The Valencian architectural design firm bg studio has been commissioned to develop a “flagship project” for the north entrance of Alicante city in Spain. Been its characteristic feature besides from its aim to become a “warm welcome gesture to the Mediterranean sea” its skin composition material based on plastic composites. A new material increasingly present in contemporary architecture wich has many advantages over traditional materials. See original article in PDF
Kees Christiaanse, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the ETH, Zürich, and founder of KCAP Architects and Planners states that the definition of the Parque Central in the heart of the city presents the opportunity to transform the whole axis in an area of great urban vitality and become a exemplary model for future interventions. The design of the park should be exceptional and innovative but above ‘framed’ in an overarching urban design, integrating criteria of mobility, sustainable urbanity and quality of urban realm. As such it profoundly increases the quality of live for the Valencia’s society. See original article in PDF
dezeen was launched at the end of November 2006 and has grown rapidly to become one of the most popular and influential architecture and design blogs on the internet. They get over a million visitors a month, and traffic is growing fast.Dezeen has recently been included in Time magazine’s Design 100 list of the most influential forces in global design, and in Design Week magazine’s Hot 50 list of key figures in design. On March 12th 2010 (hey, on my birthday) they write this…
bg studio collaborated with studio of Enrique Fernández-Vivancos on the award winning project of boulevard in Benicàssim. See the project here.
bg studio has teamed up with the dutch urban design studio KCAP, the French landscape designers BASE and engineering company SEG for the Central Park competition in Valencia. It seemed essential to team building to combine local professionals with knowledge of the urban history of the city and the topology of the place, with European studios that provided an external view on the constraints faced, as well as their knowledge of the great examples cities of northern Europe. Articles in pdf, Levante and ElMundo.