 | | Photo: Timothy Schenck | | | Water in public-space architecture | | | Water, whether river, lake or pool, not only adds playful potential to public-space architecture, it also offers numerous other aesthetic, practical and environmental benefits. Read more | | Good lighting is essential for well-designed spaces, regardless of the colour, texture and quality of the interior. But while natural light provides health, vision and energy benefits over artificial light, it’s much easier to change the position of a lamp than a window.
VELUX’s Daylight Visualizer is a helpful tool that simulates changes in lightscapes, before any prospective construction or fitting takes place, helping architects, designers and planners to make informed daylight design decisions. You don’t need to be an expert in 3D software to use it either, with simple but informative models generated from scratch in minutes, or the compatibility to import existing projects from a range of BIM/CAD software. Read more | |  | | Photo: Norbert Tukaj | | | Square deal: new public space design | | | Public squares remain a symbol of our human need to communally congregate but have also evolved into multifunctional hubs that are more than just places for people to gather. Read more | |  | | Photo: Courtesy of Nacása & Partners Inc. | | | Miyashita Park, Shibuya City, Japan, by Nikken Sekkei | | | In Japanese cities, urban development is dense and public facilities and amenities have evolved whereby multiple functions occupy the same space. Miyashita Park is an example of this synthesis of relaxation and activity, of park and commerce. Read more | |  | | Photo: Hanns Joosten | | | Founded in 1996, Topotek 1 is a diverse, lively, and multidisciplinary office composed of a highly qualified international team of architects and landscape architects that draws upon this wide range of experience during all stages of the design and construction processes. Read more | | | | | | | | |
