28.1.10

Pavement cleaning





Dirty road in front of Trafalgar square








clened by water



They clean usually the road once a year











Cleaned road

25.1.10

Remarkable Landscape Architects





Kathryn Gustafson




Kathryn Gustafson, the Landscape Architect, established her practice in Paris in 1980, working as a sole practitioner in collaboration with architects, artists, and engineers.
Kathryn initially studied fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City before moving to Paris to study landscape architecture at the Ecole Nationale Superieure du Paysage in Versaille, France where she obtained her Diploma in 1979. Through her private practice, she has won a series of high profile landscape projects including the corporate headquarters for Shell, Esso and l’Oreal near Paris, a new park in Terrasson la Villedieu which has become a listed landmark, the Square of Human Rights in Evry and Square Rachmaninov in Paris.
Kathryn Gustafson now works throughout the world with the two offices, Gustafson Porter in London and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol in Seattle









Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, London, 2004

































Old market Square,Nottingham, 2007


























Shoreline Walk, Beirut,2008














20.11.09

Parc de Montjuic


There is steep slope. and I saw different paving. There are fretted lines on concrete paving. it seems like to prevent slip on the way.



The rubbish bin, handrail and Lamp made of steel. It made full unity by material.

The slope in the playground using lever gap.










Different material in Parc de Montjuic


Bicing



When I when to Barcelona, I can see the red sign of bicing sign.
I asked them, how can I use the bicycle.
One of the person told me, They register the card in every month. So they can use the bicycle in Barcelona.

market, La Rambla


Entrance of the market


Lots of herbs and spices

an abundance of sea food



Many size of egg

Hamon ans salami

16.11.09

Remarkable Landscape Architects

Ken Smith


Ken Smith is a landscape architect who has worked on a wide variety ofnational and international projects, in both private and public practice.His background and training is in landscape architecture and the fine arts.In twenty years of practice he has participated in many team endeavorsand worked with a wide range of consultants and groups. His interestsinclude landscape design of varying scale with a particular emphasis onprojects, which explore the symbolic content and expressive power oflandscape as an art form. He is committed to creating landscapes,especially parks and other public spaces, with vision and meaning as away of improving the quality of urban life.Ken Smith is licensed to practice in New York, California and other states,and has lectured and been published widely. Educated at Iowa StateUniversity and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, his practiceis based in New York City. He is active as an educator and serves as aVisiting Lecturer at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Hisbreadth of experience, understanding of landscape issues and capacityto undertake complex problems and difficult sites qualify him for a widevariety and scale of projects.



Santa Fe Railyard Park






Moma Roof Garden