Although we often talk about redevelopment in cities, the topic of public spaces (or urban landscapes, whatever you prefer) is always a bit snubbed by designers and politicians.
Yet urban landscape architecture is increasingly necessary. Redesigning shared spaces between citizens is a very respectable challenge.
Here are four new projects that aim to return something to citizens in terms of aesthetics and utility. These are different approaches and contexts, but they have something important in common, the emphasis on connection between individuals.
The American embassy in London also makes 'diplomatic' use of the landscape
The project, which combines the design of KieranTimberlake and OLIN, ensures that even public spaces bring to mind American landscapes, while still managing to perfectly mix this atmosphere with the surrounding neighborhood.
In the Chicago Botanic Garden there is an all-green playmate
No, it's not Hulk. It is a new space that helps children interact more deeply with nature.
The Regenstein Learning Campus encourages children to discover the sensory world: fewer plastic fields and more stimulating experiences.
In Detroit, abandoned blocks become public parks
In the famous city of cars, the major challenge of redevelopment rhymes with redistribution. We need to rebuild social equity that has been lost amidst the many industrial shake-ups.
A plan under consideration by the team of architects Spackman Mossop Michaels (SMM) is connecting the spaces of the Fitzgerald district, whose urban fabric has been literally obliterated by evictions, confiscations for unpaid mortgages and business closings.
“Urban reincarnation” takes place in Montreal
A public park in the Canadian city aims to correct the evaluation errors of the old urban plans. A loal team of designers and architects, the Groupe Rousseau Lefebvre it transformed a 60s freeway into “a prestigious, functional and easy-to-access gateway to the city centre”.
The present has already passed, and is made up of cities that undermine our physical and mental health.
