A+T 51 Public Space Strategies – Activators

Description

The magazine returns to examine the public realm through the ‘Strategy’ series, which began in 2010 with the aim of highlighting and naming the strategies underlying each project. This new cycle of the series begins with “Activators” – projects capable of adding new dynamics to the public space through the incorporation of facilities for leisure, sports, or recreational learning. Featured are works by MVRDV, Jaja, Adept, Nendo, Vaumm, Wowhaus, and Ola, among others.

85 actions are identified within the 13 projects included in the issue.

They are grouped according to:

• Scale of influence: Context, Site, Objects
• Type of strategy: Environmental, Socioeconomic, Aesthetic.

This new volume of the STRATEGY series, called ACTIVATORS, includes works by MVRDV, Jaja, Adept, Nendo, Vaumm, Wowhaus, and Ola, among others.They are all projects that add new dynamics to the public space through the incorporation of facilities for leisure, sports or recreational learning.

CONTENTS

• Strategies & Actions. Aurora Fernández Per
• Recreating a Landscape, Gilles Brusset. L’Enfance du Pli. Meyrin (Switzerland)
• Collaborating with the Users, NP2F Architects. Sports Area in the Gardens of Saint-Paul. Paris (France)
• Recreating a Theme, Nendo. Tenri Station Plaza CoFuFun. Tenri (Japan)
• Reusing a Corridor, MVRDV. Seoullo 7017 Skygarden. Seoul (South Korea)
• Blurring the Limits, VAUMM Arkitektura. Alaberga Urban Lift. Errenteria (Spain)
• Making Interior Landscapes, JAJA Architects. Activity Landscape Harboøre. Harboøre (Denmark)
• Appropiating the Roof, ADEPT. Vestre Fjord Park. Aalborg (Denmark)
• Applying a Generator Matrix, OLA Estudio. Lagoon pools at Monte do Gozo. Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
• Hybridizing Natural and Man-Made Processes, Ooze, Marjetica Potrc. Natural Bathing Pond and its Landscape. London (United Kingdom)
• Learning by Doing, Students from Bartlett School of Architecture led by Jan Kattein and Julia King. The King’s Cross Skip Garden. London (United Kingdom)
• Invigorating the Suburbs, Rozana Montiel, Alin V. Wallach. Cancha. Lagos de Puente Moreno, Veracruz (Mexico)
• Removing Barriers, Rozana Montiel, Alin V. Wallach. Common-Unity. San Pablo Xalpa, Azcapotzalco, Mexico City (Mexico)
• Learning by Playing, Wowhaus Architecture and Urban Design. Urban Farm at VDNKh. Moscow (Russia)

120 pages, ills colour & bw / 24 x 32 cm / English, Spanish