landscape architecture

Outdoor and landscape architecture

In this section of Arkitectureonweb you will find a selection of projects from all over the world concerning landscape architecture. This branch of architecture deals with the planning, design and management of open spaces and the landscape, at different scales of intervention.

What is the Landscape? According to the definition of the European Convention, the Landscape indicates a certain part of the territory, as perceived by the populations, whose character derives from the action of natural and / or human factors and their interrelations. The landscape architect is the one who plans and designs urban and rural landscapes in space and time, based on the natural characteristics and historical and cultural values of the area.

This practice combines site planning, architecture, art and environmental restoration to help connect an area to surrounding buildings and make the landscape attractive in itself. The goal of landscape architecture is to create pleasant, functional and beautiful spaces that meet the needs of their owners or the public.

Architecture and sculpture: the space designed between the lines

Architecture and sculpture: the space designed between the lines

"To talk about" the currents" is to talk about public space and at the same time to look at the landscape. Working between architecture and sculpture, between landscape and art, offers a frontier space that needs both to express itself. If we are able to connect with this dialogue, then we can see them all as fragments of the journey just as one space. "Juan Correa
Are we alone or united in the city? Urban design as a spark of spontaneous interaction

Are we alone or united in the city? Urban design as a spark of spontaneous interaction

The experience of urban public space should be a response to the human need for relationship. "Dialogue" is the urban furniture designed by designers and artists Coryn Kempster and Julia Jamrozik with the intent to bring back the social function of public urban space: to create shared physical experiences
Montreal Pavilion Park glass and corten

Corten Pavilion in Montreal. The Geometric Volume is created from the union of wood and metal.

Les Architect Labontè Marcil designed the Clémentine-de-la-Rousselière pavilion in Montreal. The project goes beyond the preconceived idea that a chalet in the park should only meet functional needs, becoming instead a strong element within it.

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Gardens and parks

The private gardens constitute an extension of the internal spaces of the building. Plants and vegetation have a positive influence on people's wellbeing, the environment, air quality, humidity, temperature, but also on people's well-being. A garden can have different purposes, it can only be decorative or vice versa a space dedicated to free time, play and relaxation. Designing a garden is, in its own way, a form of landscape architecture in a small way.

Are we alone or united in the city? Urban design as a spark of spontaneous interaction

Are we alone or united in the city? Urban design as a spark of spontaneous interaction

The experience of urban public space should be a response to the human need for relationship. "Dialogue" is the urban furniture designed by designers and artists Coryn Kempster and Julia Jamrozik with the intent to bring back the social function of public urban space: to create shared physical experiences
Montreal Pavilion Park glass and corten

Corten Pavilion in Montreal. The Geometric Volume is created from the union of wood and metal.

Les Architect Labontè Marcil designed the Clémentine-de-la-Rousselière pavilion in Montreal. The project goes beyond the preconceived idea that a chalet in the park should only meet functional needs, becoming instead a strong element within it.
terraza garden house

Garden house in Ciprus. Shared spaces and urban terrace for a new social interaction

Christos Pavlou architecture designs this residential project with a green core to discover a new urban life that interacts with nature, it aims to create green spaces that are terraces and gardens with which the interior merges thanks to large windows.

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Pergolas and terraces

In city centers or in condos, the terrace is an important element for experiencing the outdoor space, which, however, being limited space, usually requires careful planning. The installation and design of pergolas or roofs makes it possible to make it a more enjoyable space at any time of the year, even more so if there is a dialogue between the structure and the rest of the landscape.

