The Goods Line is a partly elevated urban walkway from Sydney Central Station to Darling Harbour that follows the route of the once bustling but long neglected railway line. After completion of a $15 million transformation, The Goods Line reopened to the public on Sunday 30 August 2015 as a walkway, linear park and open space.
For many, Paris is almost synonymous of architectural magnificence. But among its abundant historical splendor, green spaces are few and far between. A new project worth billions of euros aims to change that. On November 3, 2014, at the Pavillon of the Arsenal (4th), Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, launched one of the most important urban design projects of the backtracking and one of the most ambitious international competition for architecture and innovation: Reinvent Paris.
Led by OGIC and Compagnie de Phalsbourg in collaboration with architects Manal Rachdi OXO Architects and Sou Fujimoto, the project “Mille Arbres” (“Thousand Trees”) has seduced the jury of “Réinventer Paris” with its innovative proposals. The project that creates the link is a symbol of the benevolent city.
In the ‘Réinventer Paris’ competition for Paris Rive Gauche (M5A2) district renovation won the project named ‘In Vivo’ designed by BPD Marignan and XTU Architects, associated with SNI Group and MU Architecture. It will put up flagship buildings, clear proof of the integration of living matter and nature in the city. This genuine laboratory-building located on Boulevard des Maréchaux in the 13th district of Paris, will feature an active biofacade housing microalgae culture for medical research.
Winning project of the innovative call for projects «Réinventer Paris» for the Edison site located in Paris 13th district. Construction of a 26 «custommade » home ownership housings building, which means they are co-designed by their future buyers, charge free and sold at a fixed price.30% of the living areas will be shared living spaces, as a vegetable garden roof, a workshop cellar, an open shared kitchen, etc…
Situated in the East of the 15th arrondissement, the plot at 34 Rue Castagnary houses the old public baths in a red brick building that is typical of the 1930s. With its unique interior featuring showers, waiting rooms and staff apartments, this house is an open invitation for great innovation in terms of usage. It is built in the shape of an arrow pointing at a lively square in the district, has high visibility and looked just like waiting for original projects. Within the framework of the tender “Reinventing Paris” (“Réinventer Paris”) RED-architectes company offered an original project of transformation of the site, which was chosen as the winner.
At the end of 2015 architectural firm 10 DESIGN based in Hong Kong won two architectural competitions held in the city of Zhuhai. The first project involves a large-scale transformation of one of the most prominent sites in southern China – the Core of Zhuhai City Heart, and the second one – design of commercial center in the hightech area. 10 DESIGN engaged in development of a number of other projects for this South Chinese city, which for many years contributing to progress in its renewal.
Residential district named Klarastaden, which in Swedish means “Clean City” is planned to be built over the railroad tracks leading along the shore of Clear Lake Channel (Klara Sjo) to the Central Station in Stockholm. Its distinctive feature is a system of “air tracks” connecting the roofs of houses and opening panoramic views across the Swedish capital. A main goal of the project is to create a comfortable urban environment by increasing the building density.
The creation of innovation districts is a recent trend in urban planning that has emerged as a new model to stimulate economic growth in cities across the globe. Since the 1950s, entrepreneurial clustering has been led by the spatial geographic model of Silicon Valley – suburban corridors with sprawling research centers and campuses. However, in the early 2000s mayors in European and American cities began dedicating zones in cities exclusively for the purpose of clustering entrepreneurs, startups, business accelerators and incubators.
Luca Curci Architects studio has designed a landmark for the United Arab Emirates skyline with an innovative project based on the concept of “Organic Cities”. The organic buildings become part of the new megalopolis, merging and mixing residential elements with business divisions, shopping life with wellness areas, cultural places with social life. The aim is to create a common place where people can live, meet, learn, work, socialize and create new mixing cultures.