environment. Twenty years ago, the first batch of garden houses were built between […]]]> https://landezine.com/parkhill-greens-by-plat-studio/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/urban-park-jesse-owens-by-espace-libre/ https://landezine.com/urban-park-jesse-owens-by-espace-libre/#respond Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:29:27 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=65570 The Urban Park Jesse Owens, located in Grand-Couronne (France) and inaugurated in 2018, is a space open to all ages, with areas dedicated to sports practice, plays, and relaxation; hence it achieves its goal urban park. With a sports area that was completely enclosed, one of the significant challenges of the project was the creation […]]]> https://landezine.com/urban-park-jesse-owens-by-espace-libre/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/playground-springsiedlung-by-hochc-landschaftsarchitekten/ https://landezine.com/playground-springsiedlung-by-hochc-landschaftsarchitekten/#respond Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:29:31 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=63022 The 4,000 m² public playground is the centerpiece of the large housing settlement Springsiedlung in the heart of Berlin. It is designed not only as a play area for children, but also an inclusive place for social interaction for all residents and users from the adjacent neighborhoods. The design of the playground not only fits […]]]> https://landezine.com/playground-springsiedlung-by-hochc-landschaftsarchitekten/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/inselpark-wilhelmsburg-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/ https://landezine.com/inselpark-wilhelmsburg-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/#respond Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:45:07 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=61498 A new look for Wilhelmsburg – Stadtpark (City Park), Neue Mitte (New Centre) Wilhelmsburg and the Hamburger Terrassen residential development The design of the Inselpark Wilhelmsburg (Island Park) enhanced the value of both unused land and near-natural succession areas. The park was turned into an attractive, central building block in the continuing development of the […]]]> https://landezine.com/inselpark-wilhelmsburg-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/talauenpark-waiblingen-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/ https://landezine.com/talauenpark-waiblingen-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/#respond Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:34:15 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=61486 Transformation of the Rems Valley and Rems – from the source of the river to its mouth In 2019 the first intercommunal garden show took place in Baden-Württemberg, and 16 municipalities used the event to develop in a sustainable and contemporary way more than 80 km of the Rems Valley from the source of the […]]]> https://landezine.com/talauenpark-waiblingen-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/historic-hofgarten-cappelaue-landscape-park-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/ https://landezine.com/historic-hofgarten-cappelaue-landscape-park-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/#respond Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:24:55 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=61462 Spaces for the future. Building with the landscape. Öhringen used the 2016 State Garden Show as an opportunity to launch a long-term, high-quality green and open space framework for the development of the town. Our planning for the garden show included core areas in the centre of the town as well as corresponding areas that […]]]> https://landezine.com/historic-hofgarten-cappelaue-landscape-park-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/museum-grounds-and-neanderpark-mettmann-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/ https://landezine.com/museum-grounds-and-neanderpark-mettmann-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/#respond Fri, 30 Apr 2021 06:44:04 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=61435 Keeping it simple. The Neanderthal Museum’s unusual and memorable architecture is captivating, but the potential of site it’s built on is had not been completely taken advantage of! And thus, the museum lacked an appropriate environment – a framework that drew its inspiration from the surrounding landscape, finding its scale and origins within it. Creating […]]]> https://landezine.com/museum-grounds-and-neanderpark-mettmann-by-rmp-stephan-lenzen-landschaftsarchitekten/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/kindergarden-griechische-allee/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:06:22 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=60351 In 2003 the Senate Department for Urban Development launched an architectural competition for the kindergarten in Berlin-Oberschöneweide. The building dates from the GDR and is under preservation order. Together with Behles & Jochimsen Architects we decided on a concept that interlinks building and garden, interior and outdoor space. The central design element to achieve this […]]]> https://landezine.com/krameracker-primary-school-grounds/ https://landezine.com/krameracker-primary-school-grounds/#respond Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:42:55 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=59350 For the children, the school grounds are a place to move, a meeting place, and a stage. Here the children engage in free play, following their interests, and get to know themselves and others.  The close-to-natural design makes reference to typical landscape elements in and around the small city of Uster: damp marshes; gravelly, dry […]]]> https://landezine.com/krameracker-primary-school-grounds/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/svea-serenad/ https://landezine.com/svea-serenad/#respond Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:50:10 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=59016 Urbio has designed the landscape of the centric residential area Svea in Stockholm, with courtyards, a public square and a playground as part of the area. A parade of playsculptures march through an area of preserved nature right next to the Svea Serenade city block. The area is a newly built, archiform residential area, which […]]]> https://landezine.com/svea-serenad/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/annonay-garden-backnang/ https://landezine.com/annonay-garden-backnang/#respond Mon, 08 Mar 2021 11:36:10 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=58758 The area of the Bleichwiese meadow is extended with the second construction phase of the Annonay Garden. Bleichwiese and Annonay-Garden form a public open space band in the city with different typologies composed of plazas and park situations and with a continuous pedestrian and bicycle network along the river. The design of the Annonay-Garden refers […]]]> https://landezine.com/annonay-garden-backnang/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-sipoonlahti-school/ https://landezine.com/the-sipoonlahti-school/#respond Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:30:08 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=57966 The new Sipoonlahti school is one of the largest school centers in Finland. As part of the extension project, the entire schoolyard was renovated and a new local sport site was built in the area. The schoolyard serves as a versatile learning environment and is also a popular outdoor place for residents of the area […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-sipoonlahti-school/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/albany-loop-by-groundworks-office/ https://landezine.com/albany-loop-by-groundworks-office/#respond Wed, 06 Jan 2021 13:37:35 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=56481 Along the idyllic eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay is Albany, California, a small hamlet with a penchant for renegade behaviors.  It all started in 1908 when two women with shotguns protested the dumping of trash in their community by Berkeley, its neighboring city.  Shortly thereafter, town folk voted to incorporate what we know […]]]> https://landezine.com/albany-loop-by-groundworks-office/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/alice-chalmers-playground/ https://landezine.com/alice-chalmers-playground/#respond Wed, 06 Jan 2021 13:37:09 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=56470 Yep, those are the tinny screams of children you’re hearing at Alice Chalmers Playground — And no need to sound the alarm. You’d swear too that those were the smoothest slides you’ve ever ridden. Alice Chalmers Playground is a long-awaited overhaul for Longfellow Elementary, a public school in San Francisco’s Crocker-Amazon neighborhood. Tucked away from […]]]> https://landezine.com/alice-chalmers-playground/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/playground-slope-at-the-risskov-school/ https://landezine.com/playground-slope-at-the-risskov-school/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2020 08:55:55 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=55982 Risskov School was extended with a building for the pupils from 0 to 2nd grade. All rooms in this building have access to a large outdoor playground slope connecting the existing school and the new extension to the adjacent football field. This hill, which connects the 1st floor and the ground floor is cut through […]]]> https://landezine.com/playground-slope-at-the-risskov-school/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/new-park-in-leopoldov/ https://landezine.com/new-park-in-leopoldov/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2020 07:54:45 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=54989 The conversion of a former croft cemetery into a park with playground equipment for children transforms a half-forgotten walk-through garden into a site of active fun where people of all ages will find ways to wind down. The design works with three basic principles – activating the park boundary, enabling free movement within, and introducing new […]]]> https://landezine.com/new-park-in-leopoldov/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/bredang-park-dance-and-play/ https://landezine.com/bredang-park-dance-and-play/#respond Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:00:26 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=54858 In collaboration with a focus group of girls living in the suburb Bredäng, Nivå developed a park for spontaneous dance, play and free sports. Current research demonstrates that a majority of Swedish children and youth do not engage in enough daily physical activity; this problem is most pronounced amongst older teenage girls. With that in […]]]> https://landezine.com/bredang-park-dance-and-play/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/alsike-park/ https://landezine.com/alsike-park/#respond Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:00:02 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=54886 Current plans for Alsike envisage the development of a new city between Uppsala and Arlanda airport, through the construction of 2,000 new dwellings and a new railway station. The primary public meeting place in the area will be the 2.4-hectare park. The first stage of the park’s construction is slated to coincide with the first […]]]> https://landezine.com/alsike-park/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/city-landscape-burg/ https://landezine.com/city-landscape-burg/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:35:42 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=54594 Influences of the digital market, a changed behaviour in mobility, demographic shifts and changes in migration will have a direct impact on the future function of many of our inner cities. The relevance of this question for the future of small and medium sized cities is already apparent. The Garden show in Burg (Sachsen-Anhalt) was […]]]> https://landezine.com/city-landscape-burg/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/kalvebod-faelled-skole/ https://landezine.com/kalvebod-faelled-skole/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:19:38 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=53423 Kalvebod Fælled Skole is a newbuilt municipal primary and lower secondary school with a profile emphasizing sports and movement. The traditional schoolyard design is replaced with an undulating landscape that animates intuitive play and movement – just like nature. Turning the traditional schoolyard design inside out, the solution creates an open space that invites the […]]]> https://landezine.com/kalvebod-faelled-skole/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-circles/ https://landezine.com/the-circles/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:03:52 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=53304 The Kimma Youth Community in Nanjing is a residential community targeting the young users in Nanjing, China. This three-tower apartment complex has an open campus, which is rare (often gated and walled) in China. This offers great opportunity for landscape architect to re-imagine collected housing community environment in China. Iconic Circles “Circle” is used as […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-circles/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/return-of-the-hill/ https://landezine.com/return-of-the-hill/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:16:51 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=53267 Chongqing is a city born in the mountains. People in Chongqing have developed their own way of using lands with topography, and have created unique urban landscape and lifestyle. Atelier Scale has carried and extended this wisdom, in the landscape of the Hill Residence, 10.7-ha residential community. Return of the Hill There is an existing […]]]> https://landezine.com/return-of-the-hill/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/nightingale-primary-school-the-otto/ https://landezine.com/nightingale-primary-school-the-otto/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:30:18 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=52956 The project delivers a new primary school and nursery, providing much needed school spaces for the Borough of Hackney and is funded through the sale of 89 high quality private sale residential apartments co-located on the same site. The site, at 4900m², sits opposite the leafy green Hackney Downs Park bordered with mature London Plane […]]]> https://landezine.com/nightingale-primary-school-the-otto/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/homebush-west-public-school/ https://landezine.com/homebush-west-public-school/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:50:03 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=52912 Working collaboratively with TKD Architects, the school community, and NSW Department of Education, a strong focus was placed on the potential of the landscape to create an environment where students would feel comfortable, stimulated, and connected to nature and the surrounding Homebush community. The landscape establishes a strong identity for the school by referencing the […]]]> https://landezine.com/homebush-west-public-school/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/anders-franzen/ https://landezine.com/anders-franzen/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:30:05 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=52611 Anders Franzén’s park is an important last step in the expansion of the neighborhood Henriksdalshamnen in the district Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm. The design responds to the challenge of creating a public park at a site of limited size, which will be an attractive destination for all ages: children, teenagers, adults and the elderly. Anders Franzén’s […]]]> https://landezine.com/anders-franzen/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/tikkurila-waterfront-avik-area-by-loci/ https://landezine.com/tikkurila-waterfront-avik-area-by-loci/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2020 12:09:07 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=52291 The Tikkurila River Park is developing into an outdoor living room that is a green pair for the urban Tikkurila centre – the major district of Vantaa that is Finland’s third busiest railway station and is in constant renewal. The first phase of the Tikkurila River Park was opened to the public in June 2020. […]]]> https://landezine.com/tikkurila-waterfront-avik-area-by-loci/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/arstabergsparken-by-nyrens-arkitektkontor/ https://landezine.com/arstabergsparken-by-nyrens-arkitektkontor/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:23:17 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=50492 Nyréns Arkitektkontor: Årstabergsparken in Årstadal is located just south of the central district of Södermalm in Stockholm. The area has come into focus in the debate over lack of space dedicated to children in the dense city. The project is a hill-top park created from the undeveloped areas that have been left over after the […]]]> https://landezine.com/arstabergsparken-by-nyrens-arkitektkontor/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/spiel-und-bewegungsraumkonzept-schermbeck-by-dtp/ https://landezine.com/spiel-und-bewegungsraumkonzept-schermbeck-by-dtp/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:22:50 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=50383 DTP: The sport and exercise facilities for Schermbeck are designed to be an attraction for the entire municipal area, with appealing sporting and exercise options for all age groups. The interweaving of the different facilities creates a coherent space for exercise. Its concept provides for a safe, virtually car-free link between the sports facilities and […]]]> https://landezine.com/spiel-und-bewegungsraumkonzept-schermbeck-by-dtp/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/carmencarpintero-park-by-tambori-arquitectes/ https://landezine.com/carmencarpintero-park-by-tambori-arquitectes/#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:20:37 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=50002 Tamborí Arquitectes: Carmen Carpintero Park is located next to a ravine called “Salt de l’Aigua” in El Carmen neighbourhood, at the east side of Manises municipality. The limited and improper use of the park pushed the local government to propose the renovation of the park which includes new facilities that allow physical and visual permeability […]]]> https://landezine.com/carmencarpintero-park-by-tambori-arquitectes/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/salute-playground-by-afa/ https://landezine.com/salute-playground-by-afa/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:18:07 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=49524 AFA Group: Playground “Salute” was opened in August 2018 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Gorky Park, the largest and the most significant park in the center of Moscow. The project was initiated by the park itself and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art aiming to raise the quality of playspaces in Russia through creating a […]]]> https://landezine.com/salute-playground-by-afa/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/parc-du-cossy-by-husler-associes/ https://landezine.com/parc-du-cossy-by-husler-associes/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:58:09 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=49276 Hüsler & Associés: Winner of the landscape competition initiated by the City of Nyon in 2008, the “Parc du Cossy” project aims to be the unifying space of future neighbourhoods of surrounding housing to accommodate, long term, no fewer than 4,000 inhabitants. As an interface between current and future constructions, its role is to create […]]]> https://landezine.com/parc-du-cossy-by-husler-associes/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/pyramids-playground-by-afa-group/ https://landezine.com/pyramids-playground-by-afa-group/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:29:20 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=49090 AFA Group: The “Pyramids” playground is located in Butovo micro-district, on the edge between its old and new parts. Built in the 2000s, the old one has typical characteristics of that time: car parking all along with the building blocks and almost no trees. By contrast, the new part car-free courtyards are full of greenery. […]]]> https://landezine.com/pyramids-playground-by-afa-group/feed/ 2 https://landezine.com/the-folds-a-topographic-sensation-by-lab-dh/ https://landezine.com/the-folds-a-topographic-sensation-by-lab-dh/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:05:25 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=48276 Lab D+H: The Folds is a community playground that mobilizes children’s perceptions with landform. It is designed with the notion of returning to the basics, through folding of spaces. We deliberately minimize the use of playground equipment. We believe that the folding landform can encourage children to perceive the space with their hands and feet. […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-folds-a-topographic-sensation-by-lab-dh/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/ivydale-primary-school-by-bd-landscape-architects/ https://landezine.com/ivydale-primary-school-by-bd-landscape-architects/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2019 09:15:02 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=48074 B|D Landscape Architects: Ivydale Primary School is a 4FE primary school in Southwark, London. Prior to redevelopment the school was highly confined and did not have room to expand within its existing site. It was proposed that Ivydale Primary School should be enlarged to comprise a second site nearby, catering for Years 4-6. B|D in […]]]> https://landezine.com/ivydale-primary-school-by-bd-landscape-architects/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-discovery-garden-by-isthmus/ https://landezine.com/the-discovery-garden-by-isthmus/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:44:00 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=47358 ISTHMUS: Te Kaapuia o Te Waoku | The Discovery Garden has transformed a little used area of the Botanic Garden into a vital activity centre for children and their families to learn more about the natural world and their community. Material choices are reflective of the garden’s main theme – the many ways plants can […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-discovery-garden-by-isthmus/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/parc-kaltreis-by-forder-landschaftsarchitekten/ https://landezine.com/parc-kaltreis-by-forder-landschaftsarchitekten/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2019 06:54:16 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=47323 Förder Landschaftsarchitekten: The park is located in the southern part of the city center Bonnevoie-South and was realized in the 1980s. Since then, it has been an important part of the open space network of the City of Luxembourg. The park links two landscape types, the urban landscape (residential district) in the north and cultural […]]]> https://landezine.com/parc-kaltreis-by-forder-landschaftsarchitekten/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/tumbling-bay-playground-by-luc/ https://landezine.com/tumbling-bay-playground-by-luc/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:43:31 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=47065 LUC: Part of the long-term regeneration of the London 2012 Olympic site post-games, this project transformed a major sporting venue into a new permanent public park and an appropriate setting for further legacy developments. The project was a central part of the transformation, providing a new community facility and associated play space, and forming part […]]]> https://landezine.com/tumbling-bay-playground-by-luc/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/lakeside-garden-by-ramboll-studio-dreiseitl/ https://landezine.com/lakeside-garden-by-ramboll-studio-dreiseitl/#respond Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:18:29 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=47006 Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl: Identified as the first phase of development of Jurong Lake Gardens, Singapore’s third national garden and the first in the heartlands, Lakeside Garden is a 53-hecare site that looks to restore the landscape heritage of the freshwater swamp forest as a canvas for recreation and community activities. The development is envisioned to […]]]> https://landezine.com/lakeside-garden-by-ramboll-studio-dreiseitl/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-block-by-desert-ink/ https://landezine.com/the-block-by-desert-ink/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2019 08:28:59 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=46629 desert INK: The recently opened Dubai Water Canal has added 6.4 kilometres of new waterfront to the city while cutting through existing and planned future developments. Serviced by water taxis and a pedestrian promenade, the canal has generated great commercial and transportation value for developments fronting it. One such development, the Dubai Design District (d3), […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-block-by-desert-ink/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/masmo-solhagaparken-by-land-arkitektur/ https://landezine.com/masmo-solhagaparken-by-land-arkitektur/#comments Tue, 02 Jul 2019 05:40:56 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=46273 LAND arkitektur: In Masmo you will find one of Stockholm´s most spectacular metro entrances. An elongated mountain with cliffs and pine trees stands as a backdrop to a square where the entrance to the station is shaped as a concrete cassette pushed into the mountain hillside. Even though the presence of the mountain is prominent […]]]> https://landezine.com/masmo-solhagaparken-by-land-arkitektur/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/tetris-square-by-lab-dh/ https://landezine.com/tetris-square-by-lab-dh/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:53:05 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=45945 Guangzhou Vanke Cloud City Phase 2 is a pioneer mixed-use development which is comprised of a diverse blend of affordable housing, small apartments, incubator offices, a shopping mall and a middle school. Even with all these different elements, landscape architects formulated a complete and rich “pixel community” with a unified landscape framework. The framework is based on a pixelated grid system that not only provides flexible use space but […]]]> https://landezine.com/tetris-square-by-lab-dh/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/activity-landscape-kastrup-by-masu-planning/ https://landezine.com/activity-landscape-kastrup-by-masu-planning/#respond Wed, 05 Jun 2019 07:39:39 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=45757 From former deposit area to neighborhood resource MASU Planning: Activity Landscape Kastrup is a former deposit area of excess soil and building materials, which was turned into a new neighborhood park. The long left-over patch of land in between the 80ies residential area Vægterparken and the metro tracks was transformed into a neighborhood resource, by […]]]> https://landezine.com/activity-landscape-kastrup-by-masu-planning/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-discovery-slides-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/the-discovery-slides-by-carve/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:37:06 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=45071 In 2015 Carve and Playpoint won a tender for an adventurous sliding attraction inside the Jewel Changi Airport development, designed by Moshe Safdie Architects. The attraction is located in the Canopy Park on the highest level of the new development, which includes a shopping mall, attraction park and a garden, all in front of Terminal […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-discovery-slides-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/nedre-foss-park-by-norconsult/ https://landezine.com/nedre-foss-park-by-norconsult/#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2019 09:48:40 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=44975 Nedre Foss was in 2008 a left-over space, located in the dense urban context of Oslo. Surrounding this forgotten industrial space were some of Oslo`s most vital, creative and vibrant urban districts. Seeing the incredible potential of the space prompted the municipality to launch a competition to revitalize this hidden gem. Norconsult won the competition […]]]> https://landezine.com/nedre-foss-park-by-norconsult/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/green-classroom-at-galilei-primary-school-berlin-by-gruppe-f/ https://landezine.com/green-classroom-at-galilei-primary-school-berlin-by-gruppe-f/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2019 08:12:16 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=44911 