2-November-2015 The Latest News in Landscape Architecture 2015 is sponsored by ZinCo – Life on Green Roofs – Ecological and Economical Green Roofs, worldwide. In this week’s Latest News in Landscape Architecture we showcase a free-flowing landscape pavilion for China’s Garden Expo, announce New York’s accomplishment of planting one million trees ahead of schedule, and discover some amazing concepts that were discussed at SXSW Eco including a distinctive approach to high-speed transportation. Did you know that traveling from Washington, DC to New York City via Hyperloop would take only 30 minutes! 5 Stories In The News This Week:
- Matt Shaw Wonders What Architecture Can Learn from Landscape Design’s Recent Successes
- Penda Unveils Undulating Landscaped Pavilion for China’s Garden Expo
- A Sprawling Green Roof Fuses this Community Center with Chongqing’s Mountainous Landscape
- Greening the Big Apple: New York Plants Millionth Tree Ahead of Schedule
- SXSW Eco’s 5 Best Pictures of the Future
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Latest News in Landscape Architecture
- Matt Shaw Wonders What Architecture Can Learn from Landscape Design’s Recent Successes: The Architect’s Newspaper
While the 20th century was driven by magnanimous architecture, the 21st century is shaping up to be more landscape-centric and the industry’s achievements haven’t gone unnoticed. Landscape architects and clients together have evolved beyond simply designing for aesthetics, implementing landscape architecture to devise flood barriers and water remediation zones as evidence by the proposals from Rebuild by Design. In addition, landscape architects are linking previously disconnected neighborhoods and reclaiming underutilized land. Now the question becomes how can we work more collaboratively across allied disciplines? Related Article: What Do Architects Need to Learn from Landscape Architects?
Flowing with carefully formed hills and valleys, the China International Garden Expo has announced a unique landscape pavilion proposal. Designed by Penda Architecture and Design, a pathway weaves through the artificial landscape and visitors are given seeds from a variety of native flowers and fruits to plant as they make their journey. Check out the neat renderings and diagrams. Related Article: Awesome Plaza Shows You Why China Are World Leaders in Landscape Architecture WATCH: Penda’s proposal for a landscape pavilion in china for the garden expo 2015.
- A Sprawling Green Roof Fuses this Community Center with Chongqing’s Mountainous Landscape: Inhabitat
Topped with a gigantic green roof and situated in a stunning, mountainous setting in southwest China—the Chongqing Taoyuanju Community Center is a gem. Covered with plants, vine-covered walls, and an undulating green roof that mimics the topography—the Beijing-based Vector Architects even employed green infrastructure such as a rainwater collection system, passive ventilation, and permeable pavement. “Openings, windows, cantilevers and corridors blur the boundary between the interior and exterior of architecture,” said Vector Architects. “Thus, merging the whole space together with the sky, mountain, trees, sunlight and breeze can eventually create a lively co-existing relationship of artificial structure and natural landscape.” Related Article: Extensive Green Roofs: The Essential Guide
Visions first dreamed up by former New York City Mayor Bloomberg and Bette Midler (who leads the nonprofit New York Restoration Project) have become reality. As part of PlaNYC, New York set out to plant one million new trees in a decade, which was achieved two years ahead of schedule. “While the city planted the majority of the trees (750,000) in parks and along streets, the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) filled in the gaps on other public land—places like housing projects, libraries, airports, churches and synagogues, and hospitals. They also gave away trees to anyone with a yard who wanted one,” said Adele Peters, staff writer at Fast Company. WATCH: New York City Plants 1 Million Trees
- SXSW Eco’s 5 Best Pictures of the Future: Next City
Imagine cruising at 760 mph (1,223 km/h) in a sophisticated, yet comfy people-mover system? Dirk Ahlborn, CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, can picture it now and has been working with hundreds of the brightest engineers, designers, architects, and innovators to develop a high-speed transportation system that would literally transform mobility and land uses. Besides, addressing infrastructure challenges, SXSW Eco discussed the increasing urbanization and its effects on energy, water, climate, and culture. Related Article: What Makes a Biophilic City? WATCH: 700 mph in a tube: The Hyperloop experience
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