ENCHANTED VALLEY

Enchanted Valley is a renovation project for the entire children's leisure & entertainment floor of the Maternal and Child Hospital of Malaga (Spain).

ENCHANTED VALLEY

The project was born as an initiative of the Juegaterapia Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission focuses on donating fun through quality play and recreation spaces in Hospitals where children with cancer must remain hospitalized during their harsh treatments.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

Located on the 7th floor of the Hospital, this recreational floor is divided into three well-differentiated spaces: a multipurpose interior space that can serve as an indoor play area as well as a study area; and two outdoor terraces on both sides of the interior space, providing this playful floor with outdoor play and recreation opportunities under the mild weather of Malaga, all of it intended to make the stay of children in the hospital more enjoyable and bearable.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

Understanding the important role that happiness and the mood of children play in the success of their recovery, backed up by scientific research that proves the actual benefits of introducing PLAY as part of their recovery, this project seeks to generate a true positive and hopeful impact in that recovery process of children through play and fun, so they can forget about their condition and fill themselves with will to live.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

To tackle this motivating project, we have been inspired by the city of Malaga itself, characterized for being a city located between the sea and the mountains. When we realized that the outdoor terraces on the 7th floor enjoyed splendid views of the Mountains of Málaga on the North, and the Sea on the South, we decided to use that as a conceptual idea around which the entire project would revolve.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

From there, Enchanted Valley concept was born, with the intention of creating a forest typical of a children's fairytale on the North terrace and a magical seaside scenario on the South terrace, creating a duality of spaces to explore.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

Due to the limited space available on the outdoor terraces, and in an attempt for trying not to compromise accessibility and the “interior-exterior” connection, we decided as a first action to cover the vertical columns, turning them into the trees of said magical forest, thus leaving available the largest possible horizontal surface to incorporate games and floor graphics that allow free playability and promote a more immersive experience. Said exterior horizontal surfaces are treated mimicking the natural environment, where small flowers and plants sprout on the North terrace while algae and waves emerge of the South terrace, serving as seating and resting elements, or social play objects for interaction between children.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

Once having the forest defined on the north terrace and the seaside on the south one, the indoor space is treated as an extension of both towards the interior, using the pavement as a visual element to connect both the outdoor terraces and the indoor space, where everything collides in the middle.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

The nexus that unites both worlds in the interior space is a central circulation area using wood textures and earthy colors, imitating a mountainous pathway, leaving the lateral areas for leisure, games and recreation, using vegetable color palette with green and yellow hues on the North side, and a marine color palette with blue and aquamarine hues on the South part.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

Altogether, Enchanted Valley will set a new standard for children's leisure and entertainment areas in Hospitals, considering it as a key part of the recovery plan for children and elevating the importance of its role within Hospitals, from a mere space to spend free time to a truly impactful space which strongly contributes to the successful recovery of children, as shown in the research study done jointly by Juegaterapia Foundation and La Paz University Hospital from Madrid.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

Enchanted Valley is a renovation project for the entire children's leisure & entertainment floor of the Maternal and Child Hospital of Malaga (Spain).

ENCHANTED VALLEY

Located on the 7th floor of the Hospital, this recreational floor is divided into three well-differentiated spaces: a multipurpose interior space that can serve as an indoor play area as well as a study area; and two outdoor terraces on both sides of the interior space, providing this playful floor with outdoor play and recreation opportunities under the mild weather of Malaga, all of it intended to make the stay of children in the hospital more enjoyable and bearable.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

The project was born as an initiative of the Juegaterapia Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission focuses on donating fun through quality play and recreation spaces in Hospitals where children with cancer must remain hospitalized during their harsh treatments. Understanding the important role that happiness and the mood of children play in the success of their recovery, backed up by scientific research that proves the actual benefits of introducing PLAY as part of their recovery, this project seeks to generate a true positive and hopeful impact in that recovery process of children through play and fun, so they can forget about their condition and fill themselves with will to live.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

To tackle this motivating project, we have been inspired by the city of Malaga itself, characterized for being a city located between the sea and the mountains. When we realized that the outdoor terraces on the 7th floor enjoyed splendid views of the Mountains of Málaga on the North, and the Sea on the South, we decided to use that as a conceptual idea around which the entire project would revolve.

ENCHANTED VALLEY

From there, Enchanted Valley concept was born, with the intention of creating a forest typical of a children's fairytale on the North terrace and a magical seaside scenario on the South terrace, creating a duality of spaces to explore.

LOTUS POND

Lotus Pond is 100 Architect’s creative design response to the invitation from the Local Government of Luoshe Town to participate in their open bidding for the renovation of Luoshe Town’s Main Square, a 10,000 m2 plaza in the neuralgic center of Luoshe Town.

LOTUS POND

The Main Square of Luoshe is the main catalyzer of social life in the Town, a space widely used by its citizens as gathering point, where authorities host official events, concerts, dances and other performances, where ladys get together for group-dancing at night, where elders get together to play mahjong or practice Chinese calligraphy with water on the pavement.

