Image 34 of 40 from gallery of Freedom Square / 501 architects. Photograph by Norbert Tukaj
Broparken in Linköping is a playful brook and biotope that is also a technical stormwater system, disguised as an attractive urban social space.
With their concept for Rotterdam’s Benthemplein square, De Urbanisten demonstrate how water management can be incorporated into urban square design.
These five cities are recognizing the bicycle as transportation and integrating bicycle travel as part of a comprehensive transportation system.
Organizers: Landscape Institute,The Building Centre venue: The Building Centre,The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, Fitzrovia, London WC1E 7BT, UK from 13/01/2015 09:00 until 26/02/2015 19:00. Rethinking the Urban Landscape, a (free!) exhibition curated by The Building Centre and Landscape Institute, presents...
The city and the watershed are distinct systems of flow that generate shape and structure across the landscape to maximize their intrinsic objectives. How can city form fix the watershed?
Three major flaws with the idea that most city interstates are here to stay.
Water, whether through storm drainage channels, channelized streams, canals, urbanized waterfronts, etc. can be a potent urban design tool. At different scales, water can provide numerous positive …
These rills flow through many of Freiburgs city centre streets. Once the city's waste disposal system, they are now a playful addition to its public realm.
Designing for a more livable world. SWA is a design firm renowned for creativity, responsiveness, and resilience in the planning and design of landscapes, whether at the scale of an urban plaza, a city waterfront, or a new community.
With their concept for Rotterdam’s Benthemplein square, De Urbanisten demonstrate how water management can be incorporated into urban square design.
Infiltration of stormwater water in raingardens in Bryggervangen / Sct. Kjeld's neighborhood, Copenhagen
Hüsler & associés: The new Place des Anciens-Fossés in la Tour-de-Peilz is located downtown, just outside the former ramparts of the city. The construction of an underground car park providing 240 parking spaces allowed a complete redevelopment of the place, which is now dedicated only to pedestrians. The development offers different atmospheres, articulating a large […]
The project integrates Green Infrastructure and Water Sensitive Urban Design into our streets, and can be applied as a network of green corridors to any city in risk of flooding to promote the three pillars of sustainability.
three infill parks for an old neighborhood each feature a diverse experience of movement, creating a personality which defines the different locations.
Z+T Studio: Yueyuan Courtyard is a courtyard of the sale center of a new development at Mudu village of Suzhou city. Z+T Studio was commissioned to design the place merging modern approach and function with oriental aesthetic sensitivity. It is a place depict the elegant design of the upcoming development, as well as a place […]
Image 7 of 22 from gallery of Fountain at Pilsen / Ondřej Císler. © Vasil Stanko and Karel Kocourek
The market place with the heritage protected St. Catherine church is the landmark and unique feature of the city of Willich. It represents an important open space for locals and for tourists. The appearance of the market place at and around the church as well as the traffic requirements doesn’t do its meaning justice. With […]
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.
Completed in 2008 in Vila-seca, Spain. Images by Pedro Pegenaute . In Mediterranean peri-urban littoral, the pollution of maritime aerosol affects the survival and the growth of pines and other plants. In this way,...
The project was opened to the public in Autumn 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic, when a large part of Northern Italy was subject to restrictive measures that severely limited the use of public open spaces. Emphasized by the emergency, the project demonstrates the importance and urgent need of active public spaces in local communities. By […]
Josep Mias Gifre / Mias Arquitectes: Banyoles’ old town used to be a deteriorated area in which vehicles and pedestrians cohabitated around a urban system of narrow streets and old sidewalks. The irrigation canals that originally were clean had become part of the sewer system of the city. Around the Central Square there were also […]
Image 9 of 18 from gallery of Qunli Stormwater Wetland Park / Turenscape. Photograph by Turenscape
This manual is designed for those involved in urban property development, from homeowners, to institutions, developers, designers, cities, and regional authorities.
Completed in 2007 in South Korea. Images by Robert Such, Taeoh Kim. The ChonGae Canal Restoration Project is an ambitious redevelopment initiative that transformed the urban fabric of Seoul, Korea. This design was the...
Landscape Architecture: Michel Corajoud Location: Bordeaux, France Finished: 2009
With their concept for Rotterdam’s Benthemplein square, De Urbanisten demonstrate how water management can be incorporated into urban square design.
After documenting its thoughts on urban ‘greening’ in Cubes Indesign 74 (‘In Conversation’), here we take a look at landscape architecture firm Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl Asia's recently completed project for the redefinition of Rochor Canal. Narelle Yabuka reports.