The redesign of the pond area at Berlin’s Galilei Primary School as a green classroom was the goal of a competition launched at the end of 2015. The design by group F received the first prize and was realized between autumn 2017 and spring 2018. The removal of a former pond and the demolition of […]]]> https://landezine.com/green-classroom-at-galilei-primary-school-berlin-by-gruppe-f/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/schoolyard-st-lutgardiscollege-by-studio-basta/ https://landezine.com/schoolyard-st-lutgardiscollege-by-studio-basta/#respond Sat, 16 Feb 2019 06:54:02 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=44013 A transformation from a dull, grey playground to a challenging green one In 2017, the Lutgardiscollege playground looked much like most other playgrounds in Belgium: a wall-to-wall dull, grey surface of concrete pavers, posing very little challenge. This type of playground often serves as the sovereign domain of ‘king football’, which was true of Lutgardiscollege […]]]> https://landezine.com/schoolyard-st-lutgardiscollege-by-studio-basta/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-village-square-by-espace-libre/ https://landezine.com/the-village-square-by-espace-libre/#respond Thu, 31 Jan 2019 09:06:40 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=43524 La Place du Village – The archetypical public space of a French small town Breuil-Bois-Robert is a small town of 800 residents situated in the western countryside of Paris. The community wanted to bring new life to its central square, after the resurgence of young households in the town. The square, named Place des Tilleuls, […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-village-square-by-espace-libre/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/courdimanche-playground-by-espace-libre/ https://landezine.com/courdimanche-playground-by-espace-libre/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:05:11 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=43207 At the gates of the Vexin The town of Courdimanche is situated at the outskirts of Cergy, taking advantage of a peri-urban setting, close to the large landscape of the Vexin plateau. The town is currently split between its historical core, built on a promontory in an atypical architectural style, and the Sainte Apolline neighbourhood, […]]]> https://landezine.com/courdimanche-playground-by-espace-libre/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/kokkedal-climate-adaption-by-schonherr/ https://landezine.com/kokkedal-climate-adaption-by-schonherr/#respond Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:23:38 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=42787 The assignment The challenge of the project was to develop a climate adaption which also could promote an improved urban life: connect the fragmented urban areas, create new attractive meeting points and overall bring nature closer to the residents. The site Climate Adaption Kokkedal covers an area of 60 ha in the North of Sealand. […]]]> https://landezine.com/kokkedal-climate-adaption-by-schonherr/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/fredrik-hendrikplantsoen-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/fredrik-hendrikplantsoen-by-carve/#respond Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:57:18 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=42411 Carve: The Fredrik Hendrikplantsoen is situated west of the city center, in one of the greenest historic neighbourhoods of Amsterdam. In the 17th century this area was no more than a greenfield site, until in 1630, the ‘Houtzagerscompagnie’, the ‘Sawmills-company’, settled down here. The location was ideal because of its dominant west-wind, and the old […]]]> https://landezine.com/fredrik-hendrikplantsoen-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/skovbakke-school-and-daycare-by-cebra/ https://landezine.com/skovbakke-school-and-daycare-by-cebra/#respond Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:33:16 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=42387 CEBRA: Situated between the city of Odder and the public forest, the school draws on inspiration in its close context and connects the different entities across its site. With its pitched roofs and two storeys, the school building extends the city by resembling small, diverse housing units in a student’s scale. Our task with the […]]]> https://landezine.com/skovbakke-school-and-daycare-by-cebra/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/marlborough-primary-school-by-macgregor-smith-landscape-architects/ https://landezine.com/marlborough-primary-school-by-macgregor-smith-landscape-architects/#respond Mon, 22 Oct 2018 08:01:12 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=42321 Macgregor Smith: Situated in the bustling Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Marlborough Primary School provides a vibrant learning environment for primary school children aged 3 to 11. The new school provides increased capacity for 420 students, plus a full-time nursery and specialist autism centre. Provision of generous external spaces and good daylighting was key […]]]> https://landezine.com/marlborough-primary-school-by-macgregor-smith-landscape-architects/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/clearwater-bay-road-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/clearwater-bay-road-by-carve/#respond Thu, 18 Oct 2018 09:15:14 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=42170 Carve: Just an hour drive from the city centre of Hong Kong, the Clearwater Bay area is situated. These peninsulas, with their lush green hills, beautiful bays and little villages, are quite the opposite of the skyscrapers and city buzz of Hong Kong. New World Development has been working on ‘Mount Pavilia’, an extraordinary new […]]]> https://landezine.com/clearwater-bay-road-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/hudson-street-park-and-playground-by-arcadia-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/hudson-street-park-and-playground-by-arcadia-landscape-architecture/#respond Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:48:09 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=41974 Arcadia Landscape Architecture: Located in Lewisham, one of Sydney’s oldest suburbs, the Hudson Street Park Precinct is a defining space in Lewisham. Hudson Street Park is surrounded by a diverse mixed-use development, Luna, which is strategically located adjacent to a major light-rail stop, creating a bustling and well-connected precinct. As Sydney experiences development at a scale […]]]> https://landezine.com/hudson-street-park-and-playground-by-arcadia-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/solvallsparken-by-karavan-landskapsarkitekter/ https://landezine.com/solvallsparken-by-karavan-landskapsarkitekter/#respond Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:27:26 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=41019 Karavan: Solvallsparken is a popular new park that clearly promotes physical activity and encourages children and young people to leave ipads and phones at home and meet in reality. The park has a strong identity and has become an important place for social interaction between children, adolescents, and adults. Solvallsparken is a new district park […]]]> https://landezine.com/solvallsparken-by-karavan-landskapsarkitekter/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/civic-park-warragul-by-fitzgerald-frisby-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/civic-park-warragul-by-fitzgerald-frisby-landscape-architecture/#respond Mon, 28 May 2018 10:31:38 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=40841 Fitzgerald Frisby Landscape Architecture: Civic Park is located within the centre of the regional township Warragul. The gardenesque style of the park incorporates expansive lawns, ponds, and specimen trees (some heritage listed). The attractive surrounds make it a gathering place for the community and a popular place for weddings. The park also hosts various community […]]]> https://landezine.com/civic-park-warragul-by-fitzgerald-frisby-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-pedagogic-urban-garden-edouard-glissant-by-exit-paysagistes/ https://landezine.com/the-pedagogic-urban-garden-edouard-glissant-by-exit-paysagistes/#respond Thu, 10 May 2018 07:30:56 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=40753 Exit Paysagistes: The project takes place in a former private garden of a master house seen as a protected fallow land, only guessed by the flowing vegetation over its old outer wall. The aim was to keep the nature of this garden transforming the place into a public garden where the local residents could take […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-pedagogic-urban-garden-edouard-glissant-by-exit-paysagistes/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/circling-the-avenue-by-bo/ https://landezine.com/circling-the-avenue-by-bo/#respond Thu, 26 Apr 2018 08:10:17 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=40694 BO Landscape Architecture: Back in the 1930s, avenues inspired by the luxurious boulevards of Europe became the model leading the planning of Israel’s urban communities and new neighbourhoods. Building these broad avenues was designed for residents’ well-being, avenues characterised by rows of shade trees, which in recent years were interspersed with seating areas as part […]]]> https://landezine.com/circling-the-avenue-by-bo/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/smartinski-park-playground-by-luz/ https://landezine.com/smartinski-park-playground-by-luz/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:20:02 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=40467 LUZ: Today’s Šmartinski Park used to be a vast area of informal and individuals allotment gardens. In the municipal spatial planning documents the area was defined as green space and an infrastructural corridor, but in reality it was covered with garden beds and sheds, cut by a traffic road and crossed by a few main […]]]> https://landezine.com/smartinski-park-playground-by-luz/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/ian-potter-childrens-wild-play-by-aspect-studios/ https://landezine.com/ian-potter-childrens-wild-play-by-aspect-studios/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2017 08:48:11 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=39684 ASPECT Studios: The Ian Potter Children’s WILD PLAY Garden by ASPECT Studios was officially opened in October 2017 by NSW Minister for the Environment, Local Government and Heritage, Gabrielle Upton. Located within Centennial Parklands Learning Centre, WILD PLAY is designed as a learning experience for kids of all abilities aged 2-12. Its botanical adventure covers […]]]> https://landezine.com/ian-potter-childrens-wild-play-by-aspect-studios/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/marvel-valley-by-zt-studio/ https://landezine.com/marvel-valley-by-zt-studio/#respond Fri, 24 Nov 2017 08:38:12 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=39492 Z+T Studio: Marvel Valley is an upgrading landscape design project located in Anji County of Huzhou in Zhejiang Province, China. Marvel Valley as one of the pieces of Greentown was decided as a place for children’s outdoor activities. Greentown’s overall environment is different from many urban parks and community parks. The valley provides the project […]]]> https://landezine.com/marvel-valley-by-zt-studio/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/lenfance-du-pli/ https://landezine.com/lenfance-du-pli/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2017 08:38:31 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=39324 From the jury statement: Folds works above all as sculpture-play-scape. While the design tools are simple, they offer a layered complexity within this simplicity, so as to cater for various uses. The play of shapes, levels and morphology makes it interesting to the various age groups of the nearby kindergarten as well as children from the area. The project is about the play between two materials which reflects geological processes that formed the Jura Mountains. In this way it establishes a unique and strong visual language and an engaging playground. On a larger scale it enriches the well-known modernist design approach of the surrounding residential area; the contrast between the orthogonal housing and more nature-inspired landscape forms.]]