Urban area
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Project • By LANDPROCESS • Urban Green Spaces
Regenerative Government Complex
For nearly two decades, Thailand’s Government Complex (TGC) has functioned as the country’s primary administrative hub, accommodating 29 government agencies across a 178-acre site. While efficient in scale, the campus evolved around car dependency, fragmented circulation, and institutional zoning. Limited public transport access, traffic congestion, and a lack of human-scale public space reinforced bureaucratic silos and diminished the everyday experience for its 37,500 daily users.
LANDPROCESS
Reframing the campus through transit-led regeneration
The arrival of the Skytrain in 2024 marked an opportunity for change. Led by Dhanarak Asset Development (DAD) in collaboration with LANDPROCESS and the design team, the... More
Project • By 2 pm architectures • Skateparks
Pôle de glisse - Capbreton
The program proposes the redevelopment of part of the Capbreton sports plain by a general reflection on access, by the creation of an extreme board sports and urban sports practice center and by the construction of a building welcoming the circus association.
Ivan Mathie
Ivan Mathie
The site is bordered on one side by Boulevard des Cigales, on the other by a pine-wooded dune, to the south by an imposing gymnasium and to the north by a trinquet. These two buildings, for sports use and each more than 10 meters high, are very important markers of the landscape of the sports park. Also, we sought to position the circus, a built element of comparable height, between these two existing masses in order to structure the existing sequence... More
Project • By asap/ adam sokol architecture practice • Parks/Gardens
Skid Grow
Our concept for Skid Grow takes a radically different direction, asking how we can reconsider our land use policies to make the best possible use of LA’s vast urban areas to the greatest benefit of all Angelenos, including the unhoused and those needing more support. Our premise is that there is tremendous value inherent in the area currently known as Skid Row, and by seeking to unlock that value we can create significant market rate and affordable housing while also directing unprecedented resources to the benefit of the unhoused.
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Our vision for Skid Grow includes: 16,500 units of market rate housing, 2,100 units of affordable housing, 8,000 units of supportive housing, and 6,500 shelter beds. This would be... More