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Wave Bridge connects some of Indianapolis’s historically disenfranchised neighborhoods with a burgeoning innovation district that includes the city’s research and medical corridor, downtown businesses and institutions, and to a wider trail and greenway network, including the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. By linking the 16 Tech Innovation District directly with the hospitals on 10th Street along with the IU School of Medicine and the campuses of IU Indianapolis and Purdue in Indianapolis, the 16 Tech bridge strengthens opportunities for collaboration, entrepreneurship and community.  Hadley Fruits Hadley Fruits Hadley Fruits In the months-long community engagement process that led to the design, four key aspec... More

TAA Agency presents one of its projects: “Le Gabriel”, a new development comprising a senior residence, and collective, intermediate, and individual housing units in Saint-Jory (Occitanie Region, France).  Roland Halbe “Le Gabriel” project in Saint-Jory is, above all, an urban development project that helps structure the northern entrance of this typical village in the northern part of Toulouse. After numerous phases of urban studies carried out over several years, the developer UNITI was entrusted with the three hectares of this Development and Planning Orientation (OAP), to implement a mixed-use program that contributes to shaping this town entrance, blending public facilities and housing. Roland Halb... More

The Ukrainian city of Dnipro has opened a renovated Uspenska Square, one of the oldest squares in the city. It was established more than 200 years ago. Dnipro is now an industrial city with over a million dwellers located 100 kilometers from the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The reconstruction of Uspenska Square began in 2021, with 80% of the work completed, but in February 2022, the construction was forced to stop due to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. But despite the ongoing war, the city is still trying to live: IDPs are coming here, and residents who left the city are returning. Therefore, at the end of 2023, the reconstruction was completed and the square was opened to the public. Andrey Avdeenko At all tim... More

The Heart of the Waalsprong is the new centre of Nijmegen-Noord, where shopping, living and facilities come together. De Zwarte Hond was commissioned by AM and VanWonen to design the urban plan and the Donk and Elft apartment blocks. Other homes in the area were designed by architects BRINK architecture & urbanism, Korth Tielens Architects, Level of Detail and Monadnock. De Urbanisten designed the landscaping, which connects the central square to the Waal River via a green route with a wadi, squares and gardens. © Eva Bloem © Eva Bloem The character of a pleasant townThe core question in the design for the Heart of the Waalsprong was how to turn a large new shopping centre into an attractive and pleasant ‘town... More

New public space development includes grand staircase with landscape garden, pergola and a viewpoint to the Moscow city no one ever seen before.   Objective:To increase urban permeability with a new public space. To provide alternative entrance to the most popular park in Moscow Solution:We’ve decided to implement the original planning solution from the end 20s: a cross-cutting pedestrian pathway with a grand staircase and an amphitheatre.   The new entrance to the park is located between the National University of Science and Technology building and Bakulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery. New pedestrian pathway connected Gorky Park with Leninsky avenue. New public space development includes grand staircas... More

The project is located in the heart of Playa del Carmen, occupying an entire block between the world famous Fifth Avenue and the Caribbean Sea Beach, a site with great tourist and historical importance for the city. Through this project, it is proposed to enhance the connection between Fifth Avenue and the beach through a series of staggered squares that release the view towards the sea and adapt to the natural terrain creating an inclusive architectural program for the maximum use of all the proposed spaces , preserving the existing vegetation to generate shady areas, defined spaces for merchants and multipurpose spaces that allow residents and merchants to establish a community life while generating a relationship with tourists. The pro... More