https://landezine.com Landscape Architecture Platform Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:03:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://landezine.com/tophane-park-playground-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/tophane-park-playground-by-carve/#respond Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:44:43 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=84672 site conditions Galata port is an urban redevelopment project taking place in Istanbul aiming at transforming a previously inaccessible area within the Tophane district into an artistic and cultural core. As part of this project, Tophane Park offers a mix of historic landmarks, such as the 18th-century Ottoman-style Mahmud-Han fountain, and new developments including the […]]]> https://landezine.com/tophane-park-playground-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/job-senior-design-project-leader-at-carve-amsterdam-nl/ https://landezine.com/job-senior-design-project-leader-at-carve-amsterdam-nl/#respond Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:29:14 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=84275 “Playing in the broadest sense of the word is our motivation.” 

We are looking for an ambitious colleague who wants to join our close-knit and informal team.
Carve works on exciting and striking projects in public space with a focus on sports and play.

As a designer/project leader at Carve you will be involved and responsible for […]]]> https://landezine.com/job-senior-design-project-leader-at-carve-amsterdam-nl/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/projects-by-carve-nominated-for-archdaily-building-of-the-year-2023/ https://landezine.com/projects-by-carve-nominated-for-archdaily-building-of-the-year-2023/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:59:13 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=84256 We are excited to see that 3 of our projects have been nominated by Archdaily for the Building of the Year 2023. Carve would love to have your support, so please vote for our projects Beatrix Park Playground, Jewel Discovery Slides, BLOX playground! Your vote has the potential to become a statement that small interventions, […]]]> https://landezine.com/projects-by-carve-nominated-for-archdaily-building-of-the-year-2023/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/carve-winner-of-the-cityscape-award-2021/ https://landezine.com/carve-winner-of-the-cityscape-award-2021/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:57:27 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=83980 Carve has been named a winner of the International City’Scape Award 2021. We have been awarded with the 1st prize in the “City Play” category for our project at Serravalle’s Designer Outlet. The “City Play” category recognizes exceptional landscape design projects that blend public spaces with a range of recreational activities, including play and sports. […]]]> https://landezine.com/carve-winner-of-the-cityscape-award-2021/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/carve-exhibits-van-beuningenplein-in-florence/ https://landezine.com/carve-exhibits-van-beuningenplein-in-florence/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:57:07 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=83992 Our widely-known project, Van Beuningenplein, was featured in the exhibition “Piazze: Fenomenologie dell’inatteso” (Squares: Phenomenologies of the Unexpected) held at Manifattura Tabacchi in Florence, Italy in 2022. The exhibition is a collection of contemporary urban surfaces curated by Orizzontale Architecture, which selected the displayed projects based on their ability to represent dynamic grounds for new […]]]> https://landezine.com/carve-exhibits-van-beuningenplein-in-florence/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/marmara-forum-cloud-playground-included-in-archdailys-istanbul-cityguide-for-2022/ https://landezine.com/marmara-forum-cloud-playground-included-in-archdailys-istanbul-cityguide-for-2022/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:56:50 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=84011 We are thrilled to announce that our Marmara Forum Cloud Playground has been included in Archdaily’s Istanbul Cityguide for 2022. The Cityguide features 20 contemporary projects designed by acclaimed local and international architectural offices and our playground is among the must-see attractions in Istanbul!Designed by Carve, the Cloud Playground is a standout structure that soars […]]]> https://landezine.com/marmara-forum-cloud-playground-included-in-archdailys-istanbul-cityguide-for-2022/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/lecture-in-singapore-who-owns-the-playground/ https://landezine.com/lecture-in-singapore-who-owns-the-playground/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:56:23 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=83973 Carve was invited by Playpoint to lecture in Singapore on July 2022. Carve’s co-founder, Elger Blitz, shared his vision and thoughts about “Who owns the playground? Are playgrounds really build for our children… or are other forces at play?”. It was nice to connect again in real life with long term collaborators in Singapore, as […]]]> https://landezine.com/lecture-in-singapore-who-owns-the-playground/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/carve-lecture-at-the-sport-city/ https://landezine.com/carve-lecture-at-the-sport-city/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:56:00 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=83987 Carve is proud to have participated as a lecturer in the 1st edition of “Sport City”, an international meeting for sports, well-being, and leisure held in Bergamo, (Italy) in 2022. With 25 years of experience, Carve has established itself as a leading expert in developing urban spaces that connect society in a playful and meaningful […]]]> https://landezine.com/carve-lecture-at-the-sport-city/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/carves-project-potgieterstraat-in-the-book-streets-for-all-50-ideas-for-shaping-resilient-cities/ https://landezine.com/carves-project-potgieterstraat-in-the-book-streets-for-all-50-ideas-for-shaping-resilient-cities/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:55:35 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=84002 