CONTRUCTED LANDSCAPE COMMUNITY PARK
Aug 08, 2015
CONTRUCTED LANDSCAPE
COMMUNITY PARK
BUHL COMMUNITY PARK PITTSBURGH , PENNSYLVANIA , USA
• Built in 1840 , called Allegheny Square.
• Allegheny city was annexed Pittsburgh at 1907.
• The park is modernist at 1960s .
• In 2011 August 4, children’s museum donate 5 million to build the park.
• In 2012 June 25 , the New Buhl Community Park was opened.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
LOCATION
• Located at Allegheny Square
• Sit at the former crossroads of
Federal street and Ohio
SITE CONTEXT
• Children
museum
• Old north side
post-office
• Buhl
Planetarium
• Carnegie
Science Center
112m
• Distance between the park and the residential area is 170m
DISTANCE
170m
CHARACTERISTIC
• Billowing water
sculpture named
‘Cloud Arbor’
• Created by Ned Kahn
• Fixing 64 stainless-
steel pole
• Mist is created when
water is forced
through high pressure
ACTIVITIES • Play with the ‘Cloud
Arbor’
• Recreation
• Circus Performance
PERDANA PARK KOTA KINABALU , SABAH , MALAYSIA
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• Before the park built , it is known as Hone Place.
• Officially opened by Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak on 28 January 2011.
• Opened to public on 30 January 2011.
LOCATION
• Located at Jalan Mat Salleh , Tanjung Aru , Kota Kinabalu , Sabah.
Perdana Park
SITE CONTEXT
• Tanjung Aru Beach
• Prince Phillip Park
• KKIA terminal 2
173m
• Distance between residential area and the park is 173m.
DISTANCE
78m
CHARACTERISTIC• Musical fountain
• Is a combination of
moving jets of water ,
colored lights and
recorded music for
dramatic effects .
• Start at 7- 8.40pm
nightly
• Duration for a show is
10min
MUSICAL FOUNTAIN
JOGGING
REFLEXOGY FOOTPATH
PURIFIED DRINKING WATER
PLAYGROUND
ACTIVITIES
COMPARISONS
BUHL COMMUNITY PARK PERDANA PARK
• Mostly recreation
• Different activities in
four seasons
• Doesn’t provide
parking spaces
• Mostly exercising
• Same activities
throughout the year
• Provide parking spaces
SIMILARITY
• A place to
interact between
community
• Preserve the site
as a heritage
space
• Provide green
lungs into the city