West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture

 

The construction of Lincoln Park has started. In January 2011 the park will be opened.

The first phase of Toronto’s Water’s Edge Promenade, which connects Sugar Beach and Sherbourne Common, is now open.

The first phase of the new Rotterdam Central Station has been realized. Under the first platform the passage is already widened from 8 to 48 meters. On the first platform all columns are placed and the first parts of the roof are being attached to it. The construction is on schedule and the new terminal will be completed in 2013.

After the Nieuw Trapezium building has been built, the fist phase of the public space has been completed.

Construction of the pedestrian and bicycle bridge for the trainstation of Aarschot has begun.

The Spadina WaveDeck has received a Certificate of Merit as part of the 2010 National Urban Design Awards. This marks the fifth time that the wavedeck has received a design or construction related award since opening in September 2008.

The Kai Park at the Vinex-location Vathorst was officially opened by mayor van Vliet-Kuiper

For the opening of Rome’s MAXXI National Museum of 21st century arts West 8’s site-specific installation ‘Il Nascosto Paradiso’ (The Stolen Paradise) was mounted within the inaugural exhibition SPAZIO (Space) which features the works of artists and architects. It was substantially removed by the curators shortly before the opening at the request of several prominent international artists. What remains of the installation for the exhibition consists of half the exterior elements (corten steel tree trunks in grass at the entry).

Exactly 70 years after the bombing on Rotterdam, the permanent marking of the fire limits is finished with the unveiling of the 'Brandgrenssteen'. The solid granite stone gives information about the bombing.