Our 2010 project, “Potgieterstraat” has been included in the book “Streets For All – 50 Ideas for Shaping Resilient Cities” (2022). The book explores the potential of public spaces seen through the lens of different disciplines. It questions the notion of who shapes our streets, for whom they are intended, by what means and to […]]]> https://landezine.com/carves-project-potgieterstraat-in-the-book-streets-for-all-50-ideas-for-shaping-resilient-cities/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/25-years-carve/ https://landezine.com/25-years-carve/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:55:11 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=84213 It’s about time we are sharing this! Carve is 25 years and in just 3 months we will be celebrating our 26th anniversary! As we look back on 2022, we fondly remember our 25th anniversary and all the amazing projects we have been able to work on throughout the years. Creating spaces that inspire people […]]]> https://landezine.com/25-years-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/marmara-forum-cloud-playground-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/marmara-forum-cloud-playground-by-carve/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:54:21 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=83939 iconic landmarks Fantastic play cloud structures have arisen in the city of Istanbul. They are the iconic landmarks of a new open-air playground on the roof park of Marmara Forum, a shopping centre in the Bakirköy district. The windows of the clouds magically change colours as daylight changes throughout the day. While in silence at […]]]> https://landezine.com/marmara-forum-cloud-playground-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/play-land-at-serravalle-designer-outlet-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/play-land-at-serravalle-designer-outlet-by-carve/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:52:47 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=83883 play with legacy Tucked away in the picturesque mountains of Piemonte, some small towns stand out as shining gems among the lush green forests. These small agglomerations of few houses tied together, were the inspiration for Carve’s design of an iconic playscape at Serravalle Designer Outlet. Carve was asked to create a multifunctional design that […]]]> https://landezine.com/play-land-at-serravalle-designer-outlet-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/elger-blitz-of-carve/ https://landezine.com/elger-blitz-of-carve/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:36:12 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=45108 Carve is a Dutch group of designers and landscape architects focused in playgrounds. Their work spans over more than two decades and can be found in various other places, Hong Kong, Singapore, Istanbul … Their projects are site-specific objects and playscapes that offer various different uses. We met Elger Blitz, director of Carve in their […]]]> https://landezine.com/elger-blitz-of-carve/feed/ 2 https://landezine.com/the-discovery-slides-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/the-discovery-slides-by-carve/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:37:06 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=45071 In 2015 Carve and Playpoint won a tender for an adventurous sliding attraction inside the Jewel Changi Airport development, designed by Moshe Safdie Architects. The attraction is located in the Canopy Park on the highest level of the new development, which includes a shopping mall, attraction park and a garden, all in front of Terminal […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-discovery-slides-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/fredrik-hendrikplantsoen-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/fredrik-hendrikplantsoen-by-carve/#respond Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:57:18 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=42411 Carve: The Fredrik Hendrikplantsoen is situated west of the city center, in one of the greenest historic neighbourhoods of Amsterdam. In the 17th century this area was no more than a greenfield site, until in 1630, the ‘Houtzagerscompagnie’, the ‘Sawmills-company’, settled down here. The location was ideal because of its dominant west-wind, and the old […]]]> https://landezine.com/fredrik-hendrikplantsoen-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/clearwater-bay-road-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/clearwater-bay-road-by-carve/#respond Thu, 18 Oct 2018 09:15:14 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=42170 Carve: Just an hour drive from the city centre of Hong Kong, the Clearwater Bay area is situated. These peninsulas, with their lush green hills, beautiful bays and little villages, are quite the opposite of the skyscrapers and city buzz of Hong Kong. New World Development has been working on ‘Mount Pavilia’, an extraordinary new […]]]> https://landezine.com/clearwater-bay-road-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/beatrixpark-amsterdam-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/beatrixpark-amsterdam-by-carve/#respond Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:34:37 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=37959 The Beatrix Park is one of Amsterdam’s oldest modern city parks, and is enclosed between the Ring Road A10, the Beethoven Street on the west side and the RAI Convention Center on the eastern side. The oldest part of the park designed by Jacoba (Ko) Mulder was built in 1938 and is characteristic of the […]]]> https://landezine.com/beatrixpark-amsterdam-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/play-landscape-be-mine-beringen-be-by-carve-and-omgeving/ https://landezine.com/play-landscape-be-mine-beringen-be-by-carve-and-omgeving/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2016 07:40:15 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=34167 Playscape be-Mine is about translation of industrial landscape to a playful recreational environment. Especially interesting is the concrete linear play element that much like the old mining shafts runs through an array of wooden slabs that were supporting the underworld. Furthermore, climbing on the concrete gets increasingly more difficult towards the top and requires some team work, which, according to the designers, acts "as an immaterial reference to the hard physical work of the old mine-workers, who had to trust one another unconditionally". Reaching the top immediately pays off the effort of climbing. A poetic and beautifully designed coal circle offers an epic view on the surrounding landscape, industrial remains and of course the coal. The storytelling is intelligently manifested through means of abstraction.]]