LOTUS POND

Luoshe Town is a famous and historical cultural town in the south of Yangtze River, with more than 1,600 years of history, located in the North-West of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China.

LOTUS POND

The proposal, inspired by traditional Chinese paintings of lotus ponds, where artists usually render images of floating Water Lilies and Oriental Koi fishes, intends the architecturalization of that traditional image turned into a dynamic square.

LOTUS POND

To achieve that, we draw inspiration from geometrical patterns and lines in the pavement design that could resemble water ripples enclosing functional areas while also encouraging certain pedestrian circulations and flows of people around them.

LOTUS POND

In between the water ripples that act as functional cores, rolling stones are used in the pavement design to enhance the overall Pond look & feel.

LOTUS POND

The Urban Planning Bureau was aiming at renovating and modernizing the most significant public space in the Town, to keep being the most relevant public space in the Town, but also to become an urban landmark beyond Luoshe’s limits, that could symbolize the great growth and development experienced by Luoshe, widely known as “China’s Township Star” for its achievements.

LOTUS POND

Besides renovating the image of the Square, the scope of work included the addition of new public amenities that could enhance the experience of citizens in the public realm, equipping the Square with eye-catching and functional features, such as a performance area, leisure areas, play & entertainment area for children, as well as F&B & retail units.

LOTUS POND

All in all, a public space activation project that aims for a trendy outdoor lifestyle hub and gathering point for the local community as well as for visitors to Luoshe.

LOTUS POND

Two large green areas, in the shape of water lilies, are placed facing the two main roads that surround the square, as green buffers to isolate the Square’s inner space from the buzzy roads. This action allows us to have a peaceful oasis of calm within the busy town center.

LOTUS POND

The central space of the Square counts with a 2.400 m2 obstacles-free main activity core for large public events with a capacity of up to 800 people.

LOTUS POND

It is also equipped with a large public amphitheater capable of accommodating a large number of spectators in those large events planned by the Town Hall, but also able to act as a main meeting and gathering point during normal days.

LOTUS POND

This public amphitheater is strategically located to cover at the same time the existing access to the car park located beneath the Square.

LOTUS POND

Around that central core of public activity, we laid out a resting ring composed by a series of 12 colorful and sculptural canopies in the shape of lotus flowers in different blooming stages.

LOTUS POND

In addition to being decorative elements, provide shelter to the resting mini-plazas hosted beneath them.

LOTUS POND

The new proposal will also count with a dedicated Children Play Area, strategically located in the safest corner of the Square, away from the main roads with heavy traffic and protected by the existing construction that gives vehicles access to the underground parking lot.

LOTUS POND

In order to protect kids from sun and rain, the entire playground is covered with green canopies in the shape of water lilies, conceding an interesting forest-like appearance to kids playing inside.

LOTUS POND

Those green canopies are then multiplied along the retail street adjacent to the residential tower, setting the border between square and retail street.

LOTUS POND

The most spectacular and significant addition to this new version of the Plaza, is a new Sky Park, a system of elevated platforms is the shape of rolling stones, thought to comply with 3 functions.

LOTUS POND

Firstly, covering both entry & exit car ramps leading to the underground parking lot, allowing us to get rid of the existing constructions built for that purpose, and consequently opening up the square towards that service road with important F&B character.

LOTUS POND

Secondly, hosting underneath 3 covered pavilions for relocating the public WC, an indoor Aced resting area for elders, and a rentable commercial space to equip the square with a small convenience store.

LOTUS POND

And last but most innovative, an elevated walkable park equipped with resting and gathering areas besides lush greenery as a new platform for pleasant social interactions, offering new and interesting visuals over the main central performance space and the city itself.

LOTUS POND

Altogether, the proposal creates a very eye-catching, stimulating and renovated Urban Heart for Luoshe Town, a powerful catalyzer of social life for all citizens and social groups, which will also boost the commercial activity in the area.

LOTUS POND

The Main Square of Luoshe is the main catalyzer of social life in the Town, a space widely used by its citizens as gathering point, where authorities host official events, concerts, dances and other performances.

LOTUS POND

The Urban Planning Bureau was aiming at renovating and modernizing the most significant public space in the Town, to keep being the most relevant public space in the Town,

LOTUS POND

but also to become an urban landmark beyond Luoshe’s limits, that could symbolize the great growth and development experienced by Luoshe, widely known as “China’s Township Star” for its achievements.

MAGMA FLOW

Magma Flow is a stimulating urban activation of a pedestrian street from a newly built commercial and residential area in the port city of Ningbo, the second-most populous city in Zhejiang Province, China.

MAGMA FLOW

In order to activate this pedestrian junction and turn it into an eventful and eye-catching public space...

MAGMA FLOW

One of the most characteristic features of this place is the presence of grand stairs that serve as pedestrian access to the open second floor of the commercial street.

