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.

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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The Green Varnish facility that teaches how to ignore an inconvenient reality

The Green Varnish facility that teaches how to ignore an inconvenient reality

The first significant exhibit installation at the Saint Louis Museum of Contemporary Art,which modifies and alters space, is called Green Varnish, a green fabric that floats in space, symbolically covering uncomfortable facts in society

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The Treedom Social Installation in Alberobello

The Treedom presents itself as a multifunctional pavilion discreetly nestled in the heart of the city of Alberobello, Puglia. Created by the Yok Yok studio for the Light Festival 2023, it is a low-tech wooden structure made with local materials and typical stones of the region. It offers benches and bar counters for socializing, creating a symbolic silhouette in the urban landscape.

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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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Roof Line Garden. Coloured ribbons to create a space for socialising

Roof Line Garden. Coloured ribbons to create a space for socialising

Thousands of ribbons, which people usually use as barriers are used instead to draw attention and attract visitors to the Musée de la Civilization. This was the idea for the Roof Line Garden, a playful and colourful social space on the building's terrace

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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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Solar Quartz, an enigmatic and dreamlike installation designed on the island of Tenerife

Solar Quartz, an enigmatic and dreamlike installation designed on the island of Tenerife

Vincent Leroy envisages Solar Quartz as a unique stone, different from all others in the volcanic desert of the island of Tenerife and made of perforated stainless steel. The light reflecting on a geodesic structure plays with the installation and passes through it and is reflected in it at the same time

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Intangible Sound, the Manifest Platform from which to observe the sea

Intangible Sound, the Manifest Platform from which to observe the sea

Why are traditional sea-viewing platforms filled with numerous fences and railings which block the scenery and limit the possibility of activity? Intangible Sound opens up completely new scenarios 

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A pavilion of orange threads. United but separate to reflect on the historical moment we are living in

A pavilion of orange threads. United but separate to reflect on the historical moment we are living in

Installed in a community building in Denmark during Trekanfest, this pavilion has been the location for many events, exhibitions and meetings. An installation that stems from Behin Ha studio's desire to make people reflect on the conflict between the human desire to come together on one hand and the epidemiological need to maintain separation on the other

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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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Artistic mural. Poetic and fantastic view of New York's cloud scape.

Artistic mural. Poetic and fantastic view of New York's cloud scape

The Mural at the Max is a 28,000 square foot mural for a new luxury building located on West 57th Street in New York City.  The creation of this artwork stemmed from the need to give a beautiful view to approximately 100 apartment units that faced a blank wall

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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.