Public park

Central parks have long been recognized for their fundamental role in the life of a city, by providing a place of reprieve from the density and bustle of the urban fabric. People gather there for recreation and relief, socialization and play. Parks are places that accept the seemingly chaotic nature of the city’s pulse. Northline Town Square will be that for Leander, Texas. It’s at the center of the new Northline development, set to be the future downtown of Leander as it grows into a more metropolitan destination. Pavilions will flank the north and sound ends of the park, which borders the main street that sets the park’s edge, giving some privacy and protection from traffic. The pavilions will have restrooms, shade, and... More

Skylab Architecture alongside 2.ink Studio, worked in close collaboration with Portland Parks to create a 16-acre park in a neighborhood of NE Portland. The design team developed the park around an integrated strategy that creates both passive native meadow areas that require limited maintenance as well as intensively used spaces that provide active program elements for park users. The neighborhood is home to many longstanding residences as well as an increasingly diverse range of new incoming ethnic groups. The park’s program elements were developed in coordination with area residents through a series of public open houses and ongoing meetings with the project’s Design Advisory Group.   The park’s development in... More

Battery Park is a new 12 000 sqm (1.2 hectre) urban park situated at a key entranceway to one of Africa’s most visited tourist destinations, the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. Developed as the nucleus of a larger urban vision for the district, the site includes a park and piazza that effectively conceal a 1 206-bay parking facility as well as new pedestrian routes to invigorate the precinct with activity. The site is of archaeological importance as it contains the remnants of one of the city’s oldest structures, coastal fortification the Amsterdam Battery. This provided a unique opportunity for architecture and urban design firm dhk – to pay homage to the historic landmark whilst incorporating a parking facility and providin... More

Taman Cahaya Madani is a project to revitalize Taman Gayung Bersambut which is located on Jl. Firdaus Rais and adjacent to the Great Mosque and faces the Mayor's Office of Singkawang. Revitalization is carried out to strengthen the identity of open space in the city that can accommodate various community activities and support the realization of the city community.Revitalization of Taman Gayung Bersambut starts from a lack of maintenance, programs and facilities in the park, which triggers consideration of the renewal design concept for Taman Gayung Bersambut in order to meet the need for public space that can accommodate people's activities, create interaction between the government and the community through formal, informal meetings and c... More

Project : SCP Wuhan Qingshan InCity Master Plan Location: Wuhan, China Type: Mixed-Use Size: 370,000 sqm Client: Szitic Commercial Property Co. Ltd Design: Girimun Ltd 2012 Opening: 2016 We create SPC Wuhan Qingshan InCity as a truly integrated mixed-use development: a large 7-levels shopping centre connects all building and functions on site amidst a vibrant indoor/outdoor urban experience through a sequence of interconnected public spaces, plazas and event areas. The retail routes are conceived as pedestrian short cut circulation from the underground metro connections towards the iconic hotel/office tower to the West and the residential towers and commercial outdoor street to the East. Girimun Architects: http://girimun.co... More

Project: Regal Emporia Location: Great Noida, India Type: Mixed-Use Size: 50,000 m2 Client: Investor Clinic Design: Girimun Ltd 2011 Opening: 2015 This mixed-use development in Greater Noida Extension will act as a commercial hub for the developing region. Five levels of retail and a green terraced roof form a shopping and entertainment platform directly connected to 45,000 sqm of office space distributed in two towers. The towers are strategically positioned to enclose, shade and shelter a beautiful semi-sunken out-door event space that opens up towards the residential vicinity. Girimun Architects: http://girimun.com/ More

Project: Central Festival Chiang Mai Location : Chiang Mai, Thailand Type: Retail centre Size: 210,000 m2 Client: Central Pattana Design : Girimun Ltd 2012 Opening: 2015 Sitting on a prominent corner on Chiang Mai ring road, this lifestyle retail centre combines indoor shopping and outdoor enjoyment. The main building features 5 levels of shopping, eating, entertainment, multiplex cinema and ice-skating rink and extends outwards through a system of canopy links that connect to event plazas and pavilion buildings amongst landscaped gardens. The curves of our contemporary design find inspiration on the surrounding rice paddy fields of the valley where the early “Lanna” - meaning “million terraces” – culture has prospered. Gir... More

