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CAAC - Centro Abierto de Actividades Ciudadanas / Cordoba / Paredes Pino architects
The Centro Abierto de Actividades Ciudadanas that hosts public events, such as a twice-weekly market, has been transformed into a kind of architectural array of water lilies. The steel parasols, with diameters between 7 and 15 metres, have coloured tops and reflective undersides, looking like an art installation from above, whilst elegantly dispersing the natural light below.
(via weheart)
the “barking central vision”: a project of urban regeneration
‘Barking Central has created a vibrant, dense and high quality townscape that has reconnected parts of Barking, with active ground floor street edges and public amenities, set around new public spaces.
This project demonstrates that the real key to city centre development is in not throwing away old buildings but knitting old and new together to breathe new life into the city. Regeneration is about long term investment and a consideration for what really makes a difference. The ‘Barking Central Vision’ provides local people with better prospects, a greater choice of housing and a healthier living environment.’
Barking Central [London] / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
(via architizer)
Posted December 2, 2010 at 5:07pm in Barking Central Allford Hall Monaghan Morris urban design
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Moodwall, Amsterdam - Studio Klink and Urban Alliance
Media architecture collective Urban Alliance has recently finished the Moodwall: a 24 meter long interactive light installation in Amsterdam. The Moodwall is situated in a pedestrian tunnel and interacts with people passing by, improving the atmosphere in the tunnel and making people happy and feel less unsafe.
The interactive urban wallpaper is built out of about 2500 leds behind a ribbed semi-transparent wall. The curves in the wall make it less suitable for grafitti and improve the visibility of the content for the side.
Tel Aviv studio Derman Verbakel Architecture have installed a series of archways and mobile furniture between the city and the sea in Bat Yam, Israel
via dezeen
northern gate
1st prize by knockoutdesign.
The project was designed and executed in less than 72 hours during Biennale of Landscape Urbanism (Bat Yam, Israel)