MAGMA FLOW

...colonizing the stairs extending and detaching the proposal from the horizontal plane of the floor was early identified as a key action to gain visibility, and from which the rest of the proposal could be articulated.

MAGMA FLOW

Thus, what before were just simple stairs to access the second floor, is now a volcano of public activity by inserting several amphitheaters at different levels...

MAGMA FLOW

...providing the stairs with platforms for hanging out and resting; shading structures mimicking the violent eruptive process while providing shadow to the new resting areas, and even some slides resembling the erupted lava going down the hill.

MAGMA FLOW

To continue with the narrative on the rest of the space, a huge stain of erupted magma razes the ground level with color and playful functions for kids and adults alike...

MAGMA FLOW

...generating a very eye-catching multifunctional plaza right at the pedestrian junction. The flow of magma creates an intense & vivid circuit of events and spaces arising by its side.

MAGMA FLOW

Among the functions that we can find on the magma plaza, there are several seatings and resting areas located under shadowing canopies, as well as mahjong & tic-tac-toe tables and a lounge area for adults.

MAGMA FLOW

For the joy & entertainment of kids, we equipped the space with a swing pergola, seesaws, slides, hills and bumps, tunnels, punching bags & challenging obstacles along the circuit.

MAGMA FLOW

Altogether, the proposal creates an incandescent public space that acts as an urban attractor and entertainment hotspot within the new commercial and residential development.

MAGMA FLOW

Magma Flow is a stimulating urban activation of a pedestrian street from a newly built commercial and residential area in the port city of Ningbo, the second-most populous city in Zhejiang Province, China.

MAGMA FLOW

One of the most characteristic features of this place is the presence of grand stairs that serve as pedestrian access to the open second floor of the commercial street.

MAGMA FLOW

...colonizing the stairs extending and detaching the proposal from the horizontal plane of the floor was early identified as a key action to gain visibility, and from which the rest of the proposal could be articulated.

MAGMA FLOW

Thus, what before were just simple stairs to access the second floor, is now a volcano of public activity by inserting several amphitheaters at different levels...

MAGMA FLOW

...providing the stairs with platforms for hanging out and resting; shading structures mimicking the violent eruptive process while providing shadow to the new resting areas, and even some slides resembling the erupted lava going down the hill.

MAGMA FLOW

To continue with the narrative on the rest of the space, a huge stain of erupted magma razes the ground level with color and playful functions for kids and adults alike...

MAGMA FLOW

...generating a very eye-catching multifunctional plaza right at the pedestrian junction. The flow of magma creates an intense & vivid circuit of events and spaces arising by its side.

MAGMA FLOW

Among the functions that we can find on the magma plaza, there are several seatings and resting areas located under shadowing canopies, as well as mahjong & tic-tac-toe tables and a lounge area for adults.

MAGMA FLOW

For the joy & entertainment of kids, we equipped the space with a swing pergola, seesaws, slides, hills and bumps, tunnels, punching bags & challenging obstacles along the circuit.

MAGMA FLOW

Altogether, the proposal creates an incandescent public space that acts as an urban attractor and entertainment hotspot within the new commercial and residential development.

MAGMA FLOW

Magma Flow is a stimulating urban activation of a pedestrian street from a newly built commercial and residential area in the port city of Ningbo, the second-most populous city in Zhejiang Province, China.

MAGMA FLOW

One of the most characteristic features of this place is the presence of grand stairs that serve as pedestrian access to the open second floor of the commercial street.

MAGMA FLOW

In order to activate this pedestrian junction and turn it into an eventful and eye-catching public space...

MAGMA FLOW

...colonizing the stairs extending and detaching the proposal from the horizontal plane of the floor was early identified as a key action to gain visibility, and from which the rest of the proposal could be articulated.

MAGMA FLOW

Thus, what before were just simple stairs to access the second floor, is now a volcano of public activity by inserting several amphitheaters at different levels...

MAGMA FLOW

...providing the stairs with platforms for hanging out and resting; shading structures mimicking the violent eruptive process while providing shadow to the new resting areas, and even some slides resembling the erupted lava going down the hill.

MAGMA FLOW

To continue with the narrative on the rest of the space, a huge stain of erupted magma razes the ground level with color and playful functions for kids and adults alike...

MAGMA FLOW

...generating a very eye-catching multifunctional plaza right at the pedestrian junction. The flow of magma creates an intense & vivid circuit of events and spaces arising by its side.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Over the Rainbow is an eye-catching rooftop renovation depicting a rainbow, designed for the activation of an unused terrace onto a commercial building in Changsha, the capital & largest city of Hunan Province, in China.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Taking advantage of the arched shape of the rooftop, the project is driven by the idea of using programmatic parallel stripes of color that would enhance that arched shape forming a rainbow of outdoor

OVER THE RAINBOW

The renovation of the rooftop intends to create a trendy outdoor community hub, as a meeting point and leisure space with privileged views over the Xiang River, for youngsters and families visiting the commercial building in Kaifu District.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Each of the stripes represented in a different color is a platform hosting specific functions and features that encourage social interactions through leisure and play.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Those programmatic stripes initially executed as 2D floor graphics for circulation, in certain moments become 3D shapes forming urban furniture, play structures, and objects for leisure.

