Paradises
a+t 52: Urban Park Strategies - Paradises
Aurora Fernández Per, Javier Mozas (Editors)
a+t, January 2019
Paperback | 9-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches | 120 pages | Spanish/English | ISBN: 978-8409098804 | 26.00 ?
Publisher's Description:
Increasingly, and at a faster pace, nature becomes culture and as this occurs, so continues the construction of an increasingly artificial and imaginary paradise lost. The paradises of today are those public spaces where multiple spiritual postures fit, where each one is built while experiencing them.
Javier Mozas traces a walk in search of paradise, through 5 historical models, starting in the 17th Century and ends at the beginning of the 20th Century. Aurora Fernández Per identifies and analyses within the selected works design strategies and actions with which to create accessible paradises for the citizen.
The STRATEGY series, initiated in 2010, defines scalar scopes, evidences disciplinary origins and composes a grid that overlaps the project to offer a new vision of it.dDAB Commentary:
One of my favorite parks graces the cover of the latest issue in a+t's ongoing Strategy series. I might be biased though, since Hunters Point South Waterfront Park is just a few miles from my home, just a quick ferry ride, which makes going to the park on a warm, sunny day that much more enjoyable. Designed by Weiss/Manfredi, Thomas Balsley, and Arup, the park was realized in two phases, with the first phase comprising active uses (playground, do...
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