Urban masterplan

Contreras Earl Architecture has unveiled the Marion Park Masterplan, a visionary mixed-use, multi-residential development in Canberra. Designed in collaboration with Arup, Willemsen Group and Urbis, the project was submitted as an expression of interest to support the ACT government’s city centre renewal plan. © Contreras Earl Architecture Drawing inspiration from the iconic design principles of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, and honouring the indigenous landscape of Ngunnawal Country, the masterplan features topography-led architecture with five distinct buildings rising organically from the earth. © Contreras Earl Architecture The design reflects the soft mountains and rolling hills of the reg... More

Yeneca in San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur proposes a different way of generating urbanism in tourist territories by connecting housing production with the tourist notion of the destination, particularly in the Cabo San Lucas-San Jose del Cabo corridor. The project draws inspiration from some paradigms and utopias of housing and urbanism, but without losing a practical reference and direct application in the territory, while also imagining a way in which housing production in tourist destinations does not reinforce geographic and social marginalization of employment but rather stems from its integration. Render by a|911 With a model whose virtues lie in building an urban and tourist destination while simultaneously addressing th... More

TIMELINE: December 2019: Studio Marco Piva was commissioned, following its victory in an international competition, to design the urban masterplan, architecture, and fit-out for the Syre project. June 22, 2022: The project was officially presented for the first time during the Tall Buildings conference in Milan by Marco Piva (SMP) and Francesco Rovere (AXA IM Alts). February 28, 2023: The urban planning agreement between the Municipality of Milan and AXA IM Alts was signed, officially launching the project designed by Studio Marco Piva, which will include approximately 50% of apartments under affordable housing schemes. Redbrick Investment Group will act as development manager. The agreement stipulates that construction work should be co... More

Coexistence garden is a courtyard landscape with an area of ​​about 2,000 square meters for Europassage Business Park, located on Prakhovykh street in Kyiv. Space’s main task is to create cosiness and comfort for employees and appraisers. Alik Usik MAIN CONCEPTCoexistence Garden is an embody of landscape, which combines the advantages of modern architectural design and practical landscape design. The main idea was to turn the patio space of the business park into living space full of green islands and places to relax. The design of the yard of the Europassage business park in Kyiv improves the quality of the working environment of employees in functional and atmospheric aspects. Alik Usik MORPHOGENESIS and SUSTAINABLE DEVE... More

climate change is making it to our cities sooner than we thought. sea level is expected to be 2.5m more at some point. our relationship with water will change forever.are we going to be ready for it?   in this heroic land of “a thousand lakes”, “wave” is a quest for an old port revitalized into a new heart for the city, the endpoint of the development and expansion of the old city center to the harbor. the wave propagates along the river aura shoreline with a rippling effect, increasing the physical holding capacity of the area that people interact with and enhancing functional maintainability adapted to sea-level change by the help of temporary and permanent graded platforms, composing a wide-spectrum of... More