OVER THE RAINBOW

The whole system of stripes itself also becomes 3-dimensional, by elevating certain stripes from the ground level, in order to create a social amphitheater with enhanced views of the Xiang River.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Also, vertical walls which quickly grab the attention of visitors with interesting shapes & patterns, as trendy selfie spots for social media sharing.

OVER THE RAINBOW

The social amphitheater is crowned with a very eye-catching logo of “I ♡ 长沙”, as the main recognizable & distinctive IP image of the rooftop.

OVER THE RAINBOW

To culminate the fun on the rooftop, we included a 12-meters-high spiral slide going down from the rooftop on the 6th floor to the terrace on the 5th floor.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Altogether, the rooftop intervention enhances and stimulates the experience of visitors in all senses, and creates successfully a very colorful and stimulating community hub for Kaifu District right on the top of Changsha Beichen Delta Joy City Shopping Mall.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Over the Rainbow is an eye-catching rooftop renovation depicting a rainbow, designed for the activation of an unused terrace onto a commercial building in Changsha, the capital & largest city of Hunan Province, in China.

OVER THE RAINBOW

The renovation of the rooftop intends to create a trendy outdoor community hub, as a meeting point and leisure space with privileged views over the Xiang River, for youngsters and families visiting the commercial building in Kaifu District.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Taking advantage of the arched shape of the rooftop, the project is driven by the idea of using programmatic parallel stripes of color that would enhance that arched shape forming a rainbow of outdoor

OVER THE RAINBOW

Each of the stripes represented in a different color is a platform hosting specific functions and features that encourage social interactions through leisure and play.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Those programmatic stripes initially executed as 2D floor graphics for circulation, in certain moments become 3D shapes forming urban furniture, play structures, and objects for leisure.

OVER THE RAINBOW

The whole system of stripes itself also becomes 3-dimensional, by elevating certain stripes from the ground level, in order to create a social amphitheater with enhanced views of the Xiang River.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Also, vertical walls quickly grab the attention of visitors with interesting shapes & patterns, as trendy selfie spots for social media sharing.

OVER THE RAINBOW

To culminate the fun on the rooftop, we included a 12-meters-high spiral slide going down from the rooftop on the 6th floor to the terrace on the 5th floor.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Altogether, the rooftop intervention enhances and stimulates the experience of visitors in all senses, and creates successfully a very colorful and stimulating community hub for Kaifu District right on the top of Changsha Beichen Delta Joy City Shopping Mall.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Over the Rainbow is an eye-catching rooftop renovation depicting a rainbow, designed for the activation of an unused terrace onto a commercial building in Changsha, the capital & largest city of Hunan Province, in China.

OVER THE RAINBOW

The renovation of the rooftop intends to create a trendy outdoor community hub, as a meeting point and leisure space with privileged views over the Xiang River, for youngsters and families visiting the commercial building in Kaifu District.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Taking advantage of the arched shape of the rooftop, the project is driven by the idea of using programmatic parallel stripes of color that would enhance that arched shape forming a rainbow of outdoor

OVER THE RAINBOW

Each of the stripes represented in a different color is a platform hosting specific functions and features that encourage social interactions through leisure and play.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

I love Changsha is an urban intervention designed for the beautification and activation of the public realm of the riverbanks of the Xiang River in Changsha, the capital & largest city of Hunan Province, in China.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

The artwork is also thought to be a catalyzer for social interactions around it, as an outdoor meeting point and leisure space with privileged views over the Xiang River, enhancing the guest experience of youngsters and families visiting the commercial building in Kaifu District.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

The eye-catching public artwork intends to create a trendy & recognizable urban landmark at the main front plaza, using giant letters as a cheerful IP logo of the city’s name.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

Besides serving as an eye-catching & cheerful logo to be watched and photographed as perfect social media content to be shared, the project also offers play equipment hidden inside the capsules that form the name Changsha, for joy & entertainment of the little ones.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

Thus, it is also an “urban toy” for Kaifu District kids, creating a challenging Play Route that can be traversed from the initial letter “C” to the ending “A” and vice versa.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

It works as a course of obstacles that help kids to develop their physical abilities and cognitive skills while having fun and being photographed by their parents from the outside, for the memorable experience to be kept.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

The design of the artwork also contemplates the letter “I” as a circular bench, and the “Heart” as a communal swing, both allowing youngsters to sit down, take a break, or shoot some selfies with intergalactic & colorful backgrounds.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

