Marina Park in Viladecans

Landscape Architecture: AAAID
Location: Viladecans / Barcelona / Spain
Construction: 2006

This entry was written by admin, posted on October 13, 2009 at 7:54 pm, filed under Parks, on the spot and tagged Barcelona, Recreational Parks, Residential Park, Spain, Water. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Teardrop park

Landscape Architecture: Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc

Location: Lower Manhattan / NYC / USA

Area: 1.8 acres, less than a hectare

Teardrop Park is a public residential park surrounded by buildings higher than park’s width. It offers places for people of all ages, especially children can enjoy playing in sand, climbing the rocks, hiding in high shrubs etc. Special feature is a stony wall with ice water-fall, which crosses the park and divides it on two different parts. The first is more grassy, classy, chill-out meadow surrounded by shrubs and small trees and a bit elevated on the edges. The other part is structured in different smaller playgrounds, very exciting for children, with many features for stimulating their minds and bodies. Design (with all it’s physical elements, materials) refers to a landscape of Hudson River Valley as a wild, stony, green, natural landscape.

All images via ASLA

This entry was written by admin, posted on July 30, 2009 at 8:08 pm, filed under Parks, Playscapes and tagged NYC, Public space, Residential Park, USA. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.