Landscape architecture

The theme chosen for the 2023 edition of Winter Stations was Resonance. Led by Professor Afshin Ashari (SEDRD) and Amir Ashari (Ashari Architect’s Principal), WINTERACTION, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Winterstations, transcends local engagement. It is a dual installation located in both Iran and Canada, which is connected through Augmented Reality and designed to foster solidarity and social-cultural interaction between the two nations. Navid Atrvash Navid Atrvash Navid Atrvash Navid Atrvash Navid Atrvash This pavilion expands human connections and resonates solidarity beyond borders, crossing political boundaries to foster global interaction and understanding. The term 'WINTERACTION,' crafted f... Mehr

Nestled on the corner of a mature, tree-lined neighbourhood—and a ten-minute walk from the city’s main pediatric health facility—is the new Ronald McDonald House Manitoba (RMHMB). For over 49 years, Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) has provided families with children requiring hospital care a safe respite during one of life’s most challenging events. The concept of a home away from home and the holistic health and well-being of the guest families, staff, and volunteers guided the form and function of our design for the new house. When families stay at RMHMB, it should evoke feelings of serenity, security, and stimulation—similar emotions that derive from being in the comfort of your home—underscore... Mehr

Ein Zuhause ist mehr als nur eine physische Struktur; Es verkörpert die Werte, die Kultur und die Wünsche seiner Bewohner. Angesichts der heutigen Innovation und des Fortschritts dient traditionelle Architektur als zeitlose Verbindung zu unserem Erbe, spiegelt jahrhundertealte Weisheit wider und bietet nachhaltige Lösungen. Es fördert das Gemeinschaftsgefühl und die Verbundenheit mit der Vergangenheit und schafft Räume, in denen Familien gedeihen und Traditionen bewahrt werden können. Karan Gajjar / The Space Tracing Company Karan Gajjar / The Space Tracing Company Karan Gajjar / The Space Tracing Company Karan Gajjar / The Space Tracing Company „The Annexe“ liegt in der ru... Mehr

On how to add 80,000 m2 of surface in a public space minimizing the negative effects in the neighborsThe project presented by the architecture and landscape studio was selected as the best project presented and won the First Prize in the National Contest of Ideas unanimously of the jury. The proposal selected from 47 participants was the only one that made a counterintuitive approach, placing the buildings perpendicular to the tracks, minimizing the impact on the neighbors and maximizing sales prices of the new units. All this improving the requested metrics and bringing the public space from a 65 to a 78. NOA & A+P THE CHALLENGEThe brief requirements has the ambivalent need of the existing neighbors and the owner of the land. Thu... Mehr

Reconnecting Montreal’s city’s historic neighbourhood with its downtown core,  the Place des Montréalaises bridges the sunken Ville-Marie Expressway with through a universally accessible inclined plane of a public plaza. Prominently displaying a floating urban meadow, it offers a tributary bouquet of 21 species of plants which pay homage to 21 women who have shaped Montreal throughout the city’s history.  Lemay Creating a poetic and inclusive experience, the names of these women also mark the plane’s staircase, and become the conceptual material of the Place des Montréalaises, where names are fragmented into letters which adorn a central steel cylinder sculpture to include women of the p... Mehr