Ecourbanism

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D-CUBE CITY – the Center of Attraction

(Issue of a magazine 1/2015, page 26)

D-Cube City, located in the dense capital city of Seoul, Korea, sets a new standard in mixed-use transit-oriented development connected to the city’s busiest metro line. The new cultural and commercial destination is one of the city’s first fully integrated developments of its kind, made up of 320,000 square-meters of high-rise office and hotel, a multi-level commercial retail, entertainment and cultural complex, and over six acres of public landscape, parks and plazas.

Miami 21: New Zoning Code for the City

(Issue of a magazine 1/2015, page 32)

Miami 21 is a formbased zoning code that replaced Miami’s FAR and land-use based regulations. Using the Transect and the SmartCode as its basis, the new code focuses on the control of building to assure pedestrianoriented public space, and provide physical predictability for developers and residents alike. As a response to Miami’s rapid growth, the City’s Planning Department commissioned DPZ to completely overhaul the zoning code and create a plan for the next century of development.

Big U or Rebuid by Design

(Issue of a magazine 4/2014, page 18)

The Big U is a protective system around Manhattan, driven by the needs and concerns of its communities. Stretching from West 57th street south to The Battery and up to East 42th street, the Big U protects 10 continuous miles of low-lying geography that comprise an incredibly dense, vibrant, and vulnerable urban area. The proposed system not only shields the city against floods and stormwater; it provides social and environmental benefits to the community, and an improved public realm.

High Line - Promenade in the Big City

(Issue of a magazine 4/2014, page 28)

In September 2014 in New York ended in the final stage of the project to transform an abandoned railroad overpass one of the world’s most famous public parks. The High Line project designed by landscape architect James Corner and its Office Field Operations, architects from Diller Scofidio + Renfro and the famous landscape designer Piet Oudolf. The team aimed to preserve the flora and fauna that has emerged on the elevated track over time after the closing of rail traffic. The goal was achieved, as is evidenced by the huge popularity of the park, and the Honor Award of the jury of the American Society of Landscape Architects (AS LA), with which the High Line Park (second section) was awarded in 2013.

Arts Miracle Mile

(Issue of a magazine 3/2014, page 16)

The famouse Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is located on the no less famous Wilshire Boulevard in the part, which is called the Miracle Mile occupying an area of 8 hectares in Hancock Park in downtown Los Angeles.

Weaving a New Urban Fabric

(Issue of a magazine 3/2014, page 26)

In this issue we finalize publishing chapters from the book “Sustainable Architecture in Japan: The Continuing Challenge 1900–2010 & Beyond “, published to coincide with the 110th anniversary of Nikken Sekkei. In the previous issues of our magazine (“Green Buildings”, 2013, № 2–4; 2014, № 1–2), we brought to your attention the chapters dealing with the projects, in which design were used natural phenomena such as light, heat, wind, water and geothermal energy. Now let us focus on the urban fabric.

Canyon in Downtown of Osaka

(Issue of a magazine 3/2014, page 32)

Namba Parks is an urban lifestyle center fitted onto a 3.37-hectare (8.33-acre) underutilized parcel in the heart of Osaka’s central business district (CBD). The site is a part of a narrow strip of land owned by Nankai Electric Railway, which has been progressively developing it over the course of half a century.

Portland – Healthy Connected City

(Issue of a magazine 3/2014, page 38)

This year Portland, which is the capital of Oregon (USA ) is among 10 worldwide honorees to receive the 2014 City Climate Leadership Awards due to the Portland Plan Healthy Connected City strategy. The Awards established by C40 and Siemens honor cities all over the world for excellence in urban sustainability and leadership in the fight against climate change.

Architecture as the Management of Public Life

(Issue of a magazine 2/2014, page 16)

The profession of an architect becomes more and more versatile. People, who work in this sphere, have to decide various questions concerning human environment. What role does architecture play in the life of modern society? How to implement the best practices of global experience in Moscow while preserving its individuality? These and other questions we have addressed to the Chief Architect of Moscow Sergey Kuznetsov, who made time in his tight schedule to answer them.

Krasnogorsk – Arts Capital of Moscow Region

(Issue of a magazine 2/2014, page 24)

“Pedestrian areas”, “public spaces” – until recently in our country these terms were only known to a narrow circle of specialists in the city design. But today they have become a part of our lives through a large-scale city comfort enhancement program, which is implemented in Moscow. The innovative concepts are also quickly perceived in suburban districts, in Krasnogorsk, in particular, is planned to create the first pedestrian area in the Moscow region. The conceptual architectural proposal is designed by KROST .