July 9, 2020
How will the pandemic change the design of public parks and gardens? Many of these much-loved spaces around the world are closed to prevent the spread of Covid-19, and officials continue to grapple with how to safely reopen… Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: gardens, green spaces, parks, public spaces, social distancing
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July 14, 2015
You might say that French sculptor Francis Benincà was ahead of the curve. As a teenager Benincà worked alongside his father building sculptural “bubble houses” which strongly influenced the designs of the environmental sculptures Benincà creates today.
His father, Antonio … Read More...
Category: Creating
Tags: BlogTour, BlogTour Milan, land art, Modenus, public spaces
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October 16, 2013
When the city of Gdansk, Poland removed parking from its historic Targ Weglowy Square, the absence of cars presented a new urban planning and design opportunity that could simultaneously test public interaction within the square.
From August 26 to September … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Public Gardens
Tags: Gadansk, grass rooms, greening public spaces, outdoor rooms, public park, public spaces, temporary public park, urban planning and design
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January 14, 2013
Florian Rivière, Wheelbench, Vienna, September 2012
You might call Florian Rivière a guerrilla urbanist. Much in the way guerrilla gardeners take possession of underutilized, sometimes offbeat, public spaces to plant gardens, Rivière–a self-proclaimed “urban hacktivist”– reinvents and diverts public spaces … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Guerilla Gardening!, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: green, public spaces, recycling, reuse, street art, upcycling, urban activism, urban public spaces
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February 13, 2010
Here’s a challenge to the traditional notion of public space as a “town square” or “village green”: You’ve got an unsafe under bridge area within an existing viaduct not so suitable for planting or creating a verdant space. Architects James … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: public spaces, urban landscape, urban spaces, village green design
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February 9, 2010
The Mobile Garden, recently approved by the Chicago Transit Authority, will add green space to the windy city as straphangers enjoy a flatcar train garden during their commutes. The moving urban garden, to become a part of regular … Read More...
Category: Community Gardens, Container Gardening, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Raised Beds
Tags: Chicago, mobile gardens, public spaces, urban gardens
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January 12, 2010
The Banc Image Miroir, or Mirror Bench, is like a chameleon, blending into it’s reflected surroundings, changing as the world passes by.
The sleek bench, whose seat and back are constructed of highly polished stainless steel, is the creation of … Read More...
Category: Finding, Garden Art, Great Finds, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: outdoor furniture, public spaces, urban outdoor furniture
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