A+T 52 Paradises – Urban Park Strategies

Description

The fifth volume of the ‘Strategy’ series is dedicated to urban parks. Through a selection of projects, the magazine identifies and analyses design strategies with which to create accessible, natural paradises for the urban dweller. To study the projects from the perspective of these strategies is to venture into the relationships that emerge between them, and – as a consequence – between the projects themselves. Initiated in 2010, the ‘Strategy’ series defines scalar scopes, evidences disciplinary origins, and composes a grid that overlaps the project to offer a new vision of it.

CONTENTS

• A WALK IN SEARCH OF PARADISE. Javier Mozas
• The Themed Walk. The Leasowes. William Shenstone. Halesowen. West Midlands (United Kingdom), 1743.
• Nature as Bearer of Meaning. Parc Jean-Jacques Rousseau. René-Louis de Girardin, Jean-Marie Morel. Ermenonville (France), 1763-1774.
• The Public Park as a Lung. Birkenhead Park. Joseph Paxtont. Birkenhead (United Kingdom), 1843-1847.
• Repairing the Territory. Parc des Buttes-Chaumont. Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand, Jean Darcel. Paris (France), 1867.
• The Open Space System. The Emerald Necklace. Frederick Law Olmsted. Boston (USA), 1878-1896.
• STRATEGIES & ACTIONS. Aurora Fernández Per
• Regenerating Ecosystems. Z+T Studio Landscape Architecture. Aranya Park. Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao (China).
• Enhancing Resilience. Swa/Balsley, Weiss/Manfredi, Arup. Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park. Queens, New York (USA).
• Structuring the Territory with Plantations. Michel Desvigne Paysagiste. Parc aux Angeliques. Bordeaux (France).
• Applying a Generator Matrix. Enota, Spicy Garden. Koper Central Park. Koper (Slovenia).
• Activating Interstitial Spaces. Public Work. The Bentway Park. Toronto (Canada).
• Managing Rainwater and Seasonality. Atelier Jacqueline Osty & Associés. Parc Martin Luther King. Paris (France).
• Blurring the Limits. Agence Ter Paysagistes. Grand Parc de Saint-Ouen. Saint-Ouen, Paris (France).
• Mitigating Human-wildlife Conflict. Territoires, Ch. H. Tachon. Grand Voyeux Natural Reserve. Congis-sur-Thérouanne, Seine et Marne (France).