72:HR:UA:AU: Landscape Urbanism 72 Hour Urban Action Melbourne.

TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A PUBLIC SPACE!!!

Development occurs in a state of flux and we must learn to design and construct an urban environment that embraces continual transition. Temporary use is the opposite of the masterplan: it starts out from context and the current condition, not from a distant goal; it seeks to use what already exists rather than inventing everything anew; it is concerned with small places and brief spans of time as well as the conditions at various points in time. Temporary uses are symptoms of an alternative understanding to urban planning, rather than leaving development to government and the economy alone, they explore an appropriation of the city.* Temporary urban landscapes therefore offer a unique opportunity for design events of limited life to exist, injecting the urban environment with playfulness, imagining possible futures that are experiential and adaptive. The Landscape Urbanism 72 Hour Urban Action Melbourne challenges teams to participate in a game plan competition that involves designing and constructing a site in response to a brief within 72 hours.

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Helsinki South Harbour – Open International Ideas Competition.

The entrants' task is to create a comprehensive ideas plan for the South harbour that can be used as a basis for the future development of the area. The competition area is the entire shore area of the South Harbour. The central location of the South Harbour, the area's cultural history and the passanger ports are essential parts of the city identity. The South Harbour is Helsinki's marine national landscape.

The competition programme and the enclosures can be downloaded as of 2 May from the competition website.

West 8’s Garden of 10,000 Bridges Opens at Xi’an International Horticultural Exhibition.

The Garden of 10,000 Bridges, created by Dutch urban and landscape design firm West 8in partnership with DYJG Beijing, has recently opened to the public at the International Horticultural Exhibition in Xi'an, China. The garden will be open until October 22, 2011.

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Bilbaojardín 2011

En la primavera verano de 2007, Bilbao se convirtió en una exposición de jardines urbana, singular e interesante.

Otros concursos en el mundo han logrado notoriedad pero ninguno antes había apostado, como el de Bilbao, por convertir un espacio urbano en protagonista de su concurso.

Cuando ideamos y pusimos en marcha este proyecto, lo hacíamos pensando que era un atractivo más que podía ofrecer la villa de Bilbao. Nacimos evidentemente con vocación de futuro, convirtiendo este Concurso en bienal y teniendo como objetivo que llegara a ser un referente internacional. Y parece que no erramos mucho. Ahí están los datos: en el Primer Concurso BilbaoJardín 2007 se presentaron 132 proyectos; en la segunda edición que tuvo lugar en la primavera 2009 la cifra de proyectos recibidos fue de 138. Además se recibieron consultas de las más diversas partes del mundo, la aceptación de personalidades de la arquitectura y la cultura para diseñar su propio jardín fuera de concurso...El resultado final ha sido ya consolidado con el valor añadido de la gran aceptación con que la ciudadanía acoge y celebra este proyecto.

BilbaoJardín se articula entorno a las bases aquí expuestas y con un objetivo que concurre con el de sus anteriores ediciones: que los 20 proyectos que se seleccionen y se mantengan en exhibición nos ayuden a redescubrir, aún más si es posible, nuestra ciudad.

De nuevo, el premiado será invitado a crear un nuevo jardín en la ciudad o bien a la remodelación de alguno ya existente.

Ésta es la oferta que quiere cumplir BilbaoJardín durante el año 2011. Aquí la tienen: ¡disfrútenla!

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Taichung Gateway Park International Competition.

Taichung City Government has been actively pursing the planning work for Taichung Gateway City in response to globalization trends, anticipated growth of Taiwan-China trade, Central Taiwan development objectives as well as Taichung’s own vision to become a livable international metropolis. The goal is to create a visionary, innovative and international urban environment while at the same time establishing close links between Central Taiwan and the rest of the world.

Taichung Gateway City covers an approximately 254-hectare area that includes the former Taichung (Shuinan) Airport and its vicinities. According to Taichung’s municipal urban plan, at the center of Taichung Gateway City will be an expansive green space—Taichung Gateway Park—that meanders from the north to the south of the entire development area with approximately 68-hectare. Areas surrounding the park will be divided into four districts according to their features: Eco Residential District, Gateway District, Cultural Business District, and Innovation R&D District. In addition, Taichung Dome, Taichung Convention and Exhibition Center, and Taiwan Tower and Taichung City Cultural Center will all be integrated into Taichung Gateway Park. Therefore, the development of the park will become the most significant milestone for Taichung Gateway City.

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