Janus, der Magnet & die Pixel
2020 COMPETITION
How to revitalize a contemporary suburban village piazza? What is the key to an attractive village square? The people who visit it?
Janus and its faces: The square's two given stay qualities are strengthened: The everyday on the western village axis: playing, meeting, lingering and the connection to the public transportation. The festive on the spatially defined community square: concerts, open-air cinemas or markets - they take place on the flexibly playable area in front of the community center. The pavilion as a magnet, with public transportation & gastronomic offers.The pixels and their infrastructure: whether a playground element, pergola, ground marking, viewing platform, bench, pétanque field or plant beds - the pixels are to be seen as flexible and expandable containers that can take on a simple or complex shape.
How to revitalize a contemporary suburban village piazza? What is the key to an attractive village square? The people who visit it?
Janus and its faces: The square's two given stay qualities are strengthened: The everyday on the western village axis: playing, meeting, lingering and the connection to the public transportation. The festive on the spatially defined community square: concerts, open-air cinemas or markets - they take place on the flexibly playable area in front of the community center. The pavilion as a magnet, with public transportation & gastronomic offers.The pixels and their infrastructure: whether a playground element, pergola, ground marking, viewing platform, bench, pétanque field or plant beds - the pixels are to be seen as flexible and expandable containers that can take on a simple or complex shape.
