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projects: Archives / May 1999
king’s cross park
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london UK
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May 1, 1999 |
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May 1, 1999
Cities are about environmental control, and are thus very close to creating a space akin to an interior space. Inner city parks seem to exist under the most extreme amount of control. Thus, a new park is created as a 1 kilometer long bowl-shaped structure to redevelop the hapless Kings Cross area. The raised edges are positioned to carefully remove view of the city from within the park, with the London Zoo’s animals moved to the new park’s perimeter, thus maximizing the magical effect of being transported from city to “fantastic” nature. Beneath the raised edges, various sporting venues...
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