May 2020

I PARKS

Born Identity It was important for Basis Architectural Bureau to preserve the identity of the historical place when working on a small square near the walls of the Kremlin in Kolomna - a small Russian town located three hours of Moscow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As architects, we wanted to convey a home-like atmosphere and characteristics of a small county town. Therefore, we kept the human scale in the proportions and used warm, natural materials,â&#x20AC;? explains Ivan Okhapkin, Basis Architectural Bureau.

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May 2020

Published on May 7, 2020Food

Landscape Middle East

Over the past few months, our gratitude and the media’s attention and rightly so, has been on focused on the frontline medical workers who are saving lives while putting their own lives at risk during this global pandemic. However, a somewhat unforgotten group or unsung heroes if you like, has been our children. These little human’s have adapted to a whole new way of life without fully understanding why, their once daily ritual of playing in the park, seeing friends and going to school has been taken away from them without any warning. Our veteran Landscape contributor Geoff Sanderson pens a reflective piece in this issue touching on the reasons why we, as landscape architects and urban planners, got into the business in the first place and when you consider it through the eyes of a child, it’s pretty simple! Laila Alawneh of pandemic article, gives a European perspective on designing during a pandemic and how smart urban planning and ‘smart cities’ such as Abu Dhabi in the UAE can become role models.

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May 2020

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Times are changing, and so is how we live

Born Identity

Uniting Communities

Remembering the little things

A Future Without Limits

Digital Transformation