Establishing Eleftheria Square as the city’s primary gathering space, Zaha Hadid Architects’ (ZHA) design creates new connections intended to unite a divided capital. Nicosia’s massive Venetian fortifications separate the old city from its modern districts, while the city’s ‘Green Line’ divides the capital into two disparate communities.
Project name
Eleftheria Square
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Photography
K.Arkatites, Laurian Ghinitoiu
Principal architect
Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher, Christos Passas
Design team
ZHA Schematic Design Team: Stella Nikolakaki (Design Lead), Sevil Yazici (Design Lead), Sylvia Georgiadou, Takang Hsu, Phivos Skroumbelos and Marilena Sophocleus (Landscape), Chrysi Fradellou, Edward Sorgeloose, Vladimir Tschaly
Structural engineer
ASD Hyperstatic Engineering [Limassol]; Andros Achilleos (Principal Engineer), Michalis Allayiotis (Project Engineer)
Environmental & MEP
UNEMEC [Nicosia]; Lakis Pipis (Director in-charge), Andreas Karayiannis and Trevor Colett (Directors), Chris MacFarlane, Kleovoulos Kasoulides, George Lerides, Kypros Tziakouris (Electrical Engineers -supervision stage) Kostas Archeos (Supervising Electrical Engineer) Panayiotis Ktorides (Mech. Engineer)
Lighting
Kardorff Lichtplanung Ing. [Berlin]; Volker Kardorff (Principal), Stefan Krauel (Project Designer)
Material
Moat’s granite paving
Typology
Landscape &Urbanism › Square
MANE, a pioneering French group and one of the worldwide leaders of the Fragrance industry, commissioned MEAN (Middle East Architecture Network) to design a temporary pop-up at Dubai's World Trade Center.
Project name
Luminescents Pavilion
Architecture firm
MEAN* (Middle East Architecture Network)
Location
World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE
Photography
Alex Jeffries Photography Group
Principal architect
Riyad Joucka
Design team
Wael Nasrallah, Amro Mansy
Structural engineer
Electra
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper
Material
Forged Steel Structure painted Bronze Hanging Fabric
This Rail Museum site carries 130 years of Taiwan’s urban transformation. Started as a munitions factory where the first railway originated during the Ching dynasty, the site is now a Rail Museum Park adjacent to Taipei Main Station, the main transportation hub for both the city and northern Taiwan.
Project name
Landscape Of Traces
Architecture firm
XRANGE Architects
Photography
Studio Millspace
Principal architect
Grace Cheung
Landscape Architecture
XRANGE Architects
Collaborators
B.Y.Hsu Architect, ZC Architect & Associates
Client
National Taiwan Museum
Typology
Railway department park
BAU (Brearley Architects & Urbanists): Jiangyin is on the Yangtze, the world’s busiest working river. The city is regenerating part of its industrial docklands as a high density live-work district. Stage one of this major project is the creation of a 4 km public realm along the river edge. The design was selected through invited competition.
Project name
Docklands Park
Architecture firm
BAU (Brearley Architects & Urbanists)
Location
Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, China
Photography
Zeng Jianghe, Xiazhi
Principal architect
James Brearley
Landscape Architecture
Fang Huang, Robin Armstrong, Wang Can, Xiong Juan, Li Shuyun, Lu Yinghong, Fang Xujie, Chen Yanling, Wang Chenlei, Huang Junbiao, Liu Xiaobo, Lisa Ann Gray, Alexander Abke, Wang Tiankui, Luo Li, Cheng Yedian
Design team
Jiang Han, Steve Whitford, Joseph Tran, Zhang Xu, Gao Weiguo, Ni Wei, Hou Huilin, Tatjana Djordjevic, Li Fuming, Wang Keming, Li Dongdong, Yang Tai, Pu Lengfeng
Area
36.7 Ha (Ship Building Park 7.6Ha; Shiyu Port Park 6.9 Ha; Jiucai Port Park 7.2 Ha; Huangtian Port Park 15 Ha)
Engineer
Jiangyin Urban and Rural Planning Design Institute
Contractor
Jiangsu Natural Environment Construction Group Co., Ltd., Changshu Traditional Chinese Architecture & Landscaping Construction Co.,Ltd., Suzhou Wu Lin Landscape Development Co., Ltd.
Client
Jiangyin Urban Planning Bureau
Typology
Landscape & Urbanism › Public Park, sports park, waterfront. Program: Sustainable urban drainage, city garden, wetland, parkland, heritage preservation, plazas, emergency docks, skate park adventure playground, tennis courts, basketball courts, gate ball courts, table tennis courts, soccer fields, outdoor swimming pool, outdoor theater, bike paths, running track, pavilions, commercial and amenities buildings and tourist information centers
C.Reality has announced a collaboration with Art D’Egypt and Orascom, in which an installation based on the traditional pigeon tower was designed and set up in the open- air exhibition at O West. The concept was created by Sarah Sarofim, designed by Mohamed Salem and implemented by C.Reality, and will be revealed on the 26th of March 2021 at the op...
Project name
Petit à petit l’oiseau fait son nid
Architecture firm
C.Reality
Location
O’West 6th Of October, Cairo, Egypt
Photography
Mohamed El-Gammal
Principal architect
Mohamed Salem
Design team
Sarah Sarofim & Mohamed Salem
Collaborators
Art D’Egypt and Orascom
Structural engineer
Mohamed Salem
Client
Art D’Egypte and Owest
Typology
Art Installation
Russian artist Gregory Orekhov reinterprets the “Black Square” in a site-specific sculpture for Malevich Park. Gregory Orekhov is a Russian artist, currently immersed in the process of creating contemporary sculpture made with stainless steel. Throughout the past decade, Orekhov has successfully completed multiple projects in Russia and abroad, usi...
Architecture firm
Gregory Orekhov
Location
Moscow Region, Russia
Photography
Ivan Muraenko
Principal architect
Gregory Orekhov
Material
Mirror-polished stainless steel, Shotcrete concrete
noa* network of architecture: Where a raindrop begins its long journey into the sea, new perspectives appear: at the new observation deck on the Schnals Valley Glacier, and your mind is refreshed with the wideopen views. There is something sublime about this special place, right at the top of the Schnals Valley Glacier ridge, where Italy's impressi...
Project name
Ötzi Peak 3251m
Architecture firm
noa* network of architecture
Location
Schnals Valley Glacier, South Tyrol, Italy
Collaborators
Barbara Jahn-Rösel, Marianne Lehnis
Client
Schnalstaler Gletscherbahn AG
It would be difficult to find a garden in a more idyllic setting than Les Jardins d’Etretat. Perched high above Normandy’s stunning Alabaster coast, it looks out over staggering white cliffs and La Porte d’Aval, a natural stone arch. The historic garden has now been revived by landscape architect Alexandre Grivko, who has transformed it into a site...
Project name
Les Jardins d’Etretat
Landscape Architecture
IL NATURE
Location
Avenue Damilaville, 76790 Étretat, France
Photography
Matteo Carrasale, Richard Bloom
Design team
Alexandre Grivko, Natalia Bogomolova, Vera Kalashnik, Valeriya Kanavin, Alina Trunova, Inna Korneeva, Elena Popova, Marcel Gherghelejiu
Typology
Landscape, Public Garden
