Back in February this year we reported on the doco-film Urbanized by Gary Hustwit who was at the time raising funding for the final cut of the film. We are happy to say that the film is now being showing in theaters all over the USA for the last month also had special screenings in Vancouver and Dublin. It will be shown in Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Raleigh, Atlanta, Copenhagen and Vancouver in November. Check out the Screenings for more information and future screening listings.
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The High Line received a $20 million donation from Diller – von Furstenberg Family Foundation. The unprecedented pledge made by Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg will support afundraising effort by Friends of the High Line to transform the final, undeveloped section of the High Line at the West Side Rail Yards between West 30th and West 34th Streets and 10th and 12th Avenues, and help build anendowment for the park’s long-term maintenance and operations. The Diller – von Furstenberg Family Foundation’s $20 million commitment will help finance the transformation of the final section of the High Line, which is still owned by CSX Transportation, Inc. The City of New York recently completed a land-use review process that paves the way for public acquisition. Friends of the High Line is now actively working with the City of New York and other property owners – the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Empire State Development Corporation, Convention Center Development Corporation, and The Related Companies – for the City of New York to move forward with the acquisition. Stay up to date with the latest happenings on the High Line with the Friends of the High Line news The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) announced recently, that the City of Cape Town (South Africa) has been designated the World Capital Design 2014. Cape Town is the fourth city to hold this biennial appointment and marks the first for the African continent. For Cape Town, the WDC appointment comes exactly two decades after reaching democracy. “2014, then, is the moment when the past and the future will come together for Cape Town, in contemplation and in action,” stated Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Ms. Patricia de Lille. “It is a reflection of how the city has socially and physically reinvented itself.” Cape Town’s vision of design is based on socially responsible design, sustainability and innovation. As part of their bid, the theme “Live Design. Transform Life” was introduced in support of Cape Town’s objective to focus on enhancing the city’s infrastructure to make it a more liveable African City. Shortlisted candidate cities, Bilbao (Spain) and Dublin (Ireland) also mounted compelling bids. “The decision for the Selection Committee was not easy given the high calibre of the bids that were considered amongst the final candidates,” added Dr. Breitenberg.” Cape Town is a growing and vibrant city, where design has for decades been a significant factor in its desire to build an open city. The marriage of need and innovative design has resulted in unique solutions to address the issues of a developing city. Design in Cape Town is also reaching beyond city limits by aspiring to become the design hub for South Africa and for the African continent. Cape Town is also the host city for the 2012 IFLA World Congress – “Landscapes in Transition” from 5-7th September, 2012.
Back in September the Phase 1 shortlist for Pierscape at Navy Pier was announced with 52 teams making the shortlist and requested to submit more information about their teams approach and organisation. Recently, the shortlist for Phase 2 was announced with many of teams comprising of several different design and technical disciplines. The shortlist includes teams from Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, James Corner, OMA, Zaha Hadid, AECOM, and many other well known architects, urbanists and landscape architects. The lead consultants of the teams are from across the world and include design firms and large technical services companies. The teams that make Phase 3 will be announced in late November. The Phase 2 list includes: AECOM Aedas Architects Frederic Schwartz Architects Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Jacques Ferrier Architectures James Corner Field Operations !melk OMA/SGA SHoP Architects Xavier Vendrell Studio Zaha Hadid Architects  Mayor Bloomberg celebrates the halfway mark of the MillionTreesNYC initiative by planting the 500,000th tree. (Photo Credit: Edward Reed) New York City recently celebrated the halfway mark of the MillionTreesNYC initiative by planting the 500,000th tree, a Pin Oak, at Saint Nicholas Park in Harlem. MillionTreesNYC is a public-private partnership between the City of New York and New York Restoration Project that aims to plant one million trees throughout the five boroughs by 2017. MillionTreesNYC was launched in October 2007 with the goal of being complete by 2017. The target planting goals have been exceeded by 20 percent, putting the City one year ahead of schedule in planting one million trees. Mayor Bloomberg, who encouraged all New Yorkers to adopt and care for trees in their communities, was joined by Knicks star and MillionTreesNYC donor Carmelo Anthony, New York Restoration Project Executive Director Amy Freitag, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability Director David Bragdon and other community stakeholders. Through a mix of public and private plantings for MillionTreesNYC, the City of New York, New York Restoration Project, community partners and citizen volunteers are planting in places such as schoolyards and playgrounds, public housing campuses, health care facilities, business districts, commercial and residential developments and New Yorkers’ very own front yards.MillionTreesNYC is supported through donations made to NYRP and the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, which helps to facilitate innovative public-private partnerships such as this initiative. On MillionTreesNYC Fall Volunteer Planting Day on October 22nd, NYC Service and thousands of volunteers will plant 20,000 trees at six sites across the five boroughs. MillionTreesNYC is a 10-year initiative to plant and care for one million new trees throughout the City’s five boroughs and a key aspect of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC to create a healthier, more livable city. MillionTreesNYC will ultimately expand the City’s urban forest by 20 percent, provide New Yorkers important health, economic and environmental benefits, and create a more sustainable urban environment. Since its launch in October 2007, public, private and non-profit organizations have rallied over 21,000 citizen volunteers to plant trees in what has become an unprecedented tree planting campaign and citywide environmental movement. Learn more about MillionTreesNYC
To take part in the contest companies will be required to evidence golf course design experience, compliance with RIO2016™ international rules and to furnish proof of the qualifications necessary to develop the project. Consortiums of firms will be accepted. If the awarded participant is an individual international firm, it will be required to have an office legally established in Rio de Janeiro. The Australian Government has recently published the “State of Australian Cities 2011″ report (PDF Link) that gives “a better understanding of how our cities work, the report also identifies the specific initiatives of local councils and state planning authorities which are proving effective at promoting more productive, sustainable and liveable urban communities.” At the same time the government also launched the Liveable Cities program allocates $AUD20.0 million over two years for “improved alignment of urban planning and design with the National Urban Policy and COAG principles, resulting in lasting partnerships between and within levels of government, and between governments, not-for-profit organisations and private interests. Projects will provide lessons in achieving good planning outcomes that can be transferred and applied across Australia’s cities”. The funding is limited to 50% of the total project cost making sure that the organisations involved also contribute to projects. PWP Landscape Architecture designed the Cleveland Clinic and Allee was the first major project built as part of the Cleveland Clinic Masterplan. The design consists of two main parts: A main entry allee and a large circular fountain, which together create a memorable first impression of the campus upon arrival at the Heart Center. The video is with the landscape architect, Peter Walker who gives insight about design including the conceptual ideas for various elements. The project was completed in 2008.
Focused Calm Peter Walker from PWP Landscape Architecture on Vimeo. Kongjian Yu, Founder of Turenscape and Professor at Peking University gave a keynote speech at the 2011 IFLA World Congress in Zurich. Professor Yu, gives a brief history of how he became a landscape architect and the founding of Turenscape. He speaks of his theories of Big Foot Landscape and the future of landscape architecture in China.
Landscape architecture: Keynote of Kongjian Yu from hayal oezkan on Vimeo. |
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