− Europa City _ BIG
− H+ City Renewal Project in Helsingborg _ Erik Giudice Architects
− Parkhill _ Nice Architects
− Helsingborg Hospital Extension _ Schmidt Hammer Lassen
− Nature History Museum _ Schwartz Besnosoff + SO Architecture
− Polar Umbrella _ Derek Pirozzi
Civic Engagement
New Relational Spaces _ Paula Melâneo
− Market Hall _ Robbrecht en Daem Architecten + Marie-José Van Hee
− The Shed _ Haworth Tompkins Architects
− Hamer Hall, Arts Center Melbourne _ ARM Architecture
Minor Works
Minor Works _ Alison Killing
− Stardom Entertainment Office Remodeling _ D Lim Architects
− Casa Rex Office _ FGMF Arquitectos
− Office in Forest _ Sugawaradaisuke
− Rubido Romero Foundation _ Abalo Alonso Arquitectos
− The New Offices of the Botín Foundation in Madrid _ MVN Arquitectos
− Kirchplatz Office and Residence _ Oppenheim Architecture + Design
− Torus _ N Maeda Atelier
− Motoazabu Apartment sYms _ Kiyonobu Nakagame Architect and Associates
Virtuous Urban Pieces
Virtuous Urban Pieces _ Simone Corda
− NEO Bankside _ Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
− Sliced Porosity Block _ Steven Holl Architects
C3 no.347 (2013 #7/12)
Civic Engagement
New Relational Spaces _ Paula Melâneo
Traditional models for cities’ public spaces–as the street, the square or the boulevard–are no longer enough or are completely obsolete in their use. Planners cannot continue to think the public space within the symbolic, typological and morphological logic. In contemporary urban societies differences between local and global are fading away, fostered by the new communication methods and technologies that are transforming urban life and space appropriation. Consequently, contemporary urban public demands from public spaces a renovated mobility and from buildings a different dynamic – new answers are needed as new citizenship relations are emerging.
This lead us to ask which functions should public space assume today and how can it respond to new needs and patterns of use, as an always-available space for action? And how can urban planners and architects create design strategies for that, tracing configurations for new and existing public spaces, in the contemporary city?
Included in larger masterplans or acting individually, the analyzed buildings have an important role in the perception of the public space. They can be references or landmarks, define or activate new uses, harmonize relations with the surroundings or mediate the proximity between the population and the promoters or organizations.
C3 no.347 (2013 #7/12)
Civic Engagement
New Relational Spaces _ Paula Melâneo
Traditional models for cities’ public spaces–as the street, the square or the boulevard–are no longer enough or are completely obsolete in their use. Planners cannot continue to think the public space within the symbolic, typological and morphological logic. In contemporary urban societies differences between local and global are fading away, fostered by the new communication methods and technologies that are transforming urban life and space appropriation. Consequently, contemporary urban public demands from public spaces a renovated mobility and from buildings a different dynamic – new answers are needed as new citizenship relations are emerging.
This lead us to ask which functions should public space assume today and how can it respond to new needs and patterns of use, as an always-available space for action? And how can urban planners and architects create design strategies for that, tracing configurations for new and existing public spaces, in the contemporary city?
Included in larger masterplans or acting individually, the analyzed buildings have an important role in the perception of the public space. They can be references or landmarks, define or activate new uses, harmonize relations with the surroundings or mediate the proximity between the population and the promoters or organizations.
