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Fantastic play cloud structures have arisen in the city of Istanbul. They are the iconic landmarks of a new open air playground on the roof park of Marmara Forum, a shopping centre in the Bakirköy district. The windows of the clouds magically change colours as daylight changes throughout the day. Photo: Asli Dayioglu
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A body of layers that generate multiple links with the city of Eskisehir, Turkey in a unique way. The most important link is a “macroscale link” with the city which reconnects the northern and southern parts of the city with a continuous pedestrian street.
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The Kalkan Altes Villas are made up of six unique units that are located on a distinctive hillside with an impressive Mediterranean sea view in the Ortaalan district of Kalkan, Turkey. The natural beauty and the distinct texture of the site were the main sources of inspiration during the design process.
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Different spaces are organized in a sequential manner, while separated physically with horizontal inner garden strips, thus achieving ideal dimensions and clear divisions for different functions; visual continuity is maintained through transparency and the perception of depth increases. The atriums make sure that natural light reaches every corner within the building, blurring the distinction between inside and outside in a way. Nature is integrated into the daily life inside.
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The project was conceived as a “procession through a garden” and was informed by the concepts of memorial, gathering and viewing. These concepts formed important design generators for the memorial space within the context of the cemetery, and its broader context in the Sharpeville Heritage Precinct.
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The landscape design of this 200-bed hospital, specialist paediatric hospital, is based on the concept and principles of therapeutic landscape design. Therapeutic landscapes are purposely designed to allow patients and visitors of all abilities (disabled, abled, young, and old) to interact with nature. Science has proven that exposure to natural greenery and natural light aid in patient recovery.
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Water is the leading design element which links the two gardens of Yueyuan Courtyard together. In the creek garden, the concept of “erosion” inspired the design team to create a creek water feature. The water feature craved out from large granite stone artfully demonstrates the natural process how river goes through land surface for hundreds of years and transforms the land into river valley.
Poised against the dramatic geology and hilled environment of the Namibian plateau, the gardens of the Marula Game Ranch residence overlook (and find their root in) the meandering bends of the Schaap River that skirts its edge. Rather than cover an already beautiful hill with endless lush and “exotic” gardens, a more restrained approach was applied when considering the design.
Located in the Cradle of Humankind (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), this Maropeng Stone Garden is an extension to the existing museum complex and includes an outdoor exhibition space, amphitheatre and picnic facilities. The design was informed by the theme of human impact and aims to challenge typical museum mechanisms of explanation.
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As an active exploration of urban space renewal in Z+T Studio, Vanke Times Central Plaza started from three aspects: improving the urban interface, ameliorating the public space, and shaping the business office environment. Following the theme of “Time”, we have created a series of landscape elements including: “Aurora Waterscape”, “Nebula Seat” and “24 Solar Terms Pavement”, aim to create a urban plaza with complete functions, distinctive features and characteristics of the time.
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