New Projects
Totalitarian monument becomes people’s hub
- The Pyramid of Tirana_MVRDV
- Interview _ Stavros Gargaretas + SoWon Kim
A green escape within Copenhagen’s inner harbor
- The Opera Park _ Cobe
- Interview _ Thomas Krarup, Alexander Ejsing + YuMi Hyun
Honor the deceased while balancing environment
- Columbarium Complex at Radom Cemetery _ BDR Architekci
- Interview _ Paweł Dadok + Michèle Woodger
Slow Time for Art
Slow Time for Art _ Herbert Wright
Sequenced thresholds of perception
- Atipografia Threshold and Treasure Gallery _ AMAA
Slowness in a fast neighborhood
- Amant Art Campus _ SO-IL
- Interview _ Florian Idenberg + YuMi Hyun
URBANUS in the art of revitalizing cities
Urbanus in the art of revitalizing cities _ Silvio Carta
Brewery reborn as culture platform
- Kingway Brewery Renovation
- Interview _ Urbanus + Herbert Wright
Light, greenery and community enter warehouses
- Renovation of Shenyang Dongmaoku
Space for Cities to Breathe
Space for Cities to Breathe _ Michèle Woodger
Filling neglected plot with life
- 1895 War Memorial Park _ dA VISION DESIGN
- Interview _ Chung-Hsun Wu + Michèle Woodger
Brownfield becomes urban sponge
- Benjakitti Forest Park _ Arsomslip Community and Environmental Architect + Turenscape
- Interview _ Chatchanin Sung + Michèle Woodger
C3 no.429 (2024-1/6)
Welcome to C3 no.429, our first issue of 2024! Explore our 'Slow Time for Art' feature, delving into immersive art strategies, 'Space for Cities to Breathe' presenting sustainable urban parks, and two regeneration projects by Shenzen-based firm Urbanus. Highlights encompass 'The Pyramid of Tirana,' transforming Albania's monumental structure into a lively civic space, 'Opera Park' in Copenhagen's harbor, Denmark, and the Columbarium complex in Radom, Poland. Dive deeper into the linked profiles for detailed insights. Enjoy your reading!
Slow Time for Art
In 2012, the Louvre in Paris found that the average time visitors look at Leonardo’s Mona Lisa was 17 seconds. This extreme example of how we rush our experience of art is not due solely to the sheer pressure of visitors squeezing into a small space. As art has become a must-see massmarket globalized commodity, we fail to give it time, and miss the benefits that contemplation brings to our mental wellbeing. Naturally, galleries are designed to offer tranquillity, but an extraordinary gallery space that makes the visitor stop and look is more likely to create an Instagram moment than a pause. The benefits of contemplation also apply to the creation of art in the artist’s studio, drawing out the work’s possibilities as it is made. We look at two projects with very different design approaches to slowing down time in art space, which coincidentally bring the creation and display of art together. One intervenes around a tranquil late nineteenth-century villa, the other is weaved into a busy urban neighborhood. [...]
URBANUS in the art of revitalizing cities
In this introductory essay, we will discuss the award winning practice Urbanus based in Shenzhen, China. Founded in 1999 by Liu Xiaodu, Meng Yan, and Wang Hui, this architectural office has designed in the past decades a number of influential public and private buildings which offer a distinctive take on contemporary architecture and urban design, mostly in China.
This practice has an extensive range of projects in their portfolio, including important museums, public buildings, residential, educational facilities and pavilions and exhibitions. Linking all these projects, there seems to be a number of common traits, which will elaborate in turn. [...]
Space for Cities to Breathe
According to the UN, by 2050, 68% of the global population will live in cities, 2.5 billion more people than today, and half of this additional number will be in Asia. Yet this global drive towards urbanization comes with unfavorable health outcomes when pursued unsustainably and inequitably. Enabling green spaces to flourish throughout our urban developments is key for our cities to sustain life.
The WHO recommends that all people reside within 300m of green space. Access to green and blue spaces has numerous benefits, such as reducing stress-forming hormone, relieving depression and anxiety; encouraging physical activities; offering learning opportunities for children; improving mental wellbeing among the elderly; and fostering a sense of community among neighbouring residents. [...]
C3 no.429 (2024-1/6)
Welcome to C3 no.429, our first issue of 2024! Explore our 'Slow Time for Art' feature, delving into immersive art strategies, 'Space for Cities to Breathe' presenting sustainable urban parks, and two regeneration projects by Shenzen-based firm Urbanus. Highlights encompass 'The Pyramid of Tirana,' transforming Albania's monumental structure into a lively civic space, 'Opera Park' in Copenhagen's harbor, Denmark, and the Columbarium complex in Radom, Poland. Dive deeper into the linked profiles for detailed insights. Enjoy your reading!
Slow Time for Art
In 2012, the Louvre in Paris found that the average time visitors look at Leonardo’s Mona Lisa was 17 seconds. This extreme example of how we rush our experience of art is not due solely to the sheer pressure of visitors squeezing into a small space. As art has become a must-see massmarket globalized commodity, we fail to give it time, and miss the benefits that contemplation brings to our mental wellbeing. Naturally, galleries are designed to offer tranquillity, but an extraordinary gallery space that makes the visitor stop and look is more likely to create an Instagram moment than a pause. The benefits of contemplation also apply to the creation of art in the artist’s studio, drawing out the work’s possibilities as it is made. We look at two projects with very different design approaches to slowing down time in art space, which coincidentally bring the creation and display of art together. One intervenes around a tranquil late nineteenth-century villa, the other is weaved into a busy urban neighborhood. [...]
URBANUS in the art of revitalizing cities
In this introductory essay, we will discuss the award winning practice Urbanus based in Shenzhen, China. Founded in 1999 by Liu Xiaodu, Meng Yan, and Wang Hui, this architectural office has designed in the past decades a number of influential public and private buildings which offer a distinctive take on contemporary architecture and urban design, mostly in China.
This practice has an extensive range of projects in their portfolio, including important museums, public buildings, residential, educational facilities and pavilions and exhibitions. Linking all these projects, there seems to be a number of common traits, which will elaborate in turn. [...]
Space for Cities to Breathe
According to the UN, by 2050, 68% of the global population will live in cities, 2.5 billion more people than today, and half of this additional number will be in Asia. Yet this global drive towards urbanization comes with unfavorable health outcomes when pursued unsustainably and inequitably. Enabling green spaces to flourish throughout our urban developments is key for our cities to sustain life.
The WHO recommends that all people reside within 300m of green space. Access to green and blue spaces has numerous benefits, such as reducing stress-forming hormone, relieving depression and anxiety; encouraging physical activities; offering learning opportunities for children; improving mental wellbeing among the elderly; and fostering a sense of community among neighbouring residents. [...]
