Urban regeneration

The number of people living in urban areas worldwide is constantly rising. This puts significant pressure on resources in general—leading to an urgent need for the radical improvement of local infrastructure, especially housing, food, water and waste. Managing urban areas is therefore one of the most important development challenges of the twenty-first century. The built environment is a key element in urban living. Significant investments in infrastructure and further development must be…

Chapman Taylor Project Profile: Aria Milan – Designing a science, art and education core for one of Europe’s most important urban regenerations

In early 2013, the Government of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, decided to develop an Urban Development Planning aimed to achieve a social transformation...

In recent decades, SOM’s urban design work in China has created several successful old town redevelopment planning projects—such as Shanghai Xintiandi and Foshan Lingnan Tiandi—that integrate China’s ancient urban heritage into a new type of urban placemaking, one that celebrates local traditions while also creating immeasurable economic, social, and cultural value. Guangzhou’s Old Town is the latest of these.

Image 14 of 29 from gallery of Regeneration of the Favela de Rocinha Slum / Jan Kudlicka. concept 07

The Design proposal not only emphasizes on Architecture as manifestation of Culture and Art, but also addresses the challenges of Urban Regeneration and Economic Upliftment of the Artist communities through connections and surgical interventions in the Heritage Art Precinct. #Conceptarchitecturecompetition #Urbandesigncompetition

The award-winning firm, Jan Kattein Architects, works to realize the civic and spatial opportunities that architecture presents’ with their projects.