Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 8/4/2009 8:40:00 AM
An Intensive Design Workshop in New York City, August 2009
This is intensive design workshop from August 17-21 in New York City. The workshop will take place in a studio setting and will be devoted to exploring relational design strategies and digital design methodologies for speculative infrastructures--specifically with the Gowanus Canal.
The aim of the workshop will be to empower designers to negotiate the complex and data-rich environments that are available through professional mapping and information systems and to develop speculative design proposals through the use of computational techniques and methodologies. Participants will develop design interventions that address emerging ecological crises and opportunities found in New York ecologies of the present and near-future.
Workshop participants include students, academics, and professionals, and the program includes a number of interesting outside speakers and events. The instructors are Michael Chen + Jason Lee [Crisis Fronts] & Ronnie Parsons + Gil Akos [Studio Mode | modeLab].
There is still time to register for the full workshop. A public event and presentation on Friday the 21st will conclude the workshop.
Link: Crisis Modes | Workshop
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 6/9/2009 12:03:00 PM
The elevated railway turned park opened today
 Section 1 of the High Line (from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street) opened today: Tuesday, June 9, 2009.
This fact is nearly a miracle when you consider not only the idea of turning an abandoned New York City elevated railway into a public park and all of the hurdles involved to make it possible, but it is especially amazing that the project was built to such a high quality of design and execution.
The design, inspired by the melancholic, found beauty of this postindustrial ruin which was reclaimed by nature, is led by landscape architect James Corner Field Operations, with Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects. The landscape is designed by Field Operations with the consultation of the master Dutch planting designer Piet Oudolf. The reinterpretation of this urban relic imagined by James Corner Field Operations and the design team is a brilliant blend of preservation, innovation, conservation, restoration, and orignal modern design.
Lead designer/landscape architects: James Corner Field Operations
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects
Planting specialist: Piet Oudolf
Lighting: L’Observatoire International
Link: The High Line
Article: NY Times - Renovated High Line Now Open for Strolling
[photos, video, interactive]
Book: Designing the High Line: Gansevoort Street to 30th Street
Related: The Standard NYC (L+L 4/9/2009)
Related: "Down-to-Earth Masterpieces of Public Landscape Design" (L+L 5/5/2005)
Location: L+L Maps - The High Line
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 4/13/2009 12:02:00 PM
MoMA Exhibition
The exhibition, running at MoMA in New York City from April 8, 2009–September 14, 2009, draws from the rich collection of The Museum of Modern Art to examine the diverse attitudes toward landscape over the last hundred years.
I saw a sneak peak of the exhibit before it opened a couple of weeks ago, and what I saw left me wanting to see more. Featured designers include Roberto Burle Marx, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hans Hollein, Diller + Scofidio, Tadao Ando, Mies van der Rohe, Bernard Tschumi, Enric Miralles, and many more.
Link: MoMA
Article: Art Daily
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 3/5/2009 8:43:00 AM
Tadao Ando's mixed-use complex in Hyogo, Japan
 This massive mixed-use complex was constructed on the remains of a hillside whose earth had been used for a huge landfill project for the Osaka Bay area. The design reconstructs the landscape that had been destroyed but also, through the idea of rebirth and reconstruction, serves as a memorial to the thousands who had lost their lives and the destruction of land in the massive earthquake that shook the Kobe region in 1995. The complex is vast in scale, yet the design manages capture the small quiet moments for which Ando is known.
Link: Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center
Photos: 0lll
More Tadao Ando: Design Boom - 2001 Interview
Location: L+L Maps - Awaji Yumebutai Conference Centre
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 2/20/2009 7:57:00 AM
Wall displayed airplants at the Bardessono Hotel
 A very nice indoor vertical garden designed for a space without irrigation or drainage at the platinum LEED certified Bardessono hotel in Yountville, California.
The simple solution uses airplants (Tillandsia, members of the Bromeliad family) attached to metal rods which protrude from the wall. The visual effect of hundreds of Tillandsia "floating" within these alcoves is striking. And while some of the plants will need to be changed out occasionally, it is a much more sustainable solution than the typical hotel lobby floral display.
Link: Thigmotropism
Link: Bardessono Hotel
Article: NYT
Location: L+L Maps - Bardessono Hotel
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Category: Landscape
Posted by Anthony on 8/23/2007 7:13:00 AM
Spaces of simplicity, elegance and balance
flashfilm.com has an interview with London-based garden designer, Philip Nixon. Philip is a participant of the Chelsea Flower Show and is currently working on an exhibition for the 2008 Gothenburg Festival in Sweden.
Via: flashfilm.com
Link: Philip Nixon Design
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 7/9/2007 3:38:00 PM
Inaugural launch of Orange County's Great Park
 Roll on down to El Toro on Saturday, July 14, 2007, where you can get a glimpse of the future according to Ken Smith.
The City of Irvine and the Orange County Great Park Corporation are hosting the inaugural launch of the Great Park, and you are invited.
The design team for the Great Park is lead by New York City landscape architect Ken Smith. His band of merry-makers include Enrique Norten (Ten Arquitectos), Mia Lehrer, (Mia Lehrer + Associates), Buro Happold Engineers and Ecologist Stevel Handel.
Link: The Great Park Takes Flight
Link: www.greatparkballoon.org
Link: Orange County Great Park
Previously: Ken Smith in the O.C. (L+L)
Previously: Orange County Great Park (L+L)
Do it: L+L Maps - Orange County Great Park Balloon & Visitors Center
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 4/12/2007 9:49:00 AM
American Society of Landscape Architects honors 38 projects
 The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2006 Professional Awards. The jury considered over 500 entries and selected 38 projects to receive awards. The awards will be presented on October 8 at the ASLA Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
The top "Awards of Excellence" are awarded in several categories:
Link: ASLA 2007 Professional Awards
(complete awards list and project profiles)
IMAGE: The Red Ribbon - Tanghe River Park, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, China
Turenscape (Beijing Turen Design Institute) and Peking University Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing, China.
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 3/7/2007 7:38:00 AM
Sean Canavan
Not quite the Kathryn Miller approach to guerilla gardening (Sean is more akin to these fellow Brits), but pretty cool.
Video: Google Video
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 12/7/2006 12:43:00 PM
Contemporary Ephemeral Gardens in celebration of Québec City's 400th anniversary
 The Ephemeral Gardens will be an artistic event where creators from different horizons are invited to bring an artistic viewpoint on the major themes of Québec City's 400th anniversary. This viewpoint will be expressed through creator gardens : outdoor creations using mediums that combine different elements, including plant materials. The gardens will be on view at Espace 400e , a focal point of the festivities to be created alongside Louise basin in downtown Québec City.
The goal is to create 6 contemporary art gardens.
This call for proposals is aimed at seasoned and budding creators. They may be architects, landscape architects, or visual artists and may be from Québec City, Canada, or countries historically linked to Québec City: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Registration deadline is January 31, 2007
Link: Québec 400: Ephemeral Gardens
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