Outdoor and urban design projects

Explore the different facets of outdoor space design through an overview of the most iconic projects that integrate aesthetics, functionality, and sustainability. From the choice of durable materials, to suggestions for optimal urban furniture arrangement, as well as cutting-edge technologies for lighting and irrigation. Discover the innovations in urban planning with a focus on mobility, connectivity, and environment.

All outdoor space and urban redevelopment projects

Exterior design, building recovery, and urban redevelopment are the keywords for delving into the most captivating international projects. Arkitectureonweb has selected for you the most emblematic projects of architectural exteriors, urban redevelopment, and architectural reuse in recent years. Discover them all, read the articles.

In motion. The light that becomes a moving landscape

In motion. The light that becomes a moving landscape

The new Kide Building at Aalto University is enriched with a public artwork by Baptiste Debombourg. With In motion, the artist transforms light into a dynamic flow that interacts with architecture, landscape, and urban movement.

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A gas station becomes a park and cultural center

A gas station becomes a park and cultural center

An old gas station from the 1930s is being transformed into an urban park and cultural space. The project creates a place dedicated to art, community, and urban regeneration in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle.

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UnSoiled Pavilion and the wonder of the cyclicity of existence

UnSoiled Pavilion and the wonder of the cyclicity of existence

UnSoiled is a celebration of the cycles of nature, embodied by a fully eco-sustainable and beneficial pavilion: it purifies the air, educates on the interconnectedness of all things, relaxes and marvels in its vegetal beauty

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Urban design and micro-requalification. The Urban Circle - Cerchio Urbano

Urban design and micro-requalification. The Urban Circle - Cerchio Urbano

In the Gramsci neighborhood in Cuneo, a public garden is being revitalized by the Urban Circle - Cerchio Urbano project, which promotes conviviality and outdoor life with a new cycle and pedestrian path and the design of the furnishings

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Gardens of the Cloister SF: stone, nature, and memory

Gardens of the Cloister SF: stone, nature, and memory

In the Jardines del Claustro SF, designed by 501 Durán Arquitectos, nature blends with historic architecture. Among intimate gardens and monumental spaces, the project reinvents the hacienda as a setting for unique events, suspended between spirituality, beauty, and conviviality.

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Urban covered space in Alsasua: urban trees for social gathering

Urban covered space in Alsasua: urban trees for social gathering

“Hiriko zuhaitza”, which means urban tree, is the principle that inspires the project for this urban covered space in Alsasua, a town in the northeast of Spain. Under the architectural branches of the new wooden structure, the public space offers new atmospheres for social gathering

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Horizonte Pavilion. A light bird contemplates the city from above

Horizonte Pavilion. A light bird contemplates the city from above

Geometry and light structure the Horizonte Pavilion, an essential place from which to marvel at the city seen from afar and from above

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New urban spaces for the Automatic Mills of Pardubice

New urban spaces for the Automatic Mills of Pardubice

The complex of Josef Gočár's Automatic Mills in Pardubice is reborn as a cultural and educational hub. An intervention that intertwines industrial memory and contemporary vision, returning vibrant and inclusive public spaces to the city.

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Moving reflections

Moving reflections

A mirroring installation between light, waves, and architecture welcomes students and passersby in the new Kide Building of Aalto University, transforming an urban crossroads into a dynamic and contemplative visual experience.

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Outdoor for textile workers in Prato: Perimetro project

Outdoor for textile workers in Prato: Perimetro project

Perimetro (Perimeter) is the redevelopment project of the outdoor area around a textile factory in Montemurlo, province of Prato, Italy. A reworking of the area exclusively dedicated to production to give it back to the workers and the city through nature

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Linear park of La Valenciana: a path between history and nature

Linear park of La Valenciana: a path between history and nature

A project that skillfully intertwines culture, landscape, and well-being, giving life to a system of public spaces designed to promote sustainable mobility and encourage outdoor living on a human scale. Through a careful and sensitive design approach, the intervention enhances the natural and urban context, improving quality of life and encouraging new forms of social interaction and use of communal spaces.

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Symbolic value of ruins and urban regeneration in Simala

Symbolic value of ruins and urban regeneration in Simala

In the central-western area of Sardinia, an experiment of urban regeneration in Simala connects past and future by capturing the evocative richness of historical ruins intertwined and enhanced by the new public space

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Shadows Pavilion in Gravity: the lightness of a poetic installation

Shadows Pavilion in Gravity: the lightness of a poetic installation

The Pabellón Sombras en Gravedad, designed by Eletres Studio and UDD SurSur, is an experimental installation that explores the relationship between light, form, and territory, transforming public space into an immersive and temporary experience of architecture and culture.

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Atlantic Wave: a bridge that dances between sky and city

Onda Atlántica: a bridge that dances between sky and city

Pasarela Onda Atlántica is more than just a walkway: it is an urban sculpture that floats above the city, offering dynamic views and a seamless expansion joint design, ideal for pedestrians and cyclists. A work that brings the sea closer to the city, with lightness and innovation.

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Rotterdam station night titanium cover

Rotterdam Central Station: an architectural wave in the urban heart

Designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects, the Rotterdam Central Station is a masterpiece of connection that combines logistical efficiency and fluid design, integrating into the urban fabric and becoming a European landmark, as well as a meeting point for the city and its inhabitants.

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Urban redevelopment as an opportunity for growth and sustainability

Renovation and redevelopment projects demonstrate that the balance between urban design and green area design significantly contributes to building more resilient and well-being-oriented cities. Urban redevelopment projects play a central role as a social and environmental act that improves the quality of life and promotes the progress and well-being of people.
 

Urban artistic installations and street art, the dynamic urban fabric.


Explore how street art projects have the ability to transform urban spaces into living and accessible works of art. Building facades, disused areas, underpasses, or stations become canvases for creative expression. With murals, graffiti, and artistic installations, street art turns urban environments into open-air art galleries. Discover how outdoor artistic installations often serve as spokespeople for local culture and identity and how contemporary art installations can be considered powerful tools for social denunciation.