Situated within Prachatice’s historical fortification belt, Stephanie’s Park was originally an enclosed garden, established in 1881 through the initiative of local citizens. As the 20th century reached its midpoint, this romantic garden evolved into a public park. The post-war construction of a nearby housing estate brought significant terrain chan...
Project name
Revitalisation of Stéphanie's Park
Architecture firm
M2AU, Grupeto
Location
Prachatice, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Linda Obršálová, Václav Mihola, Kateřina Miholová [M2AU], Václav Babka, Tomáš Babka [Grupeto]
Landscape Architecture
M2AU, Grupeto
Design team
Linda Obršálová, Václav Mihola, Kateřina Miholová [M2AU], Václav Babka, Tomáš Babka [Grupeto]
Contractor
SaM silnice a mosty
Material
Natural stone - granite – paved surfaces, stairs, stone slabs, original drinking fountain. Natural local stone – renovation and extension of stone wall. Sand, gravel – paths, viewpoint deck. Gravel lawn – vehicle areas. Concrete – walls. Precast concrete – stairs, slabs. Plaster – wall. Steel – furniture, public lighting, railing, fencing. Oak wood – original benches
Client
Town of Prachatice
Typology
Public Space › Park
TAEP/AAP: At the base of SOM’s award-winning Al Hamra Tower in the Central Business District of Kuwait City, this project reconfigures the existing exterior public spaces into a unified urban space that defines vehicular and pedestrian access, reutilizes and adapts large existing landscape elements, and creates several landmark elements to suppleme...
Architecture firm
TAEP/AAP
Location
Sharq, Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG, João Morgado
Design team
Abdulatif Almishari, Rui Vargas, Elvino Domingos, Bruna Silva, Emanuel Grave, Lionel Estriga Diogo Monteiro, Duarte Correia, Iria Arriaga, João Costa, Mariana Neves, Matteo Missaglia, Nádia Luís
Collaborators
Aquilino Sotero, Diogo Monteiro, Luísa Calvo, Lionel Estriga, Mariana Neves, Federica Fortugno, Raquel Martins
Structural engineer
R5 Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Bruno Simão, Mohammed Hassan, Rúben Rodrigues
Landscape
Susana Pinheiro, Iria Arriaga
Lighting
Light Design Portugal
Supervision
ASBUILT; Bruno Rosa, Carlos Magalhães, Luís Baptista, Rúben Rodrigues, Vando Beldade
Typology
Mixed-Use › Canopy
The Emerald Screen Pergola is an important architectural feature in classical Chinese gardens. It is typically constructed from bamboo or wood, forming roofless corridors, pavilions, and walls. Climbing plants are then grown to eventually cover the walls and roofs. This design not only creates a visual focus that integrates nature with space but al...
Project name
Emerald Screen Pergola
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Bogong Island, Wuxi, China
Photography
CreatAR lmages
Principal architect
YU Ting
Landscape Architecture
Wutopia Lab
Design team
FANG Xiaobin, AN Yingjie
Collaborators
Project Architect: MU Zhilin; Construction Drawing Design Team: CAI Zhongming, SHI Wei; Plant Design Team: SHAO Jie, LI Feiran, ZHANG Licheng; Construction Drawing Design Firm: Wuxi Culture and Tourism Construction Development Co., Ltd; LTDChief Planner of W'ECO Design Festival: HOU Zhengguang, SUN Qun, XU Yun; W'ECO Design Festival Planning Firm: Beijing Keyi Cultural & Creative Enterprise Management Co., Ltd; Lighting: Chloe ZHANG; Featured Models: DAI Ruoyu, FANG Xiaobin
Contractor
Wuxi Taihu Mingzhu Ecological Restoration Co., Ltd
Material
Steel, Net, Climbing Plants
Client
Wuxi Cultural Tourism Development Group Co., Ltd
Abelen Architectuur designed the artwork Steiger for the Watersnoodmuseum (Flood Museum). The Steiger is an installation that contributes to awareness of climate change and thereby related problems. The artwork shows the consequences if we do too little to slow down climate change.
Project name
De Steiger - Artwork Watersnoodmuseum
Architecture firm
Abelen Architectuur
Location
Watersnoodmuseum (Flood Museum), Ouwerkerk, The Netherlands
Photography
Sandra Schimmelpennink
Principal architect
Rick Abelen
Supervision
Abelen Architectuur
Visualization
Abelen Architectuur
Tools used
SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Abelen Architectuur
The installation tackles the theme of the city of the future from a regeneration perspective in which the space, inhabited by humans
Project name
Città Miniera. Design, Dismantle, Disseminate
Architecture firm
MCA - Mario Cucinella Architects
Location
Corriere della Sera, Solferino 28 Design, entrance: Via Solferino 26, Milan
Photography
Walter Vecchio
Design team
Mario Cucinella
Collaborators
Project Leader: Valentina Torrente. Senior Product Design: Antonella Di Luca. Technical Partners: Artemide, De’Longhi, Kartell, Vimar
Landscape
Gardenia con il vivaio Central Park
Client
RCS MediaGroup. Corriere della Sera, Living, Abitare
Innovation and plurality of narration. The Migliore+Servetto design studio designs the new permanent installation for the room on human evolution within the Natural History Museum of Milan. A narrative landscape conceived around visitors’ actions and perceptions.
Project name
The design of the new permanent installation by Migliore+Servetto for the room on Human Evolution within the Natural History Museum of Milan.
Architecture firm
Migliore+Servetto
Location
Corso Venezia, 55, 20121 Milan, Italy
Photography
Andrea Martiradonna
Principal architect
Ico Migliore and Mara Servetto
Interior design
Migliore+Servetto
Lighting
Migliore+Servetto
Client
The Natural History Museum of Milan
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum, Installation
The Park of Memories in Aš represents an important step towards restoring the urban balance of the town and presenting its historical heritage. The project connects past and present, brings education and recreation, and becomes a place where the city meets its own history.
Project name
Park of Memories Aš
Architecture firm
SOA architekti, Ateliér KONCEPT (Ondřej Píhrt, Štefan Šulek, Ondřej Laciga, Petr Kostner, Martina Kostnerová, Tomáš Prinz, Vladimír Dufek)
Location
U Radnice, Aš, Czech Republic
Photography
Alex Shoots Buildings
Landscape Architecture
Ateliérem zahradní a krajinářské architektury Mariánské Lázně
Design team
Tereza Březovská, Filip Rašek, Pavel Směták, Tomáš Dantlinger, Martin Prinz, Vlastimil Čegan, Miroslav Čech, Michal Pašava, Petr Matala, Michal Durdis, Jiří Kudrna
Collaborators
VR: Time Trip
Area
Gross floor area 47 500 m²
Material
Granite stone cobblestone paving – paving. Packed gravel path – pavement surface. Solid wood – podium, pavement. Steel profiles – footbridge
The Landscape Tower is located in Liangjiang Synergy Innovation Zone in Chongqing. In the park, there is Mingyue Lake and the Mingyue Mountain. A large number of buildings have been laid out around Mingyue Lake. It has attracted many entrepreneurs to stay here. The idea of providing a place for the park users to relax with a panoramic view of the l...
Project name
Synergy Innovation Zone Incubation Accelerator Site Landscape Tower
Location
Synergy Innovation Zone, Liangjiang New District, Chongqing, China
Collaborators
Construction Drawing Design: Guangdong Provincial Architectural Design & Research Institute Co.,Ltd.
Completion year
June 2023
Client
Chongqing Liangjiang Synergy Innovation Zone Construction and Investment Development Co.,Ltd.