Project: Castelo Branco Office Park Location: São Paulo, Brazil Type: Offices Size: 240,000 m2 Client: Tishman Speyer Design: Girimun Ltd 2012 Opening: n/a Taking the 2 existing buildings as a starting point, we have created a phased commercial development with additional 6 office and hotel towers in a total of 240,000 sqm stretching along 500m. The towers are laid out in a soft rotation angle from each other so to allow more space between them, guarantee open views, and create a dynamic outdoor inner space rich in landscape, water features, canopied walkways and supportive retail. The later twin towers sit on a retail podium that gradually steps up amidst recreational open courtyards to overcome the existing 12m level gap on site... More

Project：Porto Olimpico Location：Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Type：Mixed-use master plan Size：1,000,000 m2 Client：Competition Design：Girimun Ltd 2011 with DG Architect: Mauro Resnitzky Opening：n/a Collaborating firm: Burold Happold Engineering + DG Arquitetura e Planejamento As part of a package of investments for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the regeneration of 85 hectares of land near the old docks will create more than 1 million sqm of apartments, hotels, office buildings and a convention centre. The project addresses two moments: the completion of support facilities for the 2016 Olympic Games (10,600-room accommodation for media and referees, a media-centre and 3 to 5-star hotels) and its transformation post-Games into... More

Project：Porto Olimpico Location：Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Type：Mixed-use master plan Size：1,000,000 m2 Client：Competition Design：Girimun Ltd 2011 with DG Opening：n/a As part of a package of investments for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the regeneration of 85 hectares of land near the old docks will create more than 1 million sqm of apartments, hotels, office buildings and a convention centre. The project addresses two moments: the completion of support facilities for the 2016 Olympic Games (10,600-room accommodation for media and referees, a media-centre and 3 to 5-star hotels) and its transformation post-Games into a vibrant mixed-use extension of the city centre. A green loop circuit of public spaces embraces the whole m... More

Project: Longfor Baoshan Mixed-use Complex Location: Shanghai, PRC Type: Mixed-use Size: 175,000 m2 Client: Longfor Real Estate Co. Ltd. Design: Girimun Ltd 2014 Architect: Mauro Resnitzky Opening: 2016 This mixed-use development consists of a 5-storeys retail podium and retail basement of 74,800 sqm and two SoHo 86m-tall towers housing 1040 individual units. It will bring a fresh air of contemporary urban lifestyle to this outskirt area of Shanghai. The shopping environment with its fluid sequence of spaces, atriums and corridors is integrated seamlessly with the surroundings and the vicinity as a whole through multi-level links, bridges and passages that brings together the local metro station to the local residential neighborho... More

Project: Crystal City Zhongguancun Master Plan Location: Beijing, China Type: Mixed-Use and Retail Master Plan Size: 310,000 sq mt Client: Guangyao Dongfang Design: 2014 Girimun Ltd Architect: Mauro Resnitzky Opening: NA Description: The regeneration of the central landscape piece of the Business Technology Park in the heart of Zhongguancun will give place to this unique destination of shopping, entertainment, gardens and outdoor events. The four-storey development integrates with the landscape forming a new gentle topography for the site amongst indoor and outdoor spaces and activities. A sinuous spine circulation leads to atriums and event spaces associated with theme clusters such as Technology, Fashion, Entertainment, Conve... More

Project: Nanxiang Mall, Location: Shanghai, China Type: Retail centre Size: 45,000 m2 Client: China Resources Land Design: Girimun Ltd 2012 Architect: Mauro Resnitzky Opening: 2014 This lifestyle shopping mall is located at the fringe of a compound of high-rise apartments and serves the residents of a high-end suburb of Shanghai built around a giant man-made artificial lake. Originated at the lake, a canal waterfront system of pedestrian-friendly walkways culminates on this plot. The design is therefore driven by the integration between indoor and outdoor spaces where the retail experience extends itself from the main building onto sunken squares, pavilion restaurants, signage towers and feature canopies. Girimun Architects: ht... More