Outdoor and urban design projects

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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.

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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Campagnola Square in the municipality of Rosà: Redevelopment for a better viability

Campagnola Square in the municipality of Rosà: Redevelopment for a better viability

The project proposal aims to redevelop the area around Piazza Campagnola where there is currently a bottleneck at the capitol on the intersection with Via San Marco

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Imbarcadero and Lakefront of Campione. Ode to tradition through public space design

Imbarcadero and Lakefront of Campione. Ode to tradition through public space design

This project is aimed at the redevelopment and enhancement of the lakefront part of Campione's Old Town. The new structure for the Imbarcadero is designed to be more in keeping with a new image of the town: a light and bright canopy whose section is meant to evoke the wings of seagulls or swallows that inhabit the surrounding landscape

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Superpower Wall,

Superpower Wall, "a reminder about what is no longer there, which nevertheless leaves its imprint on place and time"

Sculptor Matěj Hájek of the S K U L L studio brings to life a sculptural-architectural monument in Prague's Husův Park in the recently revitalized Čakovice district, titled Superpower Wall by the artist himself

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The Lookout Spike,

The Lookout Spike, "as delicate and elusive as a dewdrop that barely brushes the rock"

The Lookout Spike is part of a series of five lookouts that Mjolk architekti has completed over the past ten years, small, distinctive architecture based on a careful analysis of the site 

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Artichaut: more public square, less street. Restoring through architecture the hierarchy between human and machine

Artichaut: more public square, less street. Restoring through architecture the hierarchy between human and machine

Artichaut is not only a human-friendly square, but also a place where technology is "schooled" through design in order to respect the one for whom it was invented

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People Parkers, a portable garden that steals the parking space from cars and gives it back to people

People Parkers, a portable garden that steals the parking space from cars and gives it back to people

People Parkers are miniature public gardens on wheels, designed to temporarily convert street parking spaces into green and welcoming places for citizens

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The elastic perspective: a path which becomes a sculpture, between continuity and infinity

The elastic perspective: a path which becomes a sculpture, between continuity and infinity

The project The elastic perspective consists of a circular staircase which leads the visitor to a height that frees the view of the horizon: a continuous path projected to the infinity

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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

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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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Colman Dock Ferry Terminal in Seattle

Colman Dock Ferry Terminal in Seattle

A multidisciplinary team redesigns Seattle's waterfront, where a ferry terminal that provides passenger-only public transit service becomes a part of it

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Iconic bridge in China: the Lucky Knot connects, enlightens and entertains

Iconic bridge in China: the Lucky Knot connects, enlightens and entertains

Of the unique series of bridges designed by NEXT, the Lucky Knot for the Chinese megacity Changsha maintains its architectural canons: it engages the social context and offers new perspectives

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Sponge Mountain in Turin. Artificial mountain absorbs air pollution

Sponge Mountain in Turin. Artificial mountain absorbs air pollution

Sponge Mountain is architect Angelo Renna's project for an artificial mountain which, by re-using soil excavated from the construction of the Turin-Lyon high-speed railway would be able to absorb the city's pollution

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Lounge at Washington International Airport. Warm and welcoming space for all

Lounge at Washington International Airport. Warm and welcoming space for all

The Alaska Airlines Flagship Lounge, at SeaTac International Airport is designed by Graham Baba Architects as a warm and welcoming space of refuge for all its guests to relax, work and refuel.

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Facade of a parking lot like an origami

Building in Miami. Five designers design the façade of a parking lot like an "origami"

Within the Miami Design District, the façade of a seven-storey building is redesigned by the five Designers, WORKac, J. Mayer H., Clavel Arquitectos, Nicolas Buffe, Riley K / R (Keenen / Riley), under the guidance of Riley: the Garage Museum is conceived as follows

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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 the design of green areas significantly contributes to building more resilient and well-being-oriented cities. Urban redevelopment projects play a central role as social and environmental acts that improve the quality of life and promote progress and well-being for people.