Design 27

The revitalization of this underutilized public park transforms it into a neighborhood and regional destination through the integration of diversified urban park programs, regional gardens and restored native habitats, and the connection with urban circulation systems. By unifying its three edges – urban, cruise ship passage and beach – it becomes a center that, through the resolution of overlapping cultural, programmatic and environmental requirements, will contribute to the open space life in Miami for decades to come South Pointe Park creates an animated and ecologically sensitive community park in lively and flamboyant South Beach. The park is a redesign of an existing 19 acre park along Government Cut, an artificial inlet to Biscayne Bay at the Atlantic Ocean coast. The now 22 acre park positions two corresponding circulation paths – the Serpentine Walk and the Cut Walk – across its length to provide critical regional connections and views out to Government Cut and the Atlantic O

Architects:  Caramel Architekten Location:  Vienna , Austria Project Year:  2010 Project Area:  200 sqm Photographs:  Hertha Hurnaus

  London  farm tower   designed by  Brandon Martella   rests on the south bank of the Thames River overlooking Potter’s Field. Like a tree the tower collects rainwater and solar energy to maintain survival.

The ‘Space Race Museum’ is a proposal designed by  Islam Fikry Abbas   from the Port Said University in Egypt for an a new museum dedicated to early stages of  outer space   exploration during the Cold War. It is the story of a race between the United States and the Soviet Union to conquest the last frontier. The main concept of the project is to use architectural forms and spatial differentiation to represent the technological and political  situation during those years.

The objective in designing the ‘Living Bridge’ was to describe a new type of nonlinear  algorithmic architecture through the design of an  inhabitable bridge   in Tokyo.  The chosen site integrates with the residential neighborhoods of Ginza and Tsukishima.

Les Cabanyes Pre School and Primary School / Arqtel Architects:   Arqtel Location:  Barcelona ,  Spain Project area:  2,434 sqm Project year:  2008 – 2010 Photographs:  Eugeni Pons A primary school like the one designed in Catalonia by design studio  Arqtel  calls a design that is sensitive to childrens’ need for comfortable and inviting spaces. This building generates a dialogue with its surroundings not only through its spatial composition and architectural tectonics but also through its volumetric orientation. As a result, the building optimizes functional program at the same time as it focuses on aspects of light, orientation and the quality of the spaces generated. Retaining a telluric presence, the building brings a sense of order to the site and acts as a landmark among surrounding buildings and fields. Its north-south longitudinal axis opens up in a circulation pattern resembling a comb, alternating playfully between filled and empty spaces that characterize the whole. Th