Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter, Pryds   Denmark   In order to enhance the unique character of the Botanical Garden and maintain the original scheme, a sequence of exhibition galleries are added to connect new and old as well as a series of glass volumes that emulate the existing greenhouses.  The gr

BIG Bjarke Ingels Group   Denmark   Instead of adding new elements to the existing buildings, the scheme proposes a man-made stone landscape that naturally adapts to the Botanical Garden with its structure built on the same simple geometric principles present in nature...

David Chipperfield Architects   Denmark   Inspired by the 19th century ‘wunderkammer’, the museum has a large underground pavilion and three pavilions for botanic collections that re-emerge at the surface with their glass facades and slanted roofs reminiscent of historic greenhouses... 

Steven Holl, Cowi   Denmark   The museum is organized in three parts: ‘under the sea’ consists of five translucid glass islands of light that emerge from a reflecting pond; ‘under the earth’ is an elevated triangular roof; and ‘under the sky’, the entry pavilion, is a convex glas

C.F. Møller , Kengo Kuma, jaja architects   Denmark   Under the motto ‘the museum in the garden and the garden in the museum,’ natural light, vegetation and views are let into the indoor contemplation spaces. To attract visitors, glimpses of the inside are let in through a series of cuts in the landscap

Snøhetta   Denmark   All of the site elements, the new structures and the Whale Hall are organized on a varying 3x3 meter concrete paving grid and a series of gentle slopes that lead towards the exhibition entrances, unifying the old and new parts of the museum... 

SANAA   Italy   A result of the international call for ideas convened by Bocconi University to extend its facilities in Milan, the project for the new campus sits on grounds located south of the current university campus, between a park and the urban environment clo

David Chipperfield Architects   Italy   The design of the four volumes within the campus is based on the structural concept and simple forms of a beam (School of Management), a pillar (student dorms), a span (commercial pavilion), and a slab (sport and leisure pavilion)... 

Mario Cucinella Architects   Italy   The ‘farm of knowledge’ combines green areas with architecture, conceiving each part of the complex as a ‘living organism’ that is capable of producing energy, oxygen and in the case of the student dorms, of absorbing atmospheric pollution... 

Miralles Tagliabue EMBT   Italy   Two codes are used to adapt to the context: an exterior and more strict one links up the campus with the city, and another interior one, more organic and exuberant – inspired by Milanese textile design – connects the campus with the green areas... 

OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture   Italy   In contrast to the existing fragmented campus, the new complex is conceived as a core, where two clusters of interdependent buildings, one introverted and the other extroverted, are laid out around an open center, making up a larger whole...

Sauerbruch Hutton   Italy   Unlike the North campus which brings together a group of buildings and labyrinthian voids built over the past 50 years, the construction of a South campus or ‘Bocconi Green’ is proposed as the largest public space in the university...

Fuksas, Jordi Henrich   Italy   A large and elevated three kilometer park connects the city acting as a green lung. The buildings of the Rossani Barracks are refurbished and converted into the new cultural and artistic area of the city with a large 1.000-seater auditorium in the ce

Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra   Italy   The proposal transforms the infrastructure that connects the historic and the 20th-century city – which stretch on both sides of the railway line – into a public space, covered with a green blanket and equipped with retail areas and public facilities

Antonello Stella, Iotti + Pavarini Architetti, Favero & Milan   Italy   The strategy is organized around four aspects: enhancing the surrounding neighborhoods, defining a communication network with green spaces; creating a new city facade; and configuring new neighborhoods that link up both sides of the tracks...

Federico Desideri, Francesco Cellini, insula | insula architettura e ingegneria, Stefano Serpenti   Italy   The new scheme proposes the replacement of the old barracks with a large park, connecting three railway sections with bridge-buildings for offices, hotels and commercial venues, and organizing a residential area around a 4.5 hectare green square...

Luigi Cisternino, Ruggiero Comitangelo, ACT, Bolles + Wilson   Italy   To connect both sides of the road, the project proposes a series of bridges that join triangular office blocks, and in the station two glass ‘screen’ buildings link the square with a lower level containing a transportation hub and retail areas...

Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, BDF   Italy   The scheme proposes a new central station and a transportation hub with a bus station and a car park along with a green axis that organizes the city from east to west, crossing the end point of Bari’s pedestrian axis at a new cultural area...

Metrogramma, Politecnica, AZPA, LSB   Italy   The goal is the design of a general scenario where the parameters of efficiency, functionality and beauty of the city have to get rank on the environmental, morphological, energetical and infrastructural field, assuring high housing and urban quality

Carlos Ferrater, OAB, Jornet Llop Pastor, PISaA, Domenico Piemonte, Katerina Samsarelou, Centola & Associati, Erregi   Italy   Based on the ring-park concept, the green and public spaces, overlaid to the energy and information networks, allow pedestrian mobility and connect both sides of the railway area with three urban scenographic parks and an elevated square...

Mansilla + Tuñón   Spain   In the year 2008, the Madrid-based studio Mansilla + Tuñón won the international competition to build the first of the domes included in the Regional Plan for the Duero Valley: the main building of the Institutional Campus of Eco-City Soria, in Soto

In a space of 1,000 square meters, the exhibition ‘Momentané’ celebrates the fifteen years of work of the designers, covering their whole artistic career. The brothers Ronan and Erwan, born in Bretagne in 1971 and 1976 respectively, have designed the

The series ‘Alta Densidad’ (‘High-density’) by photographer and architect Jorge Taboada (Monterrey, Mexico, 1974) includes aerial photographs taken on the outskirts of sprawling Latin American cities. These images of beautiful fractals, where people