> https://landezine.com/lenfance-du-pli/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/play_land/ https://landezine.com/play_land/#respond Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:19:50 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=38841 wbp Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH: As young people spend their leisure time on skateboards, bikes and skates, it regularly leads to conflicts with the local residents. By a building, that disappears under a green, terraced hill, it is possible to create a separate place for the young people, which does not exclude them as roughnecks or expect […]]]> https://landezine.com/play_land/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/beatrixpark-amsterdam-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/beatrixpark-amsterdam-by-carve/#respond Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:34:37 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=37959 The Beatrix Park is one of Amsterdam’s oldest modern city parks, and is enclosed between the Ring Road A10, the Beethoven Street on the west side and the RAI Convention Center on the eastern side. The oldest part of the park designed by Jacoba (Ko) Mulder was built in 1938 and is characteristic of the […]]]> https://landezine.com/beatrixpark-amsterdam-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/park-in-badalona-spain-by-peristoral-arquitectes/ https://landezine.com/park-in-badalona-spain-by-peristoral-arquitectes/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:36:36 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=37678 peris+toral.arquitectes: The purpose of the project is to reorganise the green space bounded by Avinguda d’Itàlia, Avinguda de Mònaco and Carrer de Verdi in the town of Badalona, with a low budget and a nal cost of 95.5 €/m2. The brief was drafted by the Projects Service of Badalona Council and then completed with the […]]]> https://landezine.com/park-in-badalona-spain-by-peristoral-arquitectes/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/gridgrounds-by-openfabric-and-dmau/ https://landezine.com/gridgrounds-by-openfabric-and-dmau/#respond Thu, 08 Jun 2017 06:48:20 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=37578 Gridgrounds exceptionally introduces humorous attitude in all the seriousness of a modernistic neighbourhood, precisely by playing around with the 'old' elements all neighbourhoods of this era were full of; grid manifestations, concrete, steal based play equipment etc. This intervention makes a statement that not much effort is needed to effectively correct mistakes of the past, for example like breathing some play in the tiresome grid of trees. ]]> https://landezine.com/gridgrounds-by-openfabric-and-dmau/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/chaussons-garden-gennevilliers-france/ https://landezine.com/chaussons-garden-gennevilliers-france/#respond Tue, 30 May 2017 07:52:04 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=37429 Ateliers 2/3/4/: On a regional scale, the Chausson’s public garden in Chandon Republique’s joint development zone is located near the green axis. Valuating ordinary biodiversity, increasingly rare in the Ile-de-France is one of the main issue of the project. Occupying a field of 6.500 m², it’s also a local garden, with an “intensive” use, due […]]]> https://landezine.com/chaussons-garden-gennevilliers-france/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/avic-park-hongdu-nanchang-by-yiyu-design/ https://landezine.com/avic-park-hongdu-nanchang-by-yiyu-design/#respond Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:17:03 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=36967 YIYU design: Home to China’s aviation manufacturing industry, Hongdu once held the important mission of creating countless aircrafts to fulfill men’s dream to fly. As the first part of the old town to be redeveloped, this project transforms an old aircraft factory into a creative center for the community. In doing so, it aims to […]]]> https://landezine.com/avic-park-hongdu-nanchang-by-yiyu-design/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/lizard-log-parklands-by-mcgregor-coxall/ https://landezine.com/lizard-log-parklands-by-mcgregor-coxall/#comments Thu, 02 Mar 2017 07:37:28 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=18899 The design for the park focuses on developing a structural layout that works closely with the existing rolling contours of the site so that all elements, despite their scale, nestle or fold into the landscape.]]> https://landezine.com/lizard-log-parklands-by-mcgregor-coxall/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/indigo-park-playgrounds/ https://landezine.com/indigo-park-playgrounds/#respond Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:22:47 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=35809 Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM): The Indigo Playgrounds are set within a public/private park space of Beijing’s Jiuxianqaio District. The playgrounds are entirely separated and designed for the needs of two very different age levels of children. The first playground appears as a perfect square set within the landscape. The square plan is carved into the […]]]> https://landezine.com/indigo-park-playgrounds/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/urban-development-eutin-2016-by-a24-landschaft/ https://landezine.com/urban-development-eutin-2016-by-a24-landschaft/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2017 09:11:46 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=35734 A24 Landschaft: With the 2016 State Horticultural Show the city of Eutin has shown a good example of how a city that already benefits from an extraordinarily favorable location between two lakes can significantly enhance its identity through targeted interventions. Attractive, useable open spaces and new networks of paths at Großer Eutiner See bring the […]]]> https://landezine.com/urban-development-eutin-2016-by-a24-landschaft/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/hokksund-middle-school-by-ostengen-bergo-landskapsarkitekter/ https://landezine.com/hokksund-middle-school-by-ostengen-bergo-landskapsarkitekter/#respond Mon, 06 Feb 2017 08:39:02 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=35705 Østengen & Bergo landskapsarkitekter: The site is limited, flat terrain with no particular sight to the surrounding landscape. However, the site is surrounded by a row of large, beautiful linden trees towards Rådhusgate in east, and nice hawthorns in south. In west, the site borders to a railway on a landfilling, 3 m above the […]]]> https://landezine.com/hokksund-middle-school-by-ostengen-bergo-landskapsarkitekter/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/play-landscape-be-mine-beringen-be-by-carve-and-omgeving/ https://landezine.com/play-landscape-be-mine-beringen-be-by-carve-and-omgeving/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2016 07:40:15 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=34167 Playscape be-Mine is about translation of industrial landscape to a playful recreational environment. Especially interesting is the concrete linear play element that much like the old mining shafts runs through an array of wooden slabs that were supporting the underworld. Furthermore, climbing on the concrete gets increasingly more difficult towards the top and requires some team work, which, according to the designers, acts "as an immaterial reference to the hard physical work of the old mine-workers, who had to trust one another unconditionally". Reaching the top immediately pays off the effort of climbing. A poetic and beautifully designed coal circle offers an epic view on the surrounding landscape, industrial remains and of course the coal. The storytelling is intelligently manifested through means of abstraction.]]> https://landezine.com/play-landscape-be-mine-beringen-be-by-carve-and-omgeving/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/into-the-wild-by-openfabric-dmau/ https://landezine.com/into-the-wild-by-openfabric-dmau/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:45:56 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=34104 Openfabric, Dmau: Play is about finding ones place in the world and making sense of that world. We have created a plan that seeks to juxtapose two different worlds. The man made and the natural. The plan has an urban exterior and a wild natural interior, each space contains a different type of play.
The formal […]]]> https://landezine.com/into-the-wild-by-openfabric-dmau/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-hillside-eco-park-by-zt-studio/ https://landezine.com/the-hillside-eco-park-by-zt-studio/#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:04:45 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=34025 Z+T STUDIO, Landscape Architecture: The driving idea of this 1.4-hectare neighbourhood park in the center of a high-density housing development is to create a participatory eco-system. The multi-functional and compatible system balances people’s daily outdoor activities, environmental protection and storm-water management. The site with a polluted and degraded fishpond is transformed to a socially and […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-hillside-eco-park-by-zt-studio/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/guldbergs-plads-by-11-landskab/ https://landezine.com/guldbergs-plads-by-11-landskab/#respond Fri, 19 Aug 2016 08:02:17 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=33663 10 grassy hills, 75 larch trees and 200 blue poles mark Guldbergs Plads as a spot where people of all ages can engage in activities and relax. A playful landscape A range of grassy hills come together to form a playful landscape where one can play tag, tumble or ride a toboggan down a hill, […]]]> https://landezine.com/guldbergs-plads-by-11-landskab/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/pine-walk-by-eskis-landscape-architects/ https://landezine.com/pine-walk-by-eskis-landscape-architects/#respond Mon, 08 Aug 2016 06:54:07 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=33451 ESKIS Landscape architects: This project concerns the updating of the community esplanade in the town of Calvisson. This space, when not providing parking spaces, was used until recently as a gathering place for cultural events with the installation of a temporary arena. City hall has not organized such events for several years and as a […]]]> https://landezine.com/pine-walk-by-eskis-landscape-architects/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/glenelg-foreshore-playspace/ https://landezine.com/glenelg-foreshore-playspace/#respond Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:19:51 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=33257 WAX Design: Glenelg Foreshore Playspace has transformed a trip to the beach into an adventure that entertains children in new, imaginative and innovative ways. Promoting principles of nature play and risk-benefit, the playspace integrates opportunities for children with physical, sensory, cognitive and intellectual disabilities. The playspace represents a new benchmark; an innovative play experience that […]]]> https://landezine.com/glenelg-foreshore-playspace/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/opens-tomorrow-governors-island-phase-2-the-hills-by-west-8/ https://landezine.com/opens-tomorrow-governors-island-phase-2-the-hills-by-west-8/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2016 07:02:23 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=33147 The hills are to be celebrated for the experience they offer - new views on Lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. Worth mentioning that they consist of the material from the buildings that had to be demolished for the new park to take the place. Especially interesting is the sculpture by Rachel Whiteread. A concrete cabin, that ads to the notion of distance - for a moment there the park seems abandoned and found which boosts the contrast between the concrete buzzing Lower Manhattan in the background and tranquil and softly shaped park, full of trees, grasses and shrubs moving with the wind.]]> https://landezine.com/opens-tomorrow-governors-island-phase-2-the-hills-by-west-8/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/vanke-cloud-city-phase-2-by-lab-dh/ https://landezine.com/vanke-cloud-city-phase-2-by-lab-dh/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2016 09:56:53 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=32800 Lab D+H: Located in Guangzhou, Vanke Cloud City Phase 2 is a pioneer mixed use development project in China. It is composed of four residential towers with over 5000 small apartments (8-35 sq.m) surrounded by fashionable commercial frontage. This project is one of the first small apartment projects in China, aiming to satisfy the young […]]]> https://landezine.com/vanke-cloud-city-phase-2-by-lab-dh/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/adelaide-zoo-natures-playground-by-wax-design/ https://landezine.com/adelaide-zoo-natures-playground-by-wax-design/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2016 07:43:37 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=32786 WAX Design: Nature’s Playground is a fantastic new exhibit at the Adelaide Zoo that connects children, parents and carers to nature through play. Nature’s Playground reflects the values, aspirations and philosophies of Adelaide Zoo regarding social inclusion, education and the need to foster an understanding of the natural world in everyone. Significantly, Nature’s Playground uniquely […]]]> https://landezine.com/adelaide-zoo-natures-playground-by-wax-design/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/square-jacques-de-bollardiere-nantes-by-map-paysagistes/ https://landezine.com/square-jacques-de-bollardiere-nantes-by-map-paysagistes/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:42:21 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=32766 MAP [PAYSAGISTES]: Since July 2014, the public space of Nantes was completed by a new island, the “Square Jacques de Bollardière”. The island-shape of this new public space was developed to allow a fluent incorporation of the project into the urban context of the district imagining a riverside ambiance. It was at the same time […]]]> https://landezine.com/square-jacques-de-bollardiere-nantes-by-map-paysagistes/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/guitrancourt-town-centre-by-espace-libre/ https://landezine.com/guitrancourt-town-centre-by-espace-libre/#respond Tue, 07 Jun 2016 09:01:58 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=32686 Espace Libre: Guitrancourt is a small town of 650 residents in the western countryside of Paris. The Town Hall Square was composed of a multitude of disconnected spaces, as parts of a gentle slope topography. The former heterogeneous space layout evolved thanks to a clear identification of the urban functions. The Parvis of the Church, […]]]> https://landezine.com/guitrancourt-town-centre-by-espace-libre/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/wulaba-park-by-sturt-noble-associates/ https://landezine.com/wulaba-park-by-sturt-noble-associates/#respond Wed, 01 Jun 2016 08:54:08 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=32630 Sturt Noble Associates: The design for Wulaba Park creates distinctive and memorable play spaces. A custom designed play tower referencing the classic Hills Rockets of parks gone by, and a raised fort landing incorporates multiple play experiences and is the key visual element/ attractor in the park. This unique play structure is designed to enhance […]]]> https://landezine.com/wulaba-park-by-sturt-noble-associates/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/play-garland-oosterpark-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/play-garland-oosterpark-by-carve/#comments Tue, 03 May 2016 15:03:25 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=32402 Carve: The Oosterpark, built in 1891, is part of the Amsterdam 19th century extension girdle, and is the first large public park that was realised by the municipality. Landscape architect Leonard Springer designed a classic English landscape style city park with monumental trees, meandering lines and a large water pond. Traditionally, the Oosterpark has been […]]]> https://landezine.com/play-garland-oosterpark-by-carve/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/chum-research-center-by-nippaysage/ https://landezine.com/chum-research-center-by-nippaysage/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:16:18 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=32013 NIPPAYSAGE: A LEED landscape project proposed for the public plaza of the CHUM research center which includes an adventure playground for on-call daycare service. The concept is to plant densely in order to amplify volume through a