Terrace of a rationalist building. An intervention for a fluid and permeable domestic space

Terrace of a rationalist building. An intervention for a fluid and permeable domestic space

The terrace in question facing south, in a rationalist building by Manuel Cabanyes overlooking the Chamberì district in Madrid is made usable thanks to the project by the gon studio, which redesigns the whole domestic space
Delicate moodboard with splashes of blue. A small village styled hotel complex in Lanzarote

Delicate moodboard with splashes of blue. A small village styled hotel complex in Lanzarote

Small white houses with blue additions to create the relaxing sensation of a small village; the neat and essential volumes restore formal purity and let the sky and the sun of Lanzarote play the leading role in this hotel complex in the central-eastern part of the island
villa patio pool

Villa by the sea in Sicily. Naturalistic elements become an integral part of architecture

Architect Alessio Lo Bello designs a villa in the mountains of San Calogero overlooking the sea, in which the environmental component becomes an integral part of the architecture. The settlement principle is based on the concept of terracing while respecting the morphology of the site

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Urban landscape architecture

Urban landscape architecture straddles the urban plans and the architectural project. The public space aims to provide a social and sharing space and also to define urban identity, increasing the general satisfaction of citizens.

Architecture and sculpture: the space designed between the lines

Architecture and sculpture: the space designed between the lines

"To talk about" the currents" is to talk about public space and at the same time to look at the landscape. Working between architecture and sculpture, between landscape and art, offers a frontier space that needs both to express itself. If we are able to connect with this dialogue, then we can see them all as fragments of the journey just as one space. "Juan Correa
Are we alone or united in the city? Urban design as a spark of spontaneous interaction

Are we alone or united in the city? Urban design as a spark of spontaneous interaction

The experience of urban public space should be a response to the human need for relationship. "Dialogue" is the urban furniture designed by designers and artists Coryn Kempster and Julia Jamrozik with the intent to bring back the social function of public urban space: to create shared physical experiences
Aldilonda,

Aldilonda, "above the sea". Path at the foot of a historic citadel

Aldilonda, the path that becomes the destination. In Bastia, the second largest city in Corsica on the northeast coast of the island, Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes created a promenade on the sea, a path suspended between the sky and the sea at the foot of the citadel

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Landscape architecture and lighting

Correct outdoor lighting is essential to easily enjoy outdoor spaces even at night and to ensure safety. The external lights, however, must illuminate in a not excessive and comfortable way, avoiding light pollution phenomena, a risk that must be taken into consideration even in the most ambitious landscape architecture projects.

Installation of lights in a glazed skyscraper

Artistic Lights in Turin. 100 luminous flecks become a unique form and structure

The installation created by Migliore+Servetto Architects for the Intesa Sanpaolo skyscraper in Turin on the occasion of " Artistic Lights " is a dynamic work in which light and reflections expand, making it a pulsating structure.
Art installations in Montreal. A beacon of light in the darkness of the world affected by COVID-19

Art installations in Montreal. A beacon of light in the darkness of the world affected by COVID-19

The non-profit organization Quartier des Spectacles is proposing a series of public art installations and cultural activities anchored in Place des Festivals, in downtown Montreal, to combat the impacts of covid on the territory and revive the city's economy
stained glass and steel

Expansion of the brewery in Vicenza. Paying attention to hospitality from the outside

Architect Simone Batani together with Designer Wainer Barbati oversaw the expansion of the brewery in Vicenza, Veneto, designing the exterior in order to make it welcoming and give comfort to the customers of the pub-brewery

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Paving and ground

The choice of outdoor flooring requires more attention than the indoor one. The materials must in fact withstand the action of atmospheric agents and must adapt to the needs of the place (hottest or rainy and freezing areas) in which they are inserted. The dialogue between artifacts and the surrounding environment is one of the pillars of landscape architecture.

Playground with colourful flooring

Copenhagen playground. Urban space for social integrity

The Danish Big studio designs an urban space to integrate the ethnic groups of a neighborhood, using objects from all over the world as furnishings, symbols that reflect the true nature of the local neighborhood.
paint color urban area

Drops of paint in a public space. Customers attracted by a colourful corridor

The architecture studio 100architects intervenes in a public space in Shanghai, China, created as a visual link between the main square and a new sales space, colouring it with drops and arches of paint that reach the floor
Red public space

Innovative Public Space. The use of the color Red to attract and engage

The Chinese "Red Planet", in the city of Shanghai, is designed by the studio 100 architects to encourage interactions and the stopover of adults and children in a commercial street space previously intended only for circulation