Urban plaza
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about urban plaza
Project • By XYZ Designers • Offices
Portside Square
Set within the historic port district of Mina Rashid, Portside Square responds to the area's maritime heritage and its evolving identity as a waterfront destination. The mixed-use development brings together three residential towers, a distinctive office building, retail and F&B spaces, and shared amenities organized around a central public plaza.
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Rather than treating the buildings as isolated objects, the design establishes a connected urban environment where architecture, landscape, and public life intersect. At its heart, the plaza acts as a social and spatial anchor, drawing residents, office users, and visitors into a shared public realm that encourages movement, interaction, and a sense of... More
News • News • 28 Feb 2023
CAAT Studio revives a forgotten urban space around a metro station into a vibrant plaza in Tehran
In the context of the Sadeghiyeh metro station, one of Tehran's oldest and busiest transport hubs, CAAT studio transforms a forgotten urban space around the entrance terminal into a lively public plaza.
Ali Ehsani
With transport exchange facilities, the area remains bustling and acts as a focal point where visitors and residents pause and socialize. However, the space lacked organization and faced issues and disruptions, like misuse of pedestrian sidewalks, inconvenience caused to visitors due to crowding, visual and noise pollution caused by parking, and lack of a designated space for social events.
Parham Taghioff
To address these issues, the project involves organizing the various uses of the plaza in a uniform... More
Project • By LORENZATELIERS • Offices
Med Campus Linz
LORENZATELIERS, with its urban concept, was the unanimously chosen winner for the EU-wide competition for the new buildings of the Faculty of Medicine in Linz. The special appeal of this project lies in the chance to create a part of inner city including the General Hospital and the University.
Martin Steinkellner
The campus idea promotes research, exchange and communication. The mixture of teaching and research rooms, offices, library, café, supermarket and shops around an open campus creates a lively, attractive city atmosphere. 1,800 students as well as 250 professors and scientific staff will learn, teach and research in the 12,500 m² building.
Martin Steinkellner
Martin Steinkellner
The large building volum... More
Project • By JAJA Architects • Concert Halls
Vltava Philharmonic Hall
We envision creating the next generation cultural meeting point where the Philharmonic Hall and urban life merge into one. The starting point for our proposal is creating a high-quality public place to make a natural meeting point for both music lovers and the broad public. Building upon a human-centered and urban approach, we start molding the Philharmonic Hall creating a building with the highest ambition of public space and cultural experience, establishing a unique setting for 24/7 urban life and music along the Vltava.
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Urban Catalyst
The mere size of the plot is so big, our proposal is as much urban development as it’s a building. We see the plot as a catalyst in the urban transformation of Bubny and Hole&sca... More
Project • By Natureza Urbana • Parks/Gardens
Fonte do Bispo Requalification
The architectural firm Natureza Urbana has just completed an extensive urbanrevitalization at the historic center of São Luís – Maranhão, focused on qualifyingpublic spaces, improving the interlocution with the existing heritage and boosting thelocal micro-entrepreneurs market.
The projects were part of a program created to revitalize the historic city center of thestate capital of Maranhão, financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).The firm led 3 important renovations: one at ‘Praça da Misericórdia’ (Mercy Square),other at ‘Praça da Saudade’ (Saudade Square) and another at Fonte do Bispo(Bishop's Fountain), an area around a bus station on Vitorino F... More