The key to successfully designing or recovering public spaces is to achieve a series of ingredients that enhance their use as meeting places. Regardless of their scale, some important tips are designing for people's needs, the human scale, a mix of uses, multifunctionality and flexibility, comfort and safety, and integration to the urban fabric.
To give you some ideas on how to design urban furniture, bus stops, lookouts, bridges, playgrounds, squares, sports spaces, small parks, and urban parks, check out these 100 notable public spaces.
Russ Flatt
On World Bicycle Day: 22 Inspiring Architectural Cycling Projects
Nowadays bicycles are not only used for sports or as a recreational activity, as more and more people are choosing bicycles as their main means of transportation.
Architecture plays a fundamental role in promoting the use of bicycles, as a properly equipped city with safe bicycle lanes, plentiful bicycle parking spots, and open areas to ride freely will encourage people to use their cars much less.
7 Examples Where Physical Activities Were the Catalyst Behind A Neighborhood Regeneration
People often gather around sports activities, whether they are the ones exercising or the ones cheering. This internationally recognized social interest brings everyone together seamlessly, regardless of their background, gender, culture, ethnicity and so on.
Urban regeneration can take different aspects, and one of the most prominent and efficient solutions that can reconcile a community with itself and its surroundings is a sports function. In fact, this purpose encourages people to reclaim their fundamental right to public spaces and regenerate demoted, hostile or forgotten areas.
Read on to discover examples from all over the world, where physical activities made an urban impact on the neighborhood and the community.
14 Shades of Red: Projects to Fall in Love With on Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine's Day!
We've affectionately rounded up 14 projects that use the power of the color most associated to love, passion, joy, sexuality and intensity: red
LightPathAKL / Monk Mackenzie Architects + Landlab
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Architects: Landlab, Monk Mackenzie Architects
- Area: 600 long
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: GHD, Hawkins Construction, LandLAB