Design team: KBP.EU, a joint venture between Karres en Brands and Polyform In collaboration with Oluf Jørgensen Engineering and Ulrike Brandi Licht Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Assignment: design of shopping street and three squares Area: 2.2 hectares Design: 2007 Construction: 2009 – 2013 Status: realized Client: Municipality of Copenhagen Budget: € 9.9 mio The […]
Design team: KBP.EU, a joint venture between Karres en Brands and Polyform In collaboration with Oluf Jørgensen Engineering and Ulrike Brandi Licht Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Assignment: design of shopping street and three squares Area: 2.2 hectares Design: 2007 Construction: 2009 – 2013 Status: realized Client: Municipality of Copenhagen Budget: € 9.9 mio The […]
Landscape Architecture: [f] landschaftsarchitektur gmbh, Bonn, Germany Project name: Friedensplatz and Rossmarkt, Worbis Location: Worbis, Germany Completion date: 2010 (BA1), 2013 (BA2) Area: 10.400m2 Cost: 3.410.000€ Client: City of Leinefelde-Worbis Photographer: Thomas Langreder, Hannover Text: [f] landschaftsarchitektur Historical features give the urban spaces of the city Worbis their uniqueness, their atmospheres, their memories. […]
Chief author: Grontmij Belgium and Christian Kieckens Architects bvba Other members & Profession: Kristof Van Impe (landscape architect), Thomas Timmermans (engineer), Wim Marquenie (architect), Christian Kieckens (architect) Name: Renovation of the village centre of Machelen-aan-de-Leie Project design date: 2005-2008 Construction completion date: 2008-2009 Location / City / Region / Country: Machelen-aan-de-Leie, 9870 Zulte, Oost-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM […]
Title: A stop on the line Landscape Architecture: 100Landschaftsarchitektur / Thilo Folkerts in cooperation with studio basta Location: Kortrijk-Rollegem, Belgium, Construction: 2012 Copyright photographs, drawings and text: (c) Thilo Folkerts Ugly Spots In 2011 the Westflanders’ intercommunal association Leiedal launched the initiative Lelijke Plekjes (Ugly Spots) to revalidate the public spaces of the […]
Sensitive urban designing with rainwater as a vibrant feature underlies the total success of the development. As a result, the location has become desirable. The amazing neighborhood feeling is complimented by the practicality of the site being 5 minutes walk to both the train station ...
60,000 people pass through Pitt Street Mall on an average summer weekday. Its retail rental rates are amongst the highest in the world. However over the past two decades, the Mall’s public domain had deteriorated due to the intensive levels of pedestrian traffic and incessant re-development of adjacent major retail stores and arcades.
Against the current of what has been occurring with the new private developments, these interventions seek to highlight the importance of public, collective space both to the city and to society, from the perspective of effectively transforming ...
The requalification of the main street to Oullins, more than an embellishment is one of main advantages of the revitalization of the city center, in parallel the future arrival of the subway.
The Stationsstraat is the main shopping street in the centre of Sint-Niklaas and is the central axis between the Grote Markt and the train station. The profile, use of materials and the present green areas of the old site puts the focus on the traffic situation in disadvantage of the quality of life.
A narrow site demarcates the immediate surroundings of the church, creating a new forecourt. This cascades downwards, forming up to three steps, which accommodate the height differentiation of the site, created by the original churchyard.
French studio Mutabilis paysage & urbanisme shared with us their project in Mulhouse, France. They transformed an ex parking lot into a vibrant square surrounded by busy streets of the old city. Metal cogs were placed as a part of granite pavement pattern since wheel has been the symbol of the Mulhouse city.
Georgia Street, located at the heart of the historic Wholesale District and a spine that connected the new major venues, was identified at the time as an important corridor for future improvement. However, it would not see the impetus for its realization until 2009, when City leaders recognized the unique potential the street offered to their bid for hosting the 2012 Super Bowl. By bringing together the original hopes for Georgia Street with new aspirations of a green, pedestrian-centered, outdoor event venue, the city gained a contemporary public space that anchors the convention and entertainment district.
In the middle of the last century the elegant boulevard was transformed into a pulsating arterial road, with little thought for pedestrians. The aim today is to transform the polluted and noisy inner Mariahilfer Straße into a traffic restricted zone. The main goal is to provide a greater quality of life for residents, visitors, local businesses and shops.
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.
Channel Center is an imaginative mixed-use project in the historic “100 Acre district” of South Boston, adjacent to Fort Point Channel. Halvorson Design is providing design services for more than 3 acres of new public spaces, including the large two acre community park will be a neighborhood destination that will serve the growing Fort Point neighborhood.
The introduction of an underground car park in the city-centre at the Square of the Liberation in Troyes was the original reason of the re-qualification of the area. Thanks to the construction works of the underground structure and the clearing of some existing trees, a major perspective opened up towards the cathedral, making it obvious that a larger perimeter should be taken into account when rethinking the city center, including three city gardens and the Seine Chanel.
The city of Celje is the third largest city in Slovenia and its well-preserved paved Roman streets, magnificent castles and the remnants of the medieval walls in the city centre bear witness to its rich history that dates back to the Celts and the Romans. Today, Celje constitutes an administrative, business, economic, cultural, educational and tourist centre of the region. The renewed old city centre gave it a new and attractive image.
Brookfield Place in Perth is a new mixed-use precinct that has transformed the city’s central business district, bringing life into an area that was long neglected and void of activity. The vibrant destination now attracts people by the thousands, as home to the world’s largest resources company and some of the Perth’s best restaurants and leisure activities.
Hapa Collaborative and City of Langley worked together to revitalize McBurney Lane as a social space in the heart of downtown Langley. Strengthening pedestrian connections through the Lane, creating flexible spaces to accommodate a variety of programming, and integrating permeable surfaces, drought tolerant planting and rainwater infiltration as part of the City’s sustainability agenda.
300 Ivy is a LEED Platinum mixed-use development situated in an area that that remains from the demolished San Francisco Central Freeway. The Landscape Architectural scope of work included an innovative Streetscape, on-structure patios, courtyards, and a large Protea garden with an outdoor kitchen. The project also included the design of custom furniture, stone paving, fencing and metal work, and site amenities. The main concept for the spatial design was one of " Mountain Climbing" ...