The Grounds of a Renewed Practice: Groundlab's Approach Towards Landscape and Infrastructure

Based in London and Beijing, Groundlab is an emerging international practice that specialises in landscape urbanism. Eva Castro, José Alfredo Ramírez and Eduardo Rico of Groundlab describe the potential that the ground itself provides for a new urbanism, which is able to integrate multiple fields an...

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Published in:Architectural design 2013-07, Vol.83 (4), p.78-85
Main Authors: Castro, Eva, Ramírez, José Alfredo, Rico, Eduardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AA Mexico City Visiting School
Architectural Association
Architecture
Arthur Hayden
Boston Peninsula
Bronx River Parkway project
Bronx River Parkway project, New York
Charles River
Design engineering
Ecology
Emerald Necklace project
Ethylene vinyl acetates
Frederick Law Olmsted
Ground Ecologies masterplan
ground remediation and water infrastructure techniques
Grounds
Herman Merkel and Gilmore Clarke
Infrastructure
Jiading District
Lake Chalco
Landscapes
Leslie Holleran
Muddy River
New York
Paisajes Latentes urban design masterplan
Recovering Waterscapes studio
Remediation
Robert Moses
Soundview Park
superblocks
Valle De Chalco Solidaridad
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Summary:Based in London and Beijing, Groundlab is an emerging international practice that specialises in landscape urbanism. Eva Castro, José Alfredo Ramírez and Eduardo Rico of Groundlab describe the potential that the ground itself provides for a new urbanism, which is able to integrate multiple fields and scales while also engaging with greater territorial systems. They explain how landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted was influential in establishing an approach that uses ecological infrastructure as the basis for design. They proceed in describing two Groundlab projects that integrate ground remediation and water infrastructure techniques: Paisajes Latentes urban design masterplan for Valle De Chalco Solidaridad in Mexico City (2011) and the Ground Ecologies masterplan for the redevelopment of the Jiading District in Shanghai (2010).
ISSN:0003-8504
1554-2769
DOI:10.1002/ad.1622