Projects - 100architects

A new typology of open public space, “an urban toy for the city”

Pegasus Trail is a new milestone in the typology of urban public interventions made by 100architects in the Public Realm. In this occasion, the neighborhood-scale intervention landed in the ever-growing city of Chongqing, the 3rd largest city of China and one of the Chinese megacities with greatest growth rates in the past decade.
This project intends to be a new typology of public space, “an urban toy for the city”. Following the studio’s belief that “Play is not only for kids”, 100architects have designed an urban playscape for the city, and for all its citizens, regardless of their age.

PEGASUS TRAIL, Chongqing

Landscape Architecture Neighborhood Intervention

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A huge colorful object that will boost tourism and economic development

The Orange Moon is a metropolitan intervention that aims to boost commerce and tourism catalyzing economic development by positioning this huge object on the riverbank of the Hang River.

THE ORANGE MOON, Seoul

Master Planning Metropolitan Intervention

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A sunken access plaza inspired in a surreal and colorful blooming garden

Hidden Garden is an exterior renovation of a sunken plaza giving access to a mixed-use complex in Minhang, the suburban district in the South-West of Shanghai.
Besides serving as access plaza to the commercial and office buildings, the sunken plaza is also an open-air public space fully open to the public throughout the day.

HIDDEN GARDEN, Shanghai

Temporary Installation Street Intervention

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An eventful elevated park crossing Shanghai offering a unique urban journey

High Loop is a proposal for the renovation of the Puji lu bridge located in Downtown Shanghai.
The project aims to transform the bridge into an eventful elevated park crossing the city offering a journey through one of the densest areas of Shanghai. The design organizes the circulation adding new functions such as viewpoint decks, greenery, urban furniture, areas for informal market and more.

HIGH LOOP, Shanghai

Landscape Architecture Neighborhood Intervention

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An urban Intervention that changes the traditional concept of plaza

The shower is a public space project that offers an alternative to the traditional concept of plaza, catalyzing social dynamics and activating urban spaces. It’s inspired by summer elements that could bring some freshness to the plaza, such as sea, water splash, summer breeze, surfing and summer lifestyle in general.

THE SHOWER, Shanghai

Temporary Installation Street Intervention

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Sports & playscapes merged in a colorful horse-shaped landscape

The design of this vibrant and multi-functional public space resembles the abstract geometry of a Horse when seen from an aerial point of view.

HORSELAND, Chongqing

Landscape Architecture Neighborhood Intervention

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350 meters of playscape promenade, the longest of its kind in the world.

A stimulating inhabitable facade, developed in a linear way along 350 meters of waterfront promenade at the Creek Island’s Marina.

CREEK PLAY, Dubai

Landscape Architecture Neighborhood Intervention

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A massive public realm activation of pure outdoor leisure and entertainment

Starfish Hub is a massive public realm activation of Saadiyat Marina Village, in the coastline of Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi (UAE), a massive development of new urban areas planned for creating an international attracting landmark for Abu Dhabi.

STARFISH HUB, Abu Dhabi

Master Planning Metropolitan Intervention

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A bus stop inspired by the Azalea flower that collects the rain water

The proposal is strongly inspired by local nature, dragging inspiration from Azalea flowers, often seen in not only in Jiaxing City, but also in Zhejiang Province. The design strategy is over-scaling the leaves of Azalea flower in order to create structures which offer shelter to citizens and users of the bus public transportation.

AZALEA ECO-BUS STOP, Jiaxing

Urban Artifacts Street Intervention

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Strongly inspired by nature, it collects rain water and solar energy

This proposal is part of a series of 2 renovation of bus stops inspired in flowers in Huancheng Nan Road in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China.
“Lotus Eco-Bus Stop” is an eye-catching proposal strongly inspired by nature, collecting the rain water and solar energy.

LOTUS ECO-BUS STOP, Jiaxing

Urban Artifacts Street Intervention

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A playful & habitable landmark object arranged in a vertical way

A tower of cuckoo houses stacked on top of each other in the center atrium of a commercial space. Taking advantage of the only column that goes from bottom to top through the atrium, the design strategy consisted on dressing it with a system of houses structurally anchored to the column itself.

CUCKOO HOUSE, Shanghai

Interior Design Interior Intervention

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A water-park shaped as a fantastic seahorse in Chongqing, China

The Seahorse project, is an exterior landscape architecture project located in Chongqing, China. It is essentially a water-park shaped as a seahorse. It includes many interesting water features as well as a few seating areas and playing objects. The project also included lighting features for night views.

SEA HORSE, Chongqing

Landscape Architecture Neighborhood Intervention

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Composed by 6 triangles equipped with different hanging functions.

Inspired by the triangulation of crystal’s structures. The project is shaped as a huge self-standing hexagonal structure from which different fun features are hanging down creating a suspended public space.

HANG OUT, Shanghai

Temporary Installation Street Intervention

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Water dripping down the stairs creating an eventful "pool" in the plaza.

Its design is conceptualized as water dropping down the big stairs creating a pool in the plaza.
Conceptually the water drops solidify becoming seating features with triangular shading structures, transforming the stairs into a tribune toward the main plaza where the crystal pool is located.

CRYSTAL POOL, Shanghai

Temporary Installation Street Intervention

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Color strings come up to the skylight creating a rainbow of colors.

The project is inspired in the spectrum of colors that appears when a light ray intercepts a crystal separating the light into different colors. It consists in 3 circles of activities intercepting each other in the main atrium of the shopping center. The circles are either domes, for climbing and playing, or seating features for resting.

SPECTRUM, Shanghai

Temporary Installation Interior Intervention

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It is an explosion of colors that creates 4 rectangular stripes of activities.

The project gain volume at the center creating a hill of activities. From the top of the hill there are 2 slopes, toward one side are playing functions while toward the other are tribune and amphitheater functions.

BIG BANG, Shanghai

Temporary Installation Street Intervention

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Two almost identical red ribbons for education & entertainment

An Indoor activation installation creates a meeting & entertainment spot for social interactions at the heart of a top-class retail space.

TWIN RIBBONS, Shanghai

Temporary Installation Interior Intervention

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A Bold Tribute to the Past, Designed for the Present

Shipyard is a vibrant public space intervention by 100architects, designed for the Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2019. Located on the Yangpu Waterfront, the project draws inspiration from the shipbuilding history of the site, reimagining the skeleton of a vessel in striking orange steel ribs.

SHIPYARD, Shanghai

Landscape Architecture Neighborhood Intervention

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