thick plantation of trees and ground covers within a controlled framework. The adventure playground is inserted within the […]]]> https://landezine.com/chum-research-center-by-nippaysage/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-rampart-wave-by-base/ https://landezine.com/the-rampart-wave-by-base/#respond Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:06:43 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=31666 BASE: In the heart of Lyon, on the old Sergent Blandan barracks from 1830, a new public space of 20 hectares was opened in 2014 : Blandan park. On this nonstandard site, unnoticeable for a long time, new urban, contemporary and exclusive spaces were designed for “Grand Lyon”. The Rampart Wave is one of those […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-rampart-wave-by-base/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/taby-torg-an-urban-space-north-of-stockholm-by-werk/ https://landezine.com/taby-torg-an-urban-space-north-of-stockholm-by-werk/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:35:03 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=31546 WERK: The opening of Täby Torg marks a new chapter in the city of Täby’s history. The center of Täby is a part of the Swedish “Million Programme” which was executed in the 1960’s. The project aimed to build one million apartments to solve a massive housing shortage. The programme was hugely successful at providing […]]]> https://landezine.com/taby-torg-an-urban-space-north-of-stockholm-by-werk/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/deichgarten-and-donaupark-by-k1-landschaftsarchitekten/ https://landezine.com/deichgarten-and-donaupark-by-k1-landschaftsarchitekten/#respond Wed, 25 Nov 2015 09:46:16 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=31114 k1 Landschaftsarchitekten: The entire area for the 2014 state horticultural show in Deggendorf, Bavaria, has been restructured to create distinct new landscape zones. A “tree curtain” acts as a buffer to the busy road Neusiedlerstrasse, and a new multi-funtional space has been created between the dike and “tree curtain”. The Deichgärten (dike gardens) and promenade […]]]> https://landezine.com/deichgarten-and-donaupark-by-k1-landschaftsarchitekten/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/common-unity-by-rozana-montiel/ https://landezine.com/common-unity-by-rozana-montiel/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:46:36 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=29513 Rozana Montiel | Estudio de Arquitectura: Common-Unity is a public space rehabilitation project for San Pablo Xalpa Housing Unit in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City. The unit used to be divided in sectors by walls, fences and barriers built by its inhabitants over time, which did not allow the community to benefit from available public spaces. The goal […]]]> https://landezine.com/common-unity-by-rozana-montiel/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/gustave-leonard-hentsch-park-by-husler-associes/ https://landezine.com/gustave-leonard-hentsch-park-by-husler-associes/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2015 08:16:22 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=28686 Hüsler & associés: Different stories and period are crossing in the Gustave & Léonard Hentsch Park. The one of the Hentsch bankers of course, the one which concerns the football club Servette FC (1930-2003) and the two Geneva industry flagships (Tavaro SA producing Elna sewing machines and car industry Picard, Pictet & Cie). The opening […]]]> https://landezine.com/gustave-leonard-hentsch-park-by-husler-associes/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/drapers-field-by-kla/ https://landezine.com/drapers-field-by-kla/#comments Tue, 05 May 2015 07:02:44 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=27235 Drapers Field has a strategic role in the Olympic Legacy. This new park in east London is the first project integrating new Olympic developments within the Olympic Park to existing communities. KLA were commissioned to revitalise three parks in Leyton in the east London borough of Waltham Forest, through Olympic Section 106 funds. Working strategically in the Lea Valley on these projects, KLA were responding to the London Legacy Development Corporation’s direction to ‘Stitch the Fringe’ around the Olympic boundary ...]]> https://landezine.com/drapers-field-by-kla/feed/ 2 https://landezine.com/joel-weeks-park-by-janet-rosenberg-studio-landscape-architects/ https://landezine.com/joel-weeks-park-by-janet-rosenberg-studio-landscape-architects/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2015 08:33:13 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=26802 The park design references the history and geography of the area and the Don River, and provides critical open green space for the growing and vibrant Rivertowne community. River plantings and sinuous benches frame old and new park elements. A central gathering space connects other park elements including community garden plots, a multi-function sport court, a bosque of trees and large grassy berms.]]> https://landezine.com/joel-weeks-park-by-janet-rosenberg-studio-landscape-architects/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/landscape-park-wetzgau-by-atelier-dreiseitl/ https://landezine.com/landscape-park-wetzgau-by-atelier-dreiseitl/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2015 08:55:47 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=26708 The biggest garden exhibition event in the German south-western state of Baden-Wuerttemberg is the Landesgartenschau (state garden exhibition). Every other year a city, selected in a defiant competition, has the chance to improve it’s infrastructure and green/blue system through this exhibition. For the event in 2014 the ancient city of Schwaebisch-Gmuend was selected ...]]> https://landezine.com/landscape-park-wetzgau-by-atelier-dreiseitl/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/shale-experience-park-by-atelier-dreiseitl-and-siegmund-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/shale-experience-park-by-atelier-dreiseitl-and-siegmund-landscape-architecture/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:14:01 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=26555 In the course of land recultivation of a mining area as part of a cement plant near the village of Dormettingen, not only agricultural land is being restored but a new park is being created, adding sustainable value for people and nature. Instead of clearing away the remnants of the extraction of resources left here, the site is given back to residents and visitors as a nature theme park and event setting. ]]> https://landezine.com/shale-experience-park-by-atelier-dreiseitl-and-siegmund-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/texture-by-studio-basta-and-wagon-landscaping/ https://landezine.com/texture-by-studio-basta-and-wagon-landscaping/#respond Fri, 13 Mar 2015 08:39:29 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=26536 The new museum Texture needs a new temporary square pending a total remake of the environment. Studio Basta and Wagon-landscaping introduced a garden based on the QR-code of the Texture-museum. The result is a labyrinthine sea of grasses that remembers the flax-fields along the “Golden River” Leie. ]]> https://landezine.com/texture-by-studio-basta-and-wagon-landscaping/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/frew-park-arena-play-structure-by-guymer-bailey-architects/ https://landezine.com/frew-park-arena-play-structure-by-guymer-bailey-architects/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2015 06:39:21 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=26514 The theme of the Arena Play Structure is ‘deconstruction’, in that memories of the iconic Milton tennis stadium remain in symbiosis with contemporary Arena recreation. ‘Deconstruction’ is thus represented by large precast concrete panels of varying heights and angles; suspended concrete slabs; angled steel struts; steel mesh tunnels and barriers ...]]> https://landezine.com/frew-park-arena-play-structure-by-guymer-bailey-architects/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/housing-in-koln-ostheim-complete-renewal-of-a-1950s-housing-complex/ https://landezine.com/housing-in-koln-ostheim-complete-renewal-of-a-1950s-housing-complex/#respond Tue, 10 Feb 2015 07:56:24 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=26031 In 2004 a competition was launched by the nonprofit housing company GAG to achieve concepts for an urban area in the eastern part of Cologne. The winning entry to the competition by ASTOC architects and planners in team with urbane gestalt combines contemporary urban conditions with the 1950s spatial inventory.]]> https://landezine.com/housing-in-koln-ostheim-complete-renewal-of-a-1950s-housing-complex/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/kala-playground-and-green-space-in-berlinby-rehwaldt-la/ https://landezine.com/kala-playground-and-green-space-in-berlinby-rehwaldt-la/#respond Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:53:07 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=25667 The urban quarters south of Frankfurter Allee are low-density areas with a high green rate („green islands“). Small squares or green spaces accentuate the district and become sites with high amenity values. The design concept aimed to strengthen these characteristics and to enhance a distinctive identity ...]]> https://landezine.com/kala-playground-and-green-space-in-berlinby-rehwaldt-la/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/playground-in-genicart-sud-by-base/ https://landezine.com/playground-in-genicart-sud-by-base/#respond Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:26:51 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=25679 Located in Lormont, on the right bank of Bordeaux, the Genicart district is a housing estate built in the sixties. In addition to restoring the buildings (Lan Architecture), the project proposes to create green ways, sporting equipments, traffic lanes and socializing sites in order to totally transform this district making it a contemporary car-free area.]]> https://landezine.com/playground-in-genicart-sud-by-base/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/on-to-new-shores-the-lahnaue-giesen-by-a24-landschaft-landschaftsarchitektur/ https://landezine.com/on-to-new-shores-the-lahnaue-giesen-by-a24-landschaft-landschaftsarchitektur/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2015 07:35:17 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=25419 The university town of Gießen has recovered the Lahn River, exposing the urban development potential that it had long neglected: the central river banks with their meadows and adjacent urban quarters. The framework plan will develop the shores of the Lahn into a completely new and multifaceted inner-city recreational area. Implementation will proceed in phases, as soon as the various spaces become available. ]]> https://landezine.com/on-to-new-shores-the-lahnaue-giesen-by-a24-landschaft-landschaftsarchitektur/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/urban-development-of-schwabisch-gmund/ https://landezine.com/urban-development-of-schwabisch-gmund/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:05:44 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=25229 Schwäbisch Gmünd, a mid-sized town in southern Germany, has engineered a far-reaching urban redevelopment process resulting in a new green heart for the city. This comprehensive project has structurally reoriented the inner city, including its traffic patterns. Historical urban structures were re-exposed, new urban axes were formed and expansive public spaces were built.]]> https://landezine.com/urban-development-of-schwabisch-gmund/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/klyde-warren-park-by-the-office-of-james-burnett/ https://landezine.com/klyde-warren-park-by-the-office-of-james-burnett/#respond Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:18:03 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=24974 Urban Land Institute (ULI) has awarded Klyde Warren Park the 2014 Open Space Award, acknowledging the two-year-old park in Dallas, Texas as an outstanding achievement in urban placemaking. ULI’s annual competition recognizes successful public spaces that have socially and economically enriched and revitalized their communities.]]> https://landezine.com/klyde-warren-park-by-the-office-of-james-burnett/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/terra-nova-play-experience-by-hapa-collaborative/ https://landezine.com/terra-nova-play-experience-by-hapa-collaborative/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:27:57 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=24514 Located on a Middle Arm of the Fraser River, the Terra Nova landscape represents a myriad of landscape types: intertidal foreshore, dykes, remnant sloughs, and past and present agricultural use. The play experience borrows from the form and character of these existing types, integrating and embedding the play experience in the park setting. ]]> https://landezine.com/terra-nova-play-experience-by-hapa-collaborative/feed/ 3 https://landezine.com/clos-layat-park-by-base-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/clos-layat-park-by-base-landscape-architecture/#respond Wed, 29 Oct 2014 07:32:19 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=24491 BASE shared with us their recently complete park in Lyon. Park includes various ambiences such as forest, meadow, garden, green amphitheater, misty playground, trunk forest, plus a fitness and a picnic area. The site is situated in an area of Lyon that before the completion of this park lacked open social space.]]> https://landezine.com/clos-layat-park-by-base-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/a-toddlers-playground-by-espace-libre/ https://landezine.com/a-toddlers-playground-by-espace-libre/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2014 08:39:29 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=24216 The analysis and research made on the teaching of the child and his perception of space work have enabled us to develop a program highlighting a dedicated early childhood space. The generous space of almost 1900m2, yet conscious of every detail, is divided into three parts: a plot, a raised area for adults and a disbursed central area for children.]]