Leona Drive - A Public Access + LOT Project

While reading Saturday's Globe and Mail I spotted this article and thought it warranted a closer look.

The Leona Drive project - An installation of site specific artwork in houses slated for Demolition.

"This landmark project brings together Canadian artists, high school students, developers, curious neighbours and local politicians to open up dialogue around urban planning and city life." via leonadrive.ca

images by Charla Jones via The Globe And Mail

The Leona Drive Project runs to Oct.31, open daily, 1-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. with artist talks each day at 1 and 6 p.m.
for a more in depth look at the project please visit leonadrive.ca
+ be sure to check out LOT Project + Public Access Collective

New York City Parks in Use, 1912 by Charles Downing Lay

Charles Downing Lay (1877-1956) was the first student to receive a degree in Landscape Architecture at Harvard.

"The modern landscape park, as we know, is a result of modern urbanization and its immediate predecessor was the royal hunting park, which, gradually surrounded by an urban population, was gradually appropriated for its own uses. In this country where all is new the parks were created abruptly because it felt that some sight of rural scenery was necessary for dwellers in a large city." Lay, Excerpt from Charles Downing. "Park Design and the Preservation of the Park Idea." Landscape Architecture (January 1921, Vol. XI, no. 2) 76-83.

Thomas Jefferson Park, School Gardens 1912

Central Park, Skating Lake, 1912

Central Park, Concert on the Mall, 1912

Additional Central Park images created between 1880-1912

Central Park, plan (Olmsted Bros. Dec. 1901), Louisville, KY

F. Law Olmsted was also responsible for layout of the Uplands, Victoria BC.

Central Park, aerial view, New York, NY

Central Park, aerial view, looking south, New York, NY

Central Park, The Mall, New York, NY

Central Park, bridge, New York, NY

Central Park, ball field, New York, NY

all of the images above are courtesy of
The Frances Loeb Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

contours + cross sections

Fondness for contour maps, sketching, and the discipline of Japanese design and architecture may be why I am so partial to these hand drawn prints by artist Momoko Sudo.

Momoko sudo @ subjectiveart.com

urban craft

functioning art

design

christian barnard

craftsman

Mitchell Lietaer

client brief

- wardrobe to act as functioning art piece

- his and hers space

- maximise use of small bedroom space

concept sketch

design development

completed closet

finishing of room still in progress

bypass doors were used to maximise bedroom space

johnson street and other bridges of note

The bridges in this posting are the creations of Wilkinson Eyre Architects, the firm responsible for the Johnson Street Bridge replacement project.

Nescio Bridge

Amsterdam

The 790m long Nesciobrug crosses the Rhine Canal in Amsterdam, enabling pedestrians and cyclists to travel to and from the city's newly reclaimed suburb of IJburg.

As Holland’s first suspension bridge, the Nesciobrug shows what is possible with modern structural design.

Cyclists and pedestrians follow fluent, curving alignments, supported by a minimal system of cables and masts.

Bridge of Aspiration
London

Twisting above Floral Street in Covent Garden, the Bridge of Aspiration provides the dancers of the Royal Ballet School with a direct link to the Grade 1 listed Royal Opera House.

This award-winning design features a spectacular concertina of 23 square portals with glazed intervals supported from an aluminum spine.

These rotate in sequence for the skew in alignment, performing a quarter-turn overall along the length of the bridge.The result is an elegant intervention high above the street, which evokes the fluidity and grace of dance.

Living Bridge
University of Limerick, Ireland

"The span arrangement is a pragmatic response to the founding opportunities within the river, placing piers on the river banks wooded islands and pooled edges. The deck width 'pulses' along its length, offering wider platforms to be used as resting places or spaces for public art." via Wilkinson Eyre

Johnson Street Bridge replacement proposal
Victoria BC, Canada

In 1924 , the Johnson Street Bridge was built to span Victoria’s Harbour.
The current blue bridge design was by The Strauss Bascule Company Limited,
who later went on to construct the Golden Gate Bridge.

existing structure

proposal renderings for Johnson street bridge replacement project

For more information please visit wilkinsoneyre.com
+ johnsonstreetbridge.com