Altogether, the “I ♡ CHANGSHA” public artwork intervention enhances and stimulates the pedestrian’s experience of the public riverbank, successfully creating a very colorful and stimulating city logo for Kaifu District, right on at Changsha Beichen Delta.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

I love Changsha is an urban intervention designed for the beautification and activation of the public realm of the riverbanks of the Xiang River in Changsha, the capital & largest city of Hunan Province, in China.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

The eye-catching public artwork intends to create a trendy & recognizable urban landmark at the main front plaza, using giant letters as a cheerful IP logo of the city’s name.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

The artwork is also thought to be a catalyzer for social interactions around it, as an outdoor meeting point and leisure space with privileged views over the Xiang River, enhancing the guest experience of youngsters and families visiting the commercial building in Kaifu District.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

Besides serving as an eye-catching & cheerful logo to be watched and photographed as perfect social media content to be shared, the project also offers play equipment hidden inside the capsules that form the name Changsha, for joy & entertainment of the little ones.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

Thus, it is also an “urban toy” for Kaifu District kids, creating a challenging Play Route that can be traversed from the initial letter “C” to the ending “A” and vice versa.

I ♡ CHANGSHA

It works as a course of obstacles that help kids to develop their physical abilities and cognitive skills while having fun and being photographed by their parents from the outside, for the memorable experience to be kept.

CODED SCAPE

Coded Scape is an urban landscape architectural project of 10.000 m2 that surrounds the Hangzhou Future City Experience Center, in Hangzhou, the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province, China.

CODED SCAPE

Our intention was to transfer to the surrounding landscape this strong tech character, playing with the idea of binary code, in the form of black & white or full & empty, applied to the base canvas of the landscape, the pavement & the greenery.

CODED SCAPE

The Future City Experience Center, a showroom of smart technologies applied to the urban realm, is one of the buildings that make up a new Tech Hub in the Fuyang District of Hangzhou, a city known to be home of Chinese tech industry-leading companies.

CODED SCAPE

Thus, the pavement & greenery patterns resemble a binary code language, onto which we insert colorful bits of activity, as platforms for social interaction within the space.

CODED SCAPE

Inspired by the modular rhythm of the main building’s structure, we trace an imaginary grid that helps us to allocate and distribute geometrical landscape features in different scales.

CODED SCAPE

The features go from tiny pixels of grass, passing through middle patches of geometrical bushes to bigger platforms of urban furniture & activity areas for education & entertainment.

CODED SCAPE

Within the entire landscape, we strategically place a few focal points, either as resting areas or gathering points, as well as educational, leisure & entertainment spaces.

CODED SCAPE

In this way, a Circle’s Plaza can be found at the pedestrian entrance as a meeting point for visitors; a Bots Playground is located right next to the observation tower for the entertainment of kids;

CODED SCAPE

a series of 4 mini-plazas make up the main educational & activity area right by the side of the main circulation area, and a calm Coded Garden is placed in between the buildings in order to serve them both as a resting spot for workers and visitors from both buildings.

CODED SCAPE

Altogether, the landscape enhances and stimulates the experience of visitors in the public realm even before entering the Experience Center.

CODED SCAPE

Coded Scape is an urban landscape architectural project of 10.000 m2 that surrounds the Hangzhou Future City Experience Center, in Hangzhou, the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province, China.

CODED SCAPE

The Future City Experience Center, a showroom of smart technologies applied to the urban realm, is one of the buildings that make up a new Tech Hub in the Fuyang District of Hangzhou, a city known to be home of Chinese tech industry-leading companies.

CODED SCAPE

Our intention was to transfer to the surrounding landscape this strong tech character, playing with the idea of binary code, in the form of black & white or full & empty, applied to the base canvas of the landscape, the pavement & the greenery.

CODED SCAPE

Thus, the pavement & greenery patterns resemble a binary code language, onto which we insert colorful bits of activity, as platforms for social interaction within the space.

CODED SCAPE

Inspired by the modular rhythm of the main building’s structure, we trace an imaginary grid that helps us to allocate and distribute geometrical landscape features in different scales.

CODED SCAPE

The features go from tiny pixels of grass, passing through middle patches of geometrical bushes to bigger platforms of urban furniture & activity areas for education & entertainment.

CODED SCAPE

Within the entire landscape, we strategically place a few focal points, either as resting areas or gathering points, as well as educational, leisure & entertainment spaces.

CODED SCAPE

In this way, a Circle’s Plaza can be found at the pedestrian entrance as a meeting point for visitors; a Bots Playground is located right next to the observation tower for the entertainment of kids;

CODED SCAPE

a series of 4 mini-plazas make up the main educational & activity area right by the side of the main circulation area, and a calm Coded Garden is placed in between the buildings in order to serve them both as a resting spot for workers and visitors from both buildings.

CODED SCAPE

Altogether, the landscape enhances and stimulates the experience of visitors in the public realm even before entering the Experience Center.