> https://landezine.com/a-toddlers-playground-by-espace-libre/feed/ 4 https://landezine.com/playground-at-zorlu-centre-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/playground-at-zorlu-centre-by-carve/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:05:55 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=23081 End of 2012, Carve was contacted by the London branch of WATG landscape architects with the request if Carve would be interested in collaborating on the largest playground development in Istanbul. The starting point for Carve’s design was that we wanted children to be able to completely dive into their own world of imagination: stimulated […]]]> https://landezine.com/playground-at-zorlu-centre-by-carve/feed/ 7 https://landezine.com/harts-mill-surrounds-by-aspect-studios/ https://landezine.com/harts-mill-surrounds-by-aspect-studios/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2014 07:51:52 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=22704 ASPECT Studios has delivered a new, vibrant and attractive public realm for the Hart’s Mill Surrounds in Port Adelaide. Located adjacent to the wharf and with the backdrop of one of Adelaide’s most iconic heritage listed industrial buildings, the new space includes extensive new grassed recreation areas with trees, picnic and BBQ areas as well as multifunctional spaces for events and markets.]]> https://landezine.com/harts-mill-surrounds-by-aspect-studios/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/leutschenbach-westpol-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/leutschenbach-westpol-landscape-architecture/#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:10:32 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=21977 Parc, boulevard and promenade are the meeting places of the quarter. The blue blossoming tree allee of the boulevard was created as counterpart to the restored ditch. The wodded, contaminated backstop was transformed to a oversized tree-pot, in the Leutschenpark.]]> https://landezine.com/leutschenbach-westpol-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/robin-winogrond-landscape-architects/ https://landezine.com/robin-winogrond-landscape-architects/#respond Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:51:47 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=21716 The new housing for Katzenbach is part of a general transformation process on the edge of Zurich replacing older “Garden Developments” with high-density housing. ]]> https://landezine.com/robin-winogrond-landscape-architects/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/plaza-at-bavnehoj-arena-by-opland-landskabsarkitekter/ https://landezine.com/plaza-at-bavnehoj-arena-by-opland-landskabsarkitekter/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:46:28 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=20644 The plaza is laid out as a unifying urban space for Bavnehøj Arena, Bavnehøj Child Care Center and Bavnehøj Public Bath, as well as the local soccer fields. Traffic, parking and plaza are clearly separated in a way that makes movement in the area simple and natural whether you arrive by bike, on foot or by car.]]> https://landezine.com/plaza-at-bavnehoj-arena-by-opland-landskabsarkitekter/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/aqua-soccer-and-dymaxion-golf-by-topotek1/ https://landezine.com/aqua-soccer-and-dymaxion-golf-by-topotek1/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2014 08:02:39 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=20616 Two playful creations by Topotek1 for the Garden Show in Hamburg, 2013. ]]> https://landezine.com/aqua-soccer-and-dymaxion-golf-by-topotek1/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/interlace-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/interlace-by-carve/#comments Wed, 04 Dec 2013 07:41:11 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=19622 To play is to learn from mimicking each other. In few cases, this also applies to designing play. While most playgrounds are a contrast to their surroundings - in colour, shape and activity – the new Interlace playground is the mini-version of the surrounding residences.]]> https://landezine.com/interlace-by-carve/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/partyaardvark-by-studio-florentijn-hofman/ https://landezine.com/partyaardvark-by-studio-florentijn-hofman/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:17:56 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=19549 A former wasteland in the city-centre of Arnhem is transformed to an iconic park: A flourishing heather landscape with a huge statue of an Partyaardvark lying amidst of it. On it’s back, as if it has been partying to long.]]> https://landezine.com/partyaardvark-by-studio-florentijn-hofman/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/pod-playground-by-taylor-cullity-lethlean-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/pod-playground-by-taylor-cullity-lethlean-landscape-architecture/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:09:35 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=19309 The design recognises that play is a vital social development and educational tool for children of all ages. It is particularly important in forming relationships with the landscape, climate and surrounding context. The world amongst the giant seeds aims to stimulate spontaneity and creativity, to foster the imagination and to challenge confidence with growth.]]> https://landezine.com/pod-playground-by-taylor-cullity-lethlean-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/opening-tomorrow-billie-holiday-playground/ https://landezine.com/opening-tomorrow-billie-holiday-playground/#comments Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:15:06 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=19177 The Billie Holiday park is situated in Loosduinen, a quiet suburb of The Hague. After a recent renovation of the park, this part seemed to be forgotten; it was an unused, neglected space. However, this changed when a residential-care complex was built. Suddenly, this part became a front side ...]]> https://landezine.com/opening-tomorrow-billie-holiday-playground/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/box-hill-gardens-multi-purpose-area-by-aspect-studios/ https://landezine.com/box-hill-gardens-multi-purpose-area-by-aspect-studios/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:14:25 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=19120 A key feature of the space is the recycling of the former tennis court club building ... ... The site functions as both community space and courts for multiple sport and recreation activities. A dynamic and engaging super graphic defines the play areas and creates an iconic and playful destination for the growing community.]]> https://landezine.com/box-hill-gardens-multi-purpose-area-by-aspect-studios/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/waterloo-youth-facility-terragram-landscape-architects/ https://landezine.com/waterloo-youth-facility-terragram-landscape-architects/#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:15:03 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=18997 The strong and conspicuous trellis geometry will in time appear considerably more blurred, perhaps at some locations almost invisible. Rampant native and introduced climbers will take care of this.]]> https://landezine.com/waterloo-youth-facility-terragram-landscape-architects/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/osdorperoever-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/osdorperoever-by-carve/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2013 07:16:59 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=18960 The starting point for the design of the winding playstructure, which is positioned on a prominent spot on the balcony, was therefore to strengthen the relation between the shopping area and the Sloterplas. The view on the Sloterplas is kept open and the width of the green zone determined the size of the play structure.]]> https://landezine.com/osdorperoever-by-carve/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/cumberland-park-by-hargreaves-associate/ https://landezine.com/cumberland-park-by-hargreaves-associate/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:08:02 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=17815 Cumberland Park demonstrates Nashville’s commitment to both its children and to sustainability through brownfield remediation, floodplain preservation, stormwater harvesting, improved biodiversity, and interpretation of cultural and natural resources. ]]> https://landezine.com/cumberland-park-by-hargreaves-associate/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/southport-broadwater-parklands-by-aecom-design-and-planning/ https://landezine.com/southport-broadwater-parklands-by-aecom-design-and-planning/#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:08:28 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=17732 The design of the Parkland successfully meshes the beauty of the natural environment with an urban overlay that reconnects the city with the waterfront, caters for events of diverse scale and provides a myriad of high quality recreational experiences for visitors.]]> https://landezine.com/southport-broadwater-parklands-by-aecom-design-and-planning/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/fast-track-by-salto-architects/ https://landezine.com/fast-track-by-salto-architects/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:06:36 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=17696 “Fast track” is an attempt to create intelligent infrastructure that is emotional and corresponds to the local context. It gives the user a different experience of moving and percieving the environment. ]]> https://landezine.com/fast-track-by-salto-architects/feed/ 3 https://landezine.com/plug-n-play-by-kragh-berglund/ https://landezine.com/plug-n-play-by-kragh-berglund/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:22:24 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=16585 Kragh & Berglund: Copenhagen’s new laboratory for movement in the city space: In only 3 months Ørestaden has been given a new outdoor public space, which claimed by media, the new town has lacked for a long time. Landscape Architects Kragh & Berglund A/S has made a proposal for this new public space from early […]]]> https://landezine.com/plug-n-play-by-kragh-berglund/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/victoria-park-public-domain-by-hassell/ https://landezine.com/victoria-park-public-domain-by-hassell/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:36:40 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=15991 HASSELL: Prior to European development, the Victoria Park site was part of a large wetland and lagoon ecological system known as the Botany Swamp. The site was developed firstly as a racecourse in the 1800s, and then for heavy industry. The large, flat land and seemingly limitless supply of good quality ground water attracted development, […]]]> https://landezine.com/victoria-park-public-domain-by-hassell/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/atalaya-park-by-gc-arquitectos/ https://landezine.com/atalaya-park-by-gc-arquitectos/#respond Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:31:27 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=15789 G&C Arquitectos: The proposal, due to the requirements program of the Lemoiz Town Hall, provides a new and renovated image, with quality materials, reducing the repairs and needs in short and large periods of time. The aesthetic and functional parameters have been the guides for the project design, so that the best service is guaranteed […]]]> https://landezine.com/atalaya-park-by-gc-arquitectos/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/urban-revitalization-superkilen-by-topotek1-big-superflex/ https://landezine.com/urban-revitalization-superkilen-by-topotek1-big-superflex/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:57:31 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=15726 TOPOTEK 1: Superkilen is a heterogenous site-collage in a dense, centrally located neighborhood in Copenhagen. The strongly international quarter with a mix of different cultures is to be revitalized using open space as a physical framework. This space is to be propelled beyond its current role as a mono-functional transit area into being innovative and […]]]> https://landezine.com/urban-revitalization-superkilen-by-topotek1-big-superflex/feed/ 5 https://landezine.com/daubeney-school-by-kinnear-landscape-architects/ https://landezine.com/daubeney-school-by-kinnear-landscape-architects/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:28:37 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=15713 The consultation workshops experimented with environments that had flexibility and gave children control over the shaping of their space. The design gives children the ability to explore and alter their playground – creating space for imaginative play. The Experimental Playground Project generated the design development with artist led engagement workshops focusing on different aspects of […]]]> https://landezine.com/daubeney-school-by-kinnear-landscape-architects/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/kobmagergade-shopping-street-by-kbp-eu-karres-en-brands-werk/ https://landezine.com/kobmagergade-shopping-street-by-kbp-eu-karres-en-brands-werk/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:28:01 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=15594 The curved course of the Købmagergade shopping street is typical of the city centre of Copenhagen. Together with the Hauser Plads, Kultorvet and Trinitatis Church squares, this long street embodies the characteristic image of the labyrinthine medieval city centre. The district has its own daily and weekly rhythms: people cycle, walk, shop, play and go […]]]> https://landezine.com/kobmagergade-shopping-street-by-kbp-eu-karres-en-brands-werk/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/venlo-talentencampus-by-carve-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/venlo-talentencampus-by-carve-landscape-architecture/#respond Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:05:48 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=15290 Carve designed the outdoor space of the ‘Talentcampus’, a new type of school that combines closed, half-open and normal primary education. Instead of focusing on their limitations, the talents of the children are stimulated. The three schools are integrated in one building – there is no strict separation between them, which enables a fluid communication […]]]> https://landezine.com/venlo-talentencampus-by-carve-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-harbour-family-and-childrens-centre-by-hassell/ https://landezine.com/the-harbour-family-and-childrens-centre-by-hassell/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:02:12 