Designer – Progettista: arch. Kouzoupi Aspasia, Nella Golanda (sculptor) Place – Luogo: Penteli mount, Greece Year – Année – Anno: 1994 – 1997 Photo: from mavroab on Panoramio, alexander on Picasaweb Source: from Osservatorio Città Sostenibili The name of this fascinating place Aloula, originates from the former entrepreneur of the old quarry of Dionysus at Mount Penteli, whose works … Continue reading
Designer – Progettista: José Antonio Martinez LaPeña, Elias Torres, Miguel Usandizaga Place – Luogo: Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain Year – Anno: 1993 Photo: from Lapeña-Torres website and http://www.landezine.com Source: Lapeña-Torres website “As the first stage of the developement and landscaping of the hill sorrounding the castle at Castelldefels, a pedestrian walkway has been built to give access to the … Continue reading
Designer – Progettista: Niki de Saint Phalle (1939-2002) Place – Luogo: Capalbio, Tuscany, Italy Year – Anno: 1979-1996 Photo: Francesco Tonini’s archive (2004) and from http://www.giardinodeitarocchi.it Source: http://www.giardinodeitarocchi.it Sculptures inspired by the major arcana of the Tarot, so dense and esoteric symbolic meanings, are the last stage of an artistic path started by Niki de Saint Phalle in … Continue reading
Designer – Progettista: Charles Forberg Place – Luogo: Brooklyn, New York, USA Year – Anno: 1967 Photo: from Architektur fur Kinder Source: from book American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space, moma.org In 1964 Forberg was commissioned by MoMA, along with the Citizens’ Committee for Children and the Park Association of New York City, to design a playground at the … Continue reading
Designer – Progettista: M. Paul Friedberg and Partners (mpfp.com) Place – Luogo: Minneapolis, MN, USA Year – Anno: 1976 Photo: from tclf.org, mnhs.org Source: tclf.org This central public open space for the city of Minneapolis is adjacent to and complements the Nicollet Mall. The ‘park plaza’ served as the model for the American urban public space. Adjacent to … Continue reading
Designer – Progettista: Chistine Dalnoky, Michel Desvigne, Renzo Piano (housing architecture) Place – Luogo: XIX Arrondissement, Paris, France Year – Anno: 1991 Photo: from http://www.dalnoky.com, http://www.greatbuildings.com Source: http://www.dalnoky.com The Rue de Meaux Housing in Paris was one of the masterpieces of the late ‘900 of the architect Renzo Piano. The prediction of common internal space, combined with the … Continue reading
Designer – Progettista: Jacques Vergely (landscaping) e Philippe Mathieux (architecture) Place – Luogo: Paris, France Year – Anno: 1988-1998 Photo: Francesco Tonini Source: http://www.urbanistica.unipr.it The old railroad track, opened in 1859 and used by Parisians to travel in the La Varenne-Saint-Maur, and to go on holidays to the Bois de Vincennes, remained peripheral for several years after its … Continue reading
Designer – Progettista: Lawrence Halprin (1916-2009) & Associates Place – Luogo: Seattle, WA, USA Year – Année – Anno: 1976 Photo: from book Lawrence Halprin paesaggista, demandexcellence, greatbuildings.com, seattle.gov Source: from book Lawrence Halprin paesaggista The design of Freeway Park in Seattle is one of the most significant in the career of Lawrence Halprin and also among the most … Continue reading
Designer – Progettista: Ivar Otruba (1933) Place – Luogo: Brno, Czech Republic Year – Année – Anno: 1968 Photo: www.klarisa.cz, Zahrada, vesmir a vubec, My a zahrada Source: The garden book Structuring a botanical garden as if it were a park, with parking areas, perspective views and scenery in a combination of artificial and natural, it is a fact … Continue reading
Designer – Progettista: Raffaele De Vico (1881-1969) Place – Luogo: Rome, Italy Year – Année – Anno: 1931 Photo: paesaggiocritico.com Source: paesaggiocritico.com The pines have always been in Rome, capital of ancient world? Absolutely not, Rome and his campaign were routes from bare fields dedicated to goats for at least a Millennium. Pines of Rome are a clever project, … Continue reading
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