CODED SCAPE

Coded Scape is an urban landscape architectural project of 10.000 m2 that surrounds the Hangzhou Future City Experience Center, in Hangzhou, the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province, China.

CODED SCAPE

The Future City Experience Center, a showroom of smart technologies applied to the urban realm, is one of the buildings that make up a new Tech Hub in the Fuyang District of Hangzhou, a city known to be home of Chinese tech industry-leading companies.

CODED SCAPE

Our intention was to transfer to the surrounding landscape this strong tech character, playing with the idea of binary code, in the form of black & white or full & empty, applied to the base canvas of the landscape, the pavement & the greenery.

CODED SCAPE

Thus, the pavement & greenery patterns resemble a binary code language, onto which we insert colorful bits of activity, as platforms for social interaction within the space.

CODED SCAPE

Inspired by the modular rhythm of the main building’s structure, we trace an imaginary grid that helps us to allocate and distribute geometrical landscape features in different scales.

CODED SCAPE

Within the entire landscape, we strategically place a few focal points, either as resting areas or gathering points, as well as educational, leisure & entertainment spaces.

CODED SCAPE

In this way, a Circle’s Plaza can be found at the pedestrian entrance as a meeting point for visitors; a Bots Playground is located right next to the observation tower for the entertainment of kids;

CODED SCAPE

a series of 4 mini-plazas make up the main educational & activity area right by the side of the main circulation area, and a calm Coded Garden is placed in between the buildings in order to serve them both as a resting spot for workers and visitors from both buildings.

CODED SCAPE

Altogether, the landscape enhances and stimulates the experience of visitors in the public realm even before entering the Experience Center.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

Olympia on Tour is a remake of our playful urban intervention “Olympia”, done back in 2017, inspired by sports for the activation of different public spaces.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

The project is composed of 2 surreal sports fields, Basketball & Tennis, in which users cannot strictly and officially play those sports, but instead, they can immerse themselves into a surreal-themed play environment.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

This time, driven by a “plug & play” strategy, it is intended to be itinerant throughout several cities in China.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

Those surreal sports fields are linked together by a running track, providing play opportunities for kids, as well as resting opportunities on an innovative “bitten” wooden deck that acts as public furniture and meeting point for adults and other social groups, fostering social interactions within the installation.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

It is part of a series of itinerant “plug & play” installations developed by 100architects to promote physical activity among kids, aiming to activate and improve numerous public spaces, It has been installed first in the city of Ningbo, in the fall of 2021, and early next year will be moving to Hangzhou, with several other cities in the pipeline.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

as well as the experience of citizens in the public realm with just a single installation which can be enjoyed in several cities, turning temporarily pedestrian streets and plazas into eye-catching and exciting pop-up hotspots of fun and entertainment.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

The project is composed of 2 surreal sports fields, Basketball & Tennis, in which users cannot strictly and officially play those sports, but instead, they can immerse themselves into a surreal-themed play environment.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

we believe that through recreational amenities in the Public Realm that go beyond the spatial norms of typical sports facilities, we can foster healthier lifestyles in a wider range of social groups.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

Those surreal sports fields are linked together by a running track, providing play opportunities for kids, as well as resting opportunities on an innovative “bitten” wooden deck that acts as public furniture and meeting point for adults and other social groups, fostering social interactions within the installation.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

Olympia on Tour is a remake of our playful urban intervention “Olympia”, done back in 2017, inspired by sports for the activation of different public spaces.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

This time, driven by a “plug & play” strategy, it is intended to be itinerant throughout several cities in China.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

The project is composed of 2 surreal sports fields, Basketball & Tennis, in which users cannot strictly and officially play those sports, but instead, they can immerse themselves into a surreal-themed play environment.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

It has been installed first in the city of Ningbo, in the fall of 2021, and early next year will be moving to Hangzhou, with several other cities in the pipeline.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

It is part of a series of itinerant “plug & play” installations developed by 100architects to promote physical activity among kids, aiming to activate and improve numerous public spaces,

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

as well as the experience of citizens in the public realm with just a single installation which can be enjoyed in several cities, turning temporarily pedestrian streets and plazas into eye-catching and exciting pop-up hotspots of fun and entertainment.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

The project is composed of 2 surreal sports fields, Basketball & Tennis, in which users cannot strictly and officially play those sports, but instead, they can immerse themselves into a surreal-themed play environment.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

Understanding sports as a physical recreation, or any form of physical activity undertaken in leisure time for the sake of pleasure & entertainment, rather than high-performance sports facilities for only athletes,

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

we believe that through recreational amenities in the Public Realm that go beyond the spatial norms of typical sports facilities, we can foster healthier lifestyles in a wider range of social groups.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

Those surreal sports fields are linked together by a running track, providing play opportunities for kids, as well as resting opportunities on experimental urban artifacts.

OLYMPIA ON TOUR

An innovative “bitten” wooden deck that acts as public furniture and meeting point for adults and other social groups, fostering social interactions within the installation.

