http://www.landezine.com Landscape Architecture Works! Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:19:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en West 8 in collaboration with Snoeck en Partners, Bas Dirk Jaspaert, ERM and Tritel, has won the competition organized by the City of Leuven, for the revitalization of the former industrial site Vaartkom in Leuven, Belgium. West8:  The Vaartkom is a unique location close to the water's edge and within walking ... http://www.landezine.com/?p=1742 [caption id="attachment_1700" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="© Berlin Partner GmbH/FTB-Werbefotografie"][/caption] Design: Peter Eisenman, architect and Buro Happold, engineer Location: Berlin, Germany Competition: 1997 Construction: 2004 Area: 19,000m² Cost: €25 million. Memorials in general have always been a powerful storytelling landscapes as well as a political statements, usually accompanied with conventional symbols in order to be understood by the ... http://www.landezine.com/?p=1699 Design: Josep Lluís Mateo Restricted competition: 

2009 Site: Paris Area: 34.000 m2 External collaborators: Lighting concept: Artec Landscaping: d’Ici-là Structure / Installations: EGI (Enginyeria i Gestió d’Infrastructures) Josep Lluís Mateo: "Place de la République as public space Transforming a traffic junction into an urban space means, firstly, reducing the impact of road traffic. According to studies carried out by our ... http://www.landezine.com/?p=1711 Vectorworks 2010 Landmark is the ultimate 2D/3D CAD solution developed by Nemetschek, which has been developing software in the field of built environment design for over 20 years. More than 450,000 designers, architects, landscape architects, landscape planners, and engineers all over the world use Vectorworks. “We’re finding that more and more ... http://www.landezine.com/?p=1669 Landscape Architecture: KARRES en BRANDS Client: The Nieuwe Ooster cemetery, garden of remembrance for crematorium Location: Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam Area: cemetery total 33 hectares, garden of remembrance 1 hectare Budget: € 1,600,000 Design: 2004 Construction: 2005 - 2007 Team: Sylvia Karres, Bart Brands, Lieneke van Campen, Joost de Natris, James Melsom, Alejandro Noe, Marc Springer, Jim Navarro, Julien ... http://www.landezine.com/?p=1632 Landscape Architecture: Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten Location: Görlitz / Germany Area: 0,5 ha Budget: 0,8 million EUR Competition 2000, 1st prize, Completion: 2002 Appriciation German Landscape Architecture Prize 2003 Client: City of Görlitz, Support: Allianz-Stiftung, München Image credits: Rehwaldt LA Goerlitz Marien Square The concept for the redesign of the “Marienplatz” (Marien square) and adjacent street spaces was developed with special regard ... http://www.landezine.com/?p=1617 Landscape Architecture: Studio AKKA Architecture: A.BIRO Graphic design for public spaces: Studio Botas Consultancy: Ski-jumps: Klemen KOBAL Cross-country skiing: Uroš PONIKVAR Constructions: Vojko KILAR, FA Traffic: Špela SITAR, Tegainvest Water-management: Rok FAZARINC Light: ARCADIA LIGHTWEAR Competition: 2009 / details Location: Planica, Slovenija site plan / during event: winter: summer: http://www.landezine.com/?p=1609 photo © Ferran MateoDesign: Josep Lluís Mateo. Mateo Arquitectura. Project: Maria Joao Pires Arts Centre and Largo da Devesa City Square / First Prize / Invited Competition. Design / construction years: 2000-2007 Location: Castelo Branco, Portugal / Parque da Devesa Area: 6ha photo © Xavier RivasUrban Space “As I see it, urban space can express one ... http://www.landezine.com/?p=1585 Design: AllesWirdGut Architektur ZT GmbH Project: Redesign of the Roman Quarry disposed Opera Festivals Location: St. Margarethen /Austria Client: Fürst Esterházy Familienprivatstiftung Competition: 2005 Start of construction: 12/2006 Completion: 05/2008 Gross floor area: 5.580m² Outdoor spaces: 4.430m² All photographs: Hertha Hurnaus Concept It is difficult to realize that this impressive scenery which is characterised by precise schnittkanten, exactly worked surfaces ... http://www.landezine.com/?p=1556 Landscape Architecture: Marc Bigarnet & Frédéric Bonnet Collaborating architect: Armando Sempere Pascual Location: Alicante / Spain http://www.landezine.com/?p=1552