Murals by world-renowned graffiti artists, playgrounds, sculptural installations, sports fields and other amenities draw locals in to engage with the space on an unprecedented level. Transforming a derelict and underused space into a new urban neighborhood feature and pedestrian passageway, the park turns what was formerly a barrier between the north and south parts of the community into a connection. Toronto’s Underpass Park is not only the most extensive park to ever be built beneath an overpass in Canada, but one of the most unusual parks of its kind throughout the world. The architects describe the new highway, built on columns, as a “brutal cut in the urban tissue.” Their installation attempts to heal this cut while taking advantage of the cathedral-like space, creating an “optimistic intervention” encouraging a new type of urban life, and includes a supermarket, flower and fish shop, parking, a park and a ‘graffiti gallery.’ There’s also a skate bowl, a mini-marina, a soccer field and a small hilly park. A8ernA, Zaanstad Underpass Installation by NL ArchitectsĪnother underpass project offering access to the adjacent waterway is A8ernA by NL Architects, located on the river Zaan in the Zoog aan de Zaan village near Amsterdam.
The Folly hosted an extensive program of cinema, performance and play… by day the Folly hosted a cafe, events and boat trips exploring the surrounding waterways at night, audiences congregated on the building’s steps to watch screenings, from blockbusting animation classics to early cinema accompanied by a live score. “The new ‘fairy tale’ for the site described the Folly as the home of a stubborn landlord who refused to move to make way for the motorway, which was subsequently built around him, leaving him and his pitched roof stuck between the East and Westbound lanes. “Starting with the idea that how spaces are imagined is often as important as their physical characteristics in determining their use, the Folly reclaimed the future of the site by re-imagining its past,” says ASSEMBLE of its ‘Folly for a Flyover’ installation beneath a disused motorway underpass in Hackney Wick. In cities around the world, underpasses are often fenced off, strewn with trash and generally unappreciated, but these intervention projects reclaim the space in fun and creative ways that benefit the community. The photograph itself is printed with white boarders.Ī3 - 50 limited edition prints, signed and numbered.Ī2 - 30 limited edition prints, signed and numbered.Climbing walls, skate parks, art installations, theaters and even miniature marinas take advantage of the cathedral-like spaces beneath highways and bridges, revitalizing formerly disused and depressed square footage in urban areas. Limited edition prints include a certificate of authenticity. Printed using pigment Ink on archival 308gsm paper Print DetailsĪll photographs printed without watermark. View Fragility and all my art projects on my website gallery hereįragility (1st edition), 210 x 297mm, 36pp, 350gsm covers & 150gsm internal, lustre paper finish.
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This photo project explores the fragilities and vulnerabilities of our existence in these times of uncertainty through a series of archive photographs that juxtapose emptiness and abandonment as being evocative of our new reality. The fragility is clearly and unambiguously there for all to see. The mantra of cities being vibrant places for humans is now questionable in the wake of this pandemic. Our individual anxieties and stresses are universal, experienced the world over. Includes the zine Fragility and the fine art print Underpass // Overpass About the zine:įragility explores human vulnerability in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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