RIVER LOOP

River Loop is a metropolitan intervention in the riverbanks of Rionegro, Antioquia in Colombia, that extends for over 4 kilometers in length. The master plan defines not only the riverfront itself but also the areas adjacent to the river as a public park with urban equipment of different types for all kinds of users.

RIVER LOOP

In order to face the immense challenge of imagining the Rionegro Park of the future, and in what way the project could better serve the citizens of Rionegro,

RIVER LOOP

our proposal inevitably finds inspiration in the river itself that gives name to its city, and around which the entire project is developed.

RIVER LOOP

Deliberately, the proposal allows itself to be suggested and seduced by that sinuous and meandering silhouette of the River to generate a new public framework that is less Cartesian and more sinuous.

RIVER LOOP

It is less abrupt and more friendly with the human scale and with the pedestrian, less gray and more welcoming and stimulating, capable of reconnecting the city and its citizens with their quintessential natural public space, the River.

RIVER LOOP

In this way, the main purpose of the proposal is focused on creating a hybrid urban-natural system intertwining three fundamental aspects of the landscape: controlled natural ecosystems, pedestrian accessibility, and a public functional program.

RIVER LOOP

In the first place, the proposal aims to generate controlled hybrid spaces, interspersing nature and architecture, on the one hand, to contribute to generating a healthy natural ecosystem along both riverbanks,

RIVER LOOP

and on the other hand, to do it in such a way that it can be accessible and enjoyable by citizens, creating a true urban-natural environmental corridor along the winding route.

RIVER LOOP

To achieve this first aim, we create a matrix of different typologies of riverbanks which can be allocated according to the needs of the immediate context around, the program planned to be inserted, and the level of desired pedestrian accessibility.

RIVER LOOP

That matrix contains 12 different typologies that would create a remarkable everchanging riverbank experience keeping users entertained over the 4 kilometers length of the intervention.

RIVER LOOP

In the second instance, it is developed a network of urban affluents of the River in the form of interconnected winding roads, which allow easy pedestrian access throughout the entire promenade,

RIVER LOOP

generating new opportunities for citizens to reconnect with the natural ecology of their emblematic River.

RIVER LOOP

However, these roads are not only limited to ground level, they are often separated from the ground level to cross over other roads, form a pedestrian bridge over water or highways, or connect to a pedestrian route at a higher level.

RIVER LOOP

These new landscaping affluents in turn provide the third fundamental element of the design and abundant public program of activities throughout the park.

RIVER LOOP

The paths overlap and intersect, diverge and converge, twist and turn, rise and fall, generating concavities and convexities that allow hosting squares, viewpoints, amphitheaters, cafes, meeting points, sports areas, children's play areas, etc.

RIVER LOOP

The result is a public park with a dramatic multifunctional character.

RIVER LOOP

Finally, this urban renewal strategy, supported by these three fundamental pillars, also makes use of our particular theory of hyper-stimulation applied to public spaces through the strategic use of color, to truly turn the project into an urban-natural landmark at the national and international level.

RIVER LOOP

In a country with roots as colorful as Colombia, where color influences people's emotions and mental state so positively, what better way to extend an invitation to all Rionegreros/as to reconnect with their Rio, than through an immense canvas of color that stimulates and elevates their sense of belonging and pride for their city?

RIVER LOOP

River Loop is a metropolitan intervention in the riverbanks of Rionegro, Antioquia in Colombia, that extends for over 4 kilometers in length. The master plan defines not only the riverfront itself but also the areas adjacent to the river as a public park with urban equipment of different types for all kinds of users.

RIVER LOOP

In order to face the immense challenge of imagining the Rionegro Park of the future, and in what way the project could better serve the citizens of Rionegro, our proposal inevitably finds inspiration in the river itself that gives name to its city, and around which the entire project is developed.

RIVER LOOP

Deliberately, the proposal allows itself to be suggested and seduced by that sinuous and meandering silhouette of the River to generate a new public framework that is less Cartesian and more sinuous.

RIVER LOOP

It is less abrupt and more friendly with the human scale and with the pedestrian, less gray and more welcoming and stimulating, capable of reconnecting the city and its citizens with their quintessential natural public space, the River.

RIVER LOOP

In this way, the main purpose of the proposal is focused on creating a hybrid urban-natural system intertwining three fundamental aspects of the landscape: controlled natural ecosystems, pedestrian accessibility, and a public functional program.

RIVER LOOP

In the first place, the proposal aims to generate controlled hybrid spaces, interspersing nature and architecture, on the one hand, to contribute to generating a healthy natural ecosystem along both riverbanks,

URBAN RIPPLE

Urban Ripple is a hyper-stimulating public space designed by 100architects around a newly built Exhibition Center in Guangzhou, the most populous city of Guangdong Province, China.

