The Aire river flows through valleys historically devoted to farming. From late 19th century it was progressively canalized. In 2001 State of Geneva opened a competition with the idea of restoring the river to its original shape by destroying the…
San Francisco is booming. In 2012 more than 4220 housing units began construction compared to a mere 269 units in the previous year. In addition, 32120 new units were approved by the planning department.
Hargreaves Associates led the design for the 274 acre parklands that formed the centerpiece for the London Games, recognized as the ‘Greenest Games’ in history, with the park declared the “winner of the Games”.
The responsible use of water resources was the theme of the 2008 Expo in Zaragoza. The Ebro is Spain’s largest river in terms of discharge, and flows through an agricultural landscape in northern Spain characterised by irrigation structures.
This is an unusual place, a beautiful meandering between Pamplona and old neighborhoods of Rochapea and Chantrea with a landscape of gardens and vegetation in a suitable climate for the development of a splendid park to the public.
The project focuses on the idea of returning to nature and recovering the geography of the river, albeit in a ‘domesticated’ form given by highly densified historical context and from monumental value.
At nearly three times the size of New York City’s Central Park and only a stone’s throw away, Freshkills Park comprises over 1,000 acres of closed landfill and 450 acres of important wetland framed by spectacular views of downtown Manhattan.
In 2000 the right bank of Bordeaux appeared as a fabric characterized by industrial areas, parking lots and abandoned streets. The project rather than put recreational functions that could be the catalysts were designed to rekindle the area, implement a…
Wörth am Main was battered time and again by floods until a particularly severe flood occurred in the winter of 1882 and many citizens decided to leave the town. The flood management system completed in 2001 and designed by Trojan…
The old town in Miltenberg is located on a small valley terrace on the Main River. During the winter months the river frequently overflows its banks and up until the 1990s the town was regularly flooded.