World Landscape Architecture

Student Project | Insurgent Geology | Mélanie Louterbach https://lnkd.in/gDFTdnSn Winner of the 2024 WLA Student Awards – Award of Excellence in the Concept – Large Design category. The project explores the intersections between geological processes and social justice, emphasizing the active role of geology in political and social struggles. Delivered in the early 2050s, the design interventions punctuating the pilgrimage (STOPS) are located along the former Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). 

Peavey Plaza | Minneapolis, USA | Coen+Partners - https://lnkd.in/geQheEdH Rehabilitating this masterpiece of brutalist architecture involved a detailed examination of the original design. Restoring the cascading fountains was key to creating a sense of renewal and revitalization. Select terraced lawns were reinstated while others were replaced with permeable pavers for increased accessibility and stormwater management. Site furniture, steel sculptures, and light fixtures were either restored or recreated. The use of board-formed concrete finishes on new walls seamlessly integrates with the original design. #landscapearchitecture #minneapolis Coen+Partners

The Park at the Warsaw Uprising Mound Wins 2024 European Prize for Public Space - https://lnkd.in/gQRtBnRz 4% of the rubble from World War II was used to create an anthropogenic hill in Warsaw, transformed by the archigrest and topoScape studios into the Park at the Warsaw Uprising Mound. This exceptional project, which won the 2024 European Prize for Public Space, also features mmcité products, providing seating and contemplation areas throughout various levels of the park. We discussed the transformation of this site with Magdalena Wnek from the topoScape studio. #landscapearchitecture #poland #rubble

Looking West: A Proposition to Repair Adelaide https://lnkd.in/giN-WgMk Tim Conybeare and Peter Phillips from ASPECT Studios explore some ambitious possibilities in a proposition for Adelaide, a city in South Australia. Adelaide’s developing road network that might be good for motorists, but it could also spark the creation of something truly special for people and nature.  #landscapearchitecture #adelaide #australia #urbandesign

TCLF releases Landslide 2024: Demonstration Grounds https://lnkd.in/gxZKApKV The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), recently published Landslide 2024: Demonstration Grounds, a report and digital exhibition about thirteen sites of significant protests in American history where the protests and acts of civil disobedience are at risk of fading from public memory, or worse, being forgotten.  #landscapearchitecture #usa #demonstration

Port Lands Flood Protection reaches new milestone https://lnkd.in/gGw4c2gF Waterfront Toronto recently removed the “north plug” completing the mouth of the Don River and allowing the river to flow freely. It marks the creation of a new island and brings the vision for the waterfront closer to realisation. #toronto #landscapearchitecture #waterfront Waterfront Toronto Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc.

The Pulse of Amsterdam is completed https://lnkd.in/gqtVutrT With a spectacular urban forest at height, a public park, purifying water zones, green roof terraces, and solar roofs, The Pulse of Amsterdam makes a lasting contribution to the green structure of Amsterdam and meets the highest standards in the fields of housing, sustainability, mobility, and nature.

New senior appointments at Arcadia Landscape Architecture announced: https://lnkd.in/gdS7CQFD Arcadia has announced senior key appointments to all Australian studios, adding to its vision of creating landscapes that inspire, endure, and design excellence across Australia. #landscapearchitecture #business #australia

Student Project | Climate-Adapted Conservation Of Wildlife Migration | Jiaojiao Zhu, Siyi Liang, Jirong Guang, Liangyi Huang https://lnkd.in/gMsJ58Ji Winner of the 2024 WLA Student Awards - Award of Excellence in the Concept - Analysis & Planning category. Ultimately, the project provided a model of climate-adapted conservation for land-based long-distance migratory animals, which is not only for the protection of the Mongolian gazelle but also a new attempt at global cross-border migratory animal conservation efforts. The goal of the project is to explore how transboundary conservation can contribute to the harmonious development of national border areas, to build transnational, shared climate-resilient landscapes with shared governance, and ultimately to build a vision of a biocultural strategic complex. Students: Jiaojiao Zhu, Siyi Liang, Jirong Guang, Liangyi Huang – Huazhong Agricultural University; Advisor: Xin Xia – Huazhong Agricultural University

Post-COVID Adaptive Planning In Wuhan South core of Optics Valley | Sasaki https://lnkd.in/g37fqj3z The rebirth post extreme challenges often propels a city towards greatness. As Wuhan, the first city hit by the pandemic rethinking its resilience strategy for urban development and gradually improving the ability of vulnerable areas and people to respond to disasters in the post-epidemic era. Thereby, South Core, the Central Zone of Wuhan Optics Valley Urban Design, has become a chance we take to help Wuhan reconsider its urban planning strategies. According to the three processes of emergence, outbreak, and subsiding that disasters and pandemics usually go through, we introduce the 3xP- Prevent, Protect, Prepare-urban design methodology, which guides urban design and enhances urban public spaces’ diversity, fairness, and adaptability. The design takes public participation and practical planning guidance to establish a safer, healthier, more resilient, and livable living space for Wuhan citizens. This design aims to pioneer adaptive city development in the post-epidemic era worldwide. #china #wuhan #urbandesign #landscapearchitecture