URBAN RIPPLE

In order to follow up that narrative, 100architects was commissioned to design a very eye-catching, stimulating and multifunctional public space surrounding the building, aiming to boost the visitor experience before even entering the building.

URBAN RIPPLE

Driven by youngster’s lifestyle, the Exhibition Center intends to call the attention of millennials and Gen Z through a wide range of functions, such as Modern Art Gallery, Party Rooms, Cinema, Band Room, Workshop Room, etc.

URBAN RIPPLE

The hyper-stimulating space is permanently open to public, not only for the Exhibition Center’s visitors but any passerby since this area completely belongs to the public realm.

URBAN RIPPLE

The project is inspired by the famous Zhujiang River (Pearl River), one of the most important and proud icons of Guangzhou, which also gives name to the client’s company.

URBAN RIPPLE

It features a simple yet striking combinative system of geometrized water ripples, where the main public functions for social interaction are placed, and striped urban corridors resembling the flow of the river while suggesting and encouraging pedestrian circulation.

URBAN RIPPLE

The main space of the project is right in front of the exhibition center; a colorful sunken plaza with seating features, greenery and shading structures, strategically located in the heart of this urban space, contrasting with all the greyscale circulations revolving around itself.

URBAN RIPPLE

Besides the patterns, the use of color plays a key role in the clear definition of both spaces, the one for staying and engaging socially as well as the one for circulating.

URBAN RIPPLE

Thus, circulation corridors are solved with shades of grey stone pavement, while for injecting vitality in functional spaces, vibrant colors are applied, using as a base, shades of aquamarine color for the pavements.

URBAN RIPPLE

On the other hand, contrasting, energetic & uplifting colors highlight the urban furniture and other features, in order to call and direct the attention of passersby.

URBAN RIPPLE

Additionally, the project is not only in the ground floor, but also extends to the rooftop of the building colonizing with an elevated plaza the top floor of the Exhibition Center, filling it up with colors, shading structures and seating features.

URBAN RIPPLE

Urban Ripple is equipped with several sitting features, amphitheaters for gathering or public performances, lounge areas, stools & tables under canopies to rest under shadows, as well as playful and interactive features, offering joyful and entertainment spaces for all kind of age groups.

URBAN RIPPLE

Altogether, the proposal creates a very uncommon and surprising public space, beautifying the surroundings of the Exhibition Center while boosting and stimulating visitors’ senses and experiences in the public realm.

URBAN RIPPLE

Urban Ripple is a hyper-stimulating public space designed by 100architects around a newly built Exhibition Center in Guangzhou, the most populous city of Guangdong Province, China.

URBAN RIPPLE

Driven by youngster’s lifestyle, the Exhibition Center intends to call the attention of millennials and Gen Z through a wide range of functions, such as Modern Art Gallery, Party Rooms, Cinema, Band Room, Workshop Room, etc.

URBAN RIPPLE

In order to follow up that narrative, 100architects was commissioned to design a very eye-catching, stimulating and multifunctional public space surrounding the building, aiming to boost the visitor experience before even entering the building.

URBAN RIPPLE

The hyper-stimulating space is permanently open to public, not only for the Exhibition Center’s visitors but any passerby since this area completely belongs to the public realm.

URBAN RIPPLE

The project is inspired by the famous Zhujiang River (Pearl River), one of the most important and proud icons of Guangzhou, which also gives name to the client’s company.

URBAN RIPPLE

It features a simple yet striking combinative system of geometrized water ripples, where the main public functions for social interaction are placed, and striped urban corridors resembling the flow of the river while suggesting and encouraging pedestrian circulation.

URBAN RIPPLE

The main space of the project is right in front of the exhibition center; a colorful sunken plaza with seating features, greenery and shading structures, strategically located in the heart of this urban space, contrasting with all the greyscale circulations revolving around itself.

URBAN RIPPLE

Besides the patterns, the use of color plays a key role in the clear definition of both spaces, the one for staying and engaging socially as well as the one for circulating.

URBAN RIPPLE

Thus, circulation corridors are solved with shades of grey stone pavement, while for injecting vitality in functional spaces, vibrant colors are applied, using as a base, shades of aquamarine color for the pavements.

URBAN RIPPLE

On the other hand, contrasting, energetic & uplifting colors highlight the urban furniture and other features, in order to call and direct the attention of passersby.

URBAN RIPPLE

Additionally, the project is not only in the ground floor, but also extends to the rooftop of the building colonizing with an elevated plaza the top floor of the Exhibition Center, filling it up with colors, shading structures and seating features.

URBAN RIPPLE

Urban Ripple is equipped with several sitting features, amphitheaters for gathering or public performances, lounge areas, stools & tables under canopies to rest under shadows, as well as playful and interactive features, offering joyful and entertainment spaces for all kind of age groups.

URBAN RIPPLE

Altogether, the proposal creates a very uncommon and surprising public space, beautifying the surroundings of the Exhibition Center while boosting and stimulating visitors’ senses and experiences in the public realm.