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=15262 HASSELL The Harbour Family and Children’s Centre is located on the rooftop of the largest supermarket in the Melbourne Docklands. Providing spaces for 150 children, from infant to five years, the centre aims to showcase the vision for outdoor play and learning as a fundamental aspect of early childhood development, and establish a benchmark for […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-harbour-family-and-childrens-centre-by-hassell/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/normand-park-by-kinnear-landscape-architects/ https://landezine.com/normand-park-by-kinnear-landscape-architects/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 10:11:32 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=14996 Kinnear Landscape Architects Normand Park is a landmark local park for a varied community in west London. An innovative and high quality flexible space, the park offers choice for users in relaxation, active pursuits and play for all. The Broadwalk is a linear square with an ornamental surface etched into concrete. Playfulness is integrated into […]]]> https://landezine.com/normand-park-by-kinnear-landscape-architects/feed/ 2 https://landezine.com/blaxland-riverside-park-by-jmddesign/ https://landezine.com/blaxland-riverside-park-by-jmddesign/#respond Thu, 30 Aug 2012 07:20:45 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=14138 JMDdesign: In early June 2012 JMDdesign’s latest project, Blaxland Common Regional Playspace was officially opened. The new regional scale playground and associated kiosk, amenities block and car park were commissioned to expand the recreational opportunities of the Hargreaves and Associates masterplan designed for Blaxland Riverside Park. The park is one of a number of parks […]]]> https://landezine.com/blaxland-riverside-park-by-jmddesign/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/shrewsbury-international-school-by-shma/ https://landezine.com/shrewsbury-international-school-by-shma/#respond Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:25:14 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=13981 Shma: This ‘Play Field’ was proposed for a new kindergarten playground for Shrewsbury International School. The existing playground was ‘defined’ with traditional all-in-one play equipment, which ways of play is limited and does not much encourage child brain development. Aiming to break through this typicality, the architect introduces a more appropriate play space for young. […]]]> https://landezine.com/shrewsbury-international-school-by-shma/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/kallang-river-at-bishan-ang-mo-kio-park-by-atelier-dreiseitl/ https://landezine.com/kallang-river-at-bishan-ang-mo-kio-park-by-atelier-dreiseitl/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:09:34 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=13687 Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl: Bishan Park is one of Singapore’s most popular parks in the heartlands of Singapore. As part of a much-needed park upgrade and plans to improve the capacity of the Kallang River along the edge of the park, works were carried out simultaneously to transform the utilitarian concrete channel into a naturalised river, […]]]> https://landezine.com/kallang-river-at-bishan-ang-mo-kio-park-by-atelier-dreiseitl/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/potgieterstraat-by-carve-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/potgieterstraat-by-carve-landscape-architecture/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:23:18 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=13638 Carve: Small interventions often evoke bigger changes. Local involvement in a design for a street in the city of Amsterdam became the stage for public participation. Potgieterstraat is situated in inner Amsterdam, in a context of 19th century buildings dating back to the first big enlargement of Amsterdam. The block typology of that time appears […]]]> https://landezine.com/potgieterstraat-by-carve-landscape-architecture/feed/ 3 https://landezine.com/the-real-estate-by-alarch/ https://landezine.com/the-real-estate-by-alarch/#respond Thu, 10 May 2012 18:31:37 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=13519 AL/Arch – Avi Laiser Architecture: Edge conditions in urban cities often create neglected public spaces that attract temporal activities of various kinds for a wide spectrum of people. ”the REAL estate” project offers a new typology for public space that examines the boundaries between public and private domains in the urban landscape. The site is […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-real-estate-by-alarch/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/bijlmerpark-by-carve-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/bijlmerpark-by-carve-landscape-architecture/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:26:12 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=12864 Carve: The Bijlmerpark is the main park in Amsterdam’s Southeast district “Bijlmermeer”. This 1960s and 1970s modernistic suburb of Amsterdam, characterized by high-rise residential’s and disjunctive infrastructural networks for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists where services and facilities were few and far between, had developed numerous social problems by the end of the 1980s. Radical, integral […]]]> https://landezine.com/bijlmerpark-by-carve-landscape-architecture/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/cicada-by-marco-casagrande/ https://landezine.com/cicada-by-marco-casagrande/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:50:22 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=12672 Marco Casagrande: Cicada is an organic void in the mechanical texture of modern Taipei, a cocoon for post-industrial metamorphosis for industrial insects. The architecture is based on the Local Knowledge of human scale flexible bamboo structures containing a high level of improvisation and insect mind – Open Form. The Cicada is situated on a site […]]]> https://landezine.com/cicada-by-marco-casagrande/feed/ 2 https://landezine.com/sensational-garden-italy/ https://landezine.com/sensational-garden-italy/#respond Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:19:06 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=434 Nabito: The neighbourhood of Corso Lazio, in the city of Frosinone, Italy, can finally enjoy its first public space,that it has been expecting for 25 years now. The sensational garden represents the starting point of a big masterplan to renew and integrate the public spaces and the services to the housing neighbourhood. This lack of […]]]> https://landezine.com/sensational-garden-italy/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/toyosu-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/toyosu-landscape-architecture/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:16:16 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=11109 EARTHSCAPE: The plan for this project considers the entire landscape as an ocean, and the people who travel through the area as voyagers. This site was previously a shipyard, and this project will be constructed by reclaiming two old docks. Three waves of “green,” “water,” and “earth” are layered over the reclaimed land, with a […]]]> https://landezine.com/toyosu-landscape-architecture/feed/ 2 https://landezine.com/sydney-landscape-architecture-aspect/ https://landezine.com/sydney-landscape-architecture-aspect/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:13:02 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=10539 ASPECT Studios, one of Australia’s leading landscape architecture companies, has designed a new public domain precinct and urban play space and in Sydney’s Darling Harbour. Commissioned by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) and Lend Lease, the project is now known as Darling Quarter is a 1.5 hectare place-making project for Sydney with a public […]]]> https://landezine.com/sydney-landscape-architecture-aspect/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/youth-factory-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/youth-factory-landscape-architecture/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:56:32 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=10365 Jose Selgas, Lucia Cano: Skatepark, Climbing Walls, broadband Internet, Modding, Tuning, Modeling, Graffiti, Urban Artists, Theatre Street, Tightrope Walkers, Circus activities, Video Art, Electronic Music, Acrobatics, Performing Arts, Manga, Parkour, Audiovisual Arts, Contemporary Dance, Dance Funk and Hip Hop, Dance Hall and MACC (contemporary body art performances) are the recognized activities composing the collective Factory […]]]> https://landezine.com/youth-factory-landscape-architecture/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/cgp-australia-landscape-archtecture/ https://landezine.com/cgp-australia-landscape-archtecture/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:47:02 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=9896 CPG AUSTRALIA: Rooke Reserve is a new 1.5Ha parkland centrally located within a new residential development in Truganina, approximately 20km west of the Melbourne CBD. Its location and ultimately the site design of Rooke Reserve provides clearly defined pedestrian and bicycle connection to surrounding residential neighbourhoods, the Federation Trail bicycle network, Truganina South Primary School, […]]]> https://landezine.com/cgp-australia-landscape-archtecture/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/dymaxion-sleep-by-jane-hutton-adrian-blackwell/ https://landezine.com/dymaxion-sleep-by-jane-hutton-adrian-blackwell/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:03:35 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=8850 Dymaxion Sleep is a structure of nets suspended over a field of aromatic plants. Rather than walking through the garden, visitors lie on top of it, translating the typically solitary experience of a garden into a public event. The structure that holds the nets is an unfolded icosahedron, formed of twenty steel triangles. Each triangle […]]]> https://landezine.com/dymaxion-sleep-by-jane-hutton-adrian-blackwell/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/sculptural-playground-in-schulberg-by-annabau/ https://landezine.com/sculptural-playground-in-schulberg-by-annabau/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 08:26:42 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=8596 ANNABAU: The retrofitting of the “Schulberg” in Wiesbaden (Germany) creates a new extraordinary public space. The play- grounds outstanding architectural design, overlooking the city center of Wiesbaden, is attracting people of all ages and ethnical backgrounds to meet and communicate through the action of play. The heart of the new public space is constituted by an […]]]> https://landezine.com/sculptural-playground-in-schulberg-by-annabau/feed/ 8 https://landezine.com/charlotte-ammundsens-plads-by-11-landskab/ https://landezine.com/charlotte-ammundsens-plads-by-11-landskab/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 06:08:54 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=8507 1:1 Landskab: The square is situated in the attractive ’Nansensgade-quarter’ a housing area in the centre of Copenhagen. The square is bounded by the facades of the inner city cultural centre in Copenhagen, 4-5 storey housing and a substation. Formerly, the square was generally a very murky passageway between Nansensgade and the Lakes, an area […]]]> https://landezine.com/charlotte-ammundsens-plads-by-11-landskab/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/van-beuningenplein-playground-by-carve-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/van-beuningenplein-playground-by-carve-landscape-architecture/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 15:27:04 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=8341 Parked cars dominate the public space both physically and functionally. Therefore the city of Amsterdam has decided to construct an underground parking garage at ‘van Beuningenplein’ at the existing playground. On top of the new parking garage, the former play and sport area, had to return. In the former situation the ‘van Beuningenplein’ was hidden […]]]> https://landezine.com/van-beuningenplein-playground-by-carve-landscape-architecture/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/gjerdrum-high-school-by-ostengen-bergo-as/ https://landezine.com/gjerdrum-high-school-by-ostengen-bergo-as/#respond Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:21:10 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=8126 Østengen & Bergo AS: The school is located in a gently sloping terrain towards the south west, with traces of past ravines. The building is located with its “back” to the north and opens against the sports facilities and the hills far away to the south. The schoolyard is developed around a central zone south […]]]> https://landezine.com/gjerdrum-high-school-by-ostengen-bergo-as/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/geelhandplaats-by-omgeving-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/geelhandplaats-by-omgeving-landscape-architecture/#respond Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:17:58 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=7561 The Geelhandplaats has been transformed from a dark inner courtyard into a colourful town carpet. The Geelhandplaats lies in the Stuivenberg District of Antwerp. The introduction of a new carpet is intended to provide both young and old with a good-quality outside space. The floor is slightly sloping which creates an enclosed space surrounded by […]]]> https://landezine.com/geelhandplaats-by-omgeving-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/rommen-school-and-cultural-center-by-ostengen-bergo-as/ https://landezine.com/rommen-school-and-cultural-center-by-ostengen-bergo-as/#respond Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:40:27 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=7502 Østengen & Bergo: The former school building was too small, and had to be replaced. The new building includes a large multipurpose sports hall, its own performance hall and an open library. Offices for the community culture school and part of the local council is also located here. The school houses 770 pupils from 1st […]]]> https://landezine.com/rommen-school-and-cultural-center-by-ostengen-bergo-as/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/waldpark-in-potsdam-by-bureau-bb/ https://landezine.com/waldpark-in-potsdam-by-bureau-bb/#respond Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:21:37 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=7356 Bureau B+B: Like many other former East German cities, Potsdam underwent, some ten years ago, a programme of large-scale urban renewal and expansion. In many cities such programmes had resulted in faceless newbuild, so Potsdam decided to take a different tack, employing its princely past as its trump card. The tradition of extended landscape parks […]]]> https://landezine.com/waldpark-in-potsdam-by-bureau-bb/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/sudliche-lohmuhleninsel-by-rehwaldt-landscape-architects/ https://landezine.com/sudliche-lohmuhleninsel-by-rehwaldt-landscape-architects/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:01:11 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=7182 Rehwaldt: SÜDLICHE LOHMÜHLENINSEL is located in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin. The island is 600 meter long, 100 meter wide, and was sprung up with the booming of state canal and dam during 1845 and 1850. Tan workers improved manufacturing of leathers by using barks (tanning materials) as addictive, and SÜDLICHE LOHMÜHLENINSEL got its name from this. The […]]]> https://landezine.com/sudliche-lohmuhleninsel-by-rehwaldt-landscape-architects/feed/ 4 https://landezine.com/the-zurichhorn-playground-by-vetschpartner-landscape-architects/ https://landezine.com/the-zurichhorn-playground-by-vetschpartner-landscape-architects/#respond Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:22:34 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=6979 A Cheerful Enclave on the Quay The Zürichhorn and the surrounding quay complex are by far the most intensively used greenspaces in the city of Zurich. On the periphery of this waterside park the enlargement and redesign of the children’s playground is creating a protected space for its youngest visitors: an inspiring and robust enclave […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-zurichhorn-playground-by-vetschpartner-landscape-architects/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/playgrounds-and-schoolyards-by-nippaysage/ https://landezine.com/playgrounds-and-schoolyards-by-nippaysage/#respond Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:15:42 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=6859 Landscape Architecture: NIPPaysage Various locations in Quebec, Canada Client: Diverses écoles et commissions scolaires Year: 2004-présent Team: Mathieu Casavant, Josée Labelle, Michel Langevin, Mélanie Mignault, Emilie Bertrand-Villemure, France Cormier, Claude Cournoyer, Suzanne Ernst, Georges-Étienne Parent, Céline Paradis, Gabriel Mauchamp, Mélissa Marcotte, Yoanne Sourice, Sylvane Rava, Baptiste Piednoël, Delphine Dalençon, Patrick Morand, David Lazcano Photos and […]]]> https://landezine.com/playgrounds-and-schoolyards-by-nippaysage/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/stones-throw-playground-by-archicolture/ https://landezine.com/stones-throw-playground-by-archicolture/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:00:26 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=6837 Archicolture: Landscape is represented in traditional garden art through allegories or as realistic miniatures. We are inverting the process of miniaturisation by isolating a stone from its original environment and expanding its scale to the point that it becomes itself a landscape. Similarly to some experiences in pop art an elementary object is blown to […]]]> https://landezine.com/stones-throw-playground-by-archicolture/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/lyon-meadows-park-by-base/ https://landezine.com/lyon-meadows-park-by-base/#respond Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:00:49 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=6482 BASE: Located in the town of La Chapelle St-Luc, on the outskirts of Troyes, the ‘Prés de Lyon’ is a city park which was designed in the 70s on the ‘English garden’ model. This park suffered numerous degradations so the town council decided to contract landscape architects to make it more accessible and attractive. BASE’s […]]]> https://landezine.com/lyon-meadows-park-by-base/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/urban-spaces-and-library-park-in-torre-pacheco-by-martin-lejarraga-architecture/ https://landezine.com/urban-spaces-and-library-park-in-torre-pacheco-by-martin-lejarraga-architecture/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:00:34 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=6434 Martín Lejarraga: The project comes out of the creation of a new topography that indexes and qualifies this zone of expansion in Torre Pacheco, on a plot of public equipments; a urban, cultural and enjoyment alternative for the citizens. The folded plans of the area characterize the performance, in which both equipments that occupy the […]]]> https://landezine.com/urban-spaces-and-library-park-in-torre-pacheco-by-martin-lejarraga-architecture/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/playground-in-belleville-park-by-base-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/playground-in-belleville-park-by-base-landscape-architecture/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:30:21 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=6306 BASE: The design project follows a consultation process carried out by CODEJ (Comité pour le Développement de l’Espace pour le Jeu / Committee for the development of recreation areas) in 2003. Children and adult workshops (oral, written and graphic expressions) made it possible to fine-tune the wishes of the populations concerned and identify the project’s […]]]> https://landezine.com/playground-in-belleville-park-by-base-landscape-architecture/feed/ 4 https://landezine.com/vondeltuin-towers-by-carve-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/vondeltuin-towers-by-carve-landscape-architecture/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:02:11 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=5967 Carve: District ‘Zuid’ of Amsterdam asked Carve for help on the design and construction of several play equipment in the renovated Vondelpark.

These two playing towers are designed and made for the playground in the Vondelpark at the entrance ‘Amstelveenseweg’. The design is based on the architecture of the adjacent pavilion ‘de Vondeltuin’ (built by Baanders, […]]]> https://landezine.com/vondeltuin-towers-by-carve-landscape-architecture/feed/ 3 https://landezine.com/neighborhood-park-by-cino-zucchi-architects/ https://landezine.com/neighborhood-park-by-cino-zucchi-architects/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:52:48 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=5032 Landscape Architecture: Cino Zucchi Architects Location: San Donà di Piave, Venice, Italy Project: Neighbourhood Park Year: 2005-2007 Area: 20.000 m2 Photos of the park shortly after the opening: Cino Zucchi Architects Photos of the park in November 2010: Landezine]]> https://landezine.com/neighborhood-park-by-cino-zucchi-architects/feed/ 3 https://landezine.com/urban-park-playground-by-rehwaldt-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/urban-park-playground-by-rehwaldt-landscape-architecture/#respond Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:12:37 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=4989 Landscape Architecture: Rehwaldt Location: Burghausen, Germany Project: Bayerische Landesgartenschau Burghausen 2004 Client: Stadt Burghausen/ LGS 2004 GmbH Area: 7,9 ha Cost: 7,1 Mio EUR Competition: 2000 Construction: 2004]]> https://landezine.com/urban-park-playground-by-rehwaldt-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/purple-pleasure-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/purple-pleasure-by-carve/#respond Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:56:04 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=4733 Carve: was asked by the municipality of Haarlemmermeer to design a small sports field with extended possibilities. In general, these courts in public space are designed to play soccer, at best also to play basketball. By adding two functional designed sides and integration with the existing landscape, a versatile place for young and old has […]]]> https://landezine.com/purple-pleasure-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/salamander-playground/ https://landezine.com/salamander-playground/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:06:28 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=3090 Cardinal Hardy: With over three million visitors a year, Mont-Royal Park in Montréal was designed by Frederic Law Olmstead starting in 1874. Despite the evolution of the park, the essentials of the original plan remain. In order to recognize its unique character, the Government of Quebec recently granted it the status of a natural and […]]]> https://landezine.com/salamander-playground/feed/ 3 https://landezine.com/nicolai-kulturcenter/ https://landezine.com/nicolai-kulturcenter/#respond Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:14:35 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=2762 Project: Nicolai Kulturcenter Landscape Architecture: Kristine Jensen Location: Kolding, Denmark Year of completion: 2007 Client: Community of Kolding Area: 3,400m² Cost: 670,000€]]> https://landezine.com/nicolai-kulturcenter/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/fountain-square/ https://landezine.com/fountain-square/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:46:46 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=2519 Landscape Architecture: Labics Project: Fontana square in Quinto de Stampi Location: Rozzano, Milan, Italy Design: 2007 / Construction: 2009 Area: 6,200 m² Budget: 1.240,000€]]> https://landezine.com/fountain-square/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/van-campenvaart-playground/ https://landezine.com/van-campenvaart-playground/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:26:35 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=2491 Carve; This new playground is located on an existing lawn and shaped as a folded red blanket with a strong graphic character. By constructing creases between a ramp, several angles are created. The undefined possibilities of the field challenges the boundaries of both (partially)disabled and non-disabled children. Intersecting routes allow children with different abilities to […]]]> https://landezine.com/van-campenvaart-playground/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/melis-stokepark/ https://landezine.com/melis-stokepark/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:26:47 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=2448 Carve: The playground consists of an ascending ring that is both a curving route to the slide, as a two-sided climbable boundary. The vertical outer wall is made of strips of wood with perforations and round climbing holds. The ring encloses an inner area with blue undulating playing slopes and a sandpit. Several passages lead […]]]> https://landezine.com/melis-stokepark/feed/ 2 https://landezine.com/wikado-recycled-playground/ https://landezine.com/wikado-recycled-playground/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:54:21 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=2289 Playground design: 2012architecten Recycled: windmill wings Construction: 2008 Location: Netherlands Photos: Allard van der Hoek, Jos de Krieger/2012Architecten Check out: Wikado video]]> https://landezine.com/wikado-recycled-playground/feed/ 7 https://landezine.com/water-mirror/ https://landezine.com/water-mirror/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 22:53:44 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=1990 Landscape Architecture: Michel Corajoud Location: Bordeaux, France Finished: 2009]]> https://landezine.com/water-mirror/feed/ 2 https://landezine.com/hundsund-grendesenter/ https://landezine.com/hundsund-grendesenter/#respond Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:12:21 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=1822 Project: Hundsund Grendesenter  Fornebu Landscape Architecture: Bjørbekk & Lindheim Landskapsarkitekter Location: Oslo, Norway]]> https://landezine.com/hundsund-grendesenter/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/park-diagonal-mar/ https://landezine.com/park-diagonal-mar/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:19:22 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=1347 EDAW: Diagonal Mar, a retail and residential complex centered on a public park, completes Barcelona’s urban beachfront revitalization begun in 1989 for the Summer Olympic Games. Working with Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Spanish architect Enric Miralles, EDAW developed a master plan for the entire development. Providing a gateway to the sea for locals and […]]]> https://landezine.com/park-diagonal-mar/feed/ 3 https://landezine.com/teardrop-park/ https://landezine.com/teardrop-park/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:08:59 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=802 Teardrop Park is a public residential park surrounded by buildings higher than park’s width. It offers places for people of all ages, especially children can enjoy playing in sand, climbing the rocks, hiding in high shrubs etc. Special feature is a stony wall with ice water-fall, which crosses the park and divides it on two […]]]> https://landezine.com/teardrop-park/feed/ 3 https://landezine.com/fuji-kindergarten/ https://landezine.com/fuji-kindergarten/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:00:53 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=693 A kindergarten in the shape of a oval with a perimeter of 183m, made for 500 children. It is conceived as a single village. The interior is an integrated space softly partitioned with furniture. Projecting through the roof deck are three preserved zelkova trees 25m in height. Read more on e-architect or visit Kindergarten’s website. […]]]> https://landezine.com/fuji-kindergarten/feed/ 2 https://landezine.com/park-monte-laa/ https://landezine.com/park-monte-laa/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:29:07 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=625 Park Monte Laa is nearly everything a modern community could expect from a residential park. It consists of playgrounds for children, various benches, water features, multifunctional platforms and skate park with an area for teenagers. Park is  extremely longitudinal and different elevations divide the park on smaller, more closed areas. For more pictures visit project’s […]]]> https://landezine.com/park-monte-laa/feed/ 4