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“Oxygenator“, 2006-2007 by Joanna Rajkowska. Artificial pond with oxygen fountains.

The main element of this project is a pond of about 150m2 surface area, 1,0m deep, written into the existing lawn. On the surface some water lilies, but not too many, some plants placed at the bottom of the pond and constantly being freed from the bottom, air bubbles enriched with oxygen. This oxygen cloud

comes from oxygen concentrators, which slightly raise the amount of oxygen in the supplied and later returned air. Tubes at the pond’s bottom transport this oxygen-rich air, which is freed and appears on the

water surface in the form of bubbles. Above the pond a fog is maintained (using fog diffusers) which traps the enriched air. Surrounding the pond are specially-designed, futuristic benches, where one can sit and do some breathing.

Thanks to Joanna Rajkowska

Shadows, by Hannu Siren

« The work was created through a close dialogue with Professor Kai Wartiainen. It aimed at balanching the steep gradient of the courtyard and providing the space with novel, impressive dynamics varying in effect according to the point of perception. Seasonal variations – the gentle touch of first snow, the dense foliation of the trees – produce a variety of different appearances. (..) The immaterial net structure of the work aims to emphasise the spatial ambience of the inner courtyard,  » (Finnish Architectural Review, 2/1999, p.52)

Thanks to Hannu Siren for use of their images

Carpark, Taipei by 3RW Arkitekter

« LA-based geographers, environmental and art historians, artists, curators, architects, and others – who aim, with both wit and a healthy dose of sincerity, to facilitate creative, critical, head-on, oblique, and crisscrossed investigations into our sprawling metropolis and its various ecologies. Fashioned as a mobile and site-specific interpretive force, and appropriating the figure of the stereotypic park service ranger, we offer educational campfire programs and guided hikes throughout Los Angeles. »

laurbanrangers.org/

The Palm House (1844-8) by Decimus Burton and Richard Turner, Kew Gardens, London

Kew Gardens Palm house and English bedding

Kew Gardens Palm House across the lake

Palm House, Kew Gardens, looking out over the roof

Seen from the balcony of the Palm House, Kew Gardens.

Kew Palm House elevated walkway

Parc Nus de la Trinitat, Barcelona, 1993 by Joan Roig & Enric Batlle

The parc Nus de la Trinitat is in north east Barcelona, inside a circular motorway junction. The scale of the six hectare park is definad by a framework of trees forming a spactially effective filter between the motorways and the park. A circular gallery divides the park into an inner and an outer area.

Overview

Plan

Model

Entrance area.

The sculpture of a herd of wild horse

The character of Parc Trinitat is based on clear areas.

Found at Urbanian arch virginia

Found at Les surfaces

Earthsculpture in Esbjerg, Denmark by Eva Koch and Steen Høyer

The proposal was to establish the three space-forming elements, the mound, the rampart and the lines of poplars. At a very general level the idea is to create a natural landscape in which technology is an inseparable part.

To the south of the mound an earth rampart extends across the shallow saucer of the terrain. In the middle, where it is bisected by a road, it is about 6 meters high, flattening out at each end as the terrain rises. At the intersection of the road with the rampart there are vertical walls of sheet piling, and the road is obstructed by a hump about one meter in high. On the other side the mound rises immediately in front of one.

The light mound introduces a difference in the transit zone, pointing back to the inheritance of a specific landscape while at the same time pointing to the future through its use of modern technology. The patterns morsed by the lights out into the universe are created by human movements.

Earth sculpture, 1996, Photograph Steen A. B. H??yer

Earth sculpture, 1996, Photograph Steen A. B. H??yer

With special thanks to Eva Koch and Steen Høyer for use of their images

What can we imagine for the park of the 21st century? Do we need full-programmed environments to fulfill our leisure needs or are we still longing for simple contemplation while the rest of the urban landscape gets denser and faster? Close to Schiphol Airport lies an original polder that is under urbanization pressure. We imagined the park of the 21st century here, not as an autonomous plot, but as a connection of surrounding landscapes. The dunes and peat are pulled into the sober polder in order to creat some golden edges. The space within will be slowly transformed into a water machine in order to maintain the void. Within decades this space will be a rare species and the edges congested. In collaboration with BVR and Feddes|Olthof

http://www.zus.cc