> https://landezine.com/play-landscape-be-mine-beringen-be-by-carve-and-omgeving/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/play-garland-oosterpark-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/play-garland-oosterpark-by-carve/#comments Tue, 03 May 2016 15:03:25 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=32402 Carve: The Oosterpark, built in 1891, is part of the Amsterdam 19th century extension girdle, and is the first large public park that was realised by the municipality. Landscape architect Leonard Springer designed a classic English landscape style city park with monumental trees, meandering lines and a large water pond. Traditionally, the Oosterpark has been […]]]> https://landezine.com/play-garland-oosterpark-by-carve/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/strijp-s-by-carve-and-piet-oudolf/ https://landezine.com/strijp-s-by-carve-and-piet-oudolf/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2015 07:38:29 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=26170 Strijp S is the former factory site of the old Philips-complex in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The 27 hectare large area, which is the home of a considerable amount of monumental buildings, provided work to thousands of people between 1920 and 2004. In 2004 Philips sold Strijp S to investor Park Strijp Beheer, who will be redeveloping the area in different phases to a unique living and working environment, while respecting the original character of the remaining constructions.]]> https://landezine.com/strijp-s-by-carve-and-piet-oudolf/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/kavel-k-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/kavel-k-by-carve/#respond Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:36:04 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=24029 'Kavel K' is situated on a triangular plot, boxed in by a railwaytrack and a connecting road. It is a skating, sports- and youth facility which attracts a wide range of user groups. The public space and the building are designed as a unity; the facade and the skate-cradle even 'melt together'.]]> https://landezine.com/kavel-k-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/playground-at-zorlu-centre-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/playground-at-zorlu-centre-by-carve/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:05:55 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=23081 End of 2012, Carve was contacted by the London branch of WATG landscape architects with the request if Carve would be interested in collaborating on the largest playground development in Istanbul. The starting point for Carve’s design was that we wanted children to be able to completely dive into their own world of imagination: stimulated […]]]> https://landezine.com/playground-at-zorlu-centre-by-carve/feed/ 7 https://landezine.com/office-profile-carve-2/ https://landezine.com/office-profile-carve-2/#comments Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:06:57 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=20401 Carve is a design and engineering bureau that focuses on the planning and development of public space, particularly for use by children and young people. The office was set up in 1997 by Elger Blitz and Mark van der Eng. Carve's clients are local governments, developers, manufacturers of playground equipment, architects and landscape architects.]]> https://landezine.com/office-profile-carve-2/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/interlace-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/interlace-by-carve/#comments Wed, 04 Dec 2013 07:41:11 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=19622 To play is to learn from mimicking each other. In few cases, this also applies to designing play. While most playgrounds are a contrast to their surroundings - in colour, shape and activity – the new Interlace playground is the mini-version of the surrounding residences.]]> https://landezine.com/interlace-by-carve/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/opening-tomorrow-billie-holiday-playground/ https://landezine.com/opening-tomorrow-billie-holiday-playground/#comments Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:15:06 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=19177 The Billie Holiday park is situated in Loosduinen, a quiet suburb of The Hague. After a recent renovation of the park, this part seemed to be forgotten; it was an unused, neglected space. However, this changed when a residential-care complex was built. Suddenly, this part became a front side ...]]> https://landezine.com/opening-tomorrow-billie-holiday-playground/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/osdorperoever-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/osdorperoever-by-carve/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2013 07:16:59 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=18960 The starting point for the design of the winding playstructure, which is positioned on a prominent spot on the balcony, was therefore to strengthen the relation between the shopping area and the Sloterplas. The view on the Sloterplas is kept open and the width of the green zone determined the size of the play structure.]]> https://landezine.com/osdorperoever-by-carve/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/venlo-talentencampus-by-carve-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/venlo-talentencampus-by-carve-landscape-architecture/#respond Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:05:48 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=15290 Carve designed the outdoor space of the ‘Talentcampus’, a new type of school that combines closed, half-open and normal primary education. Instead of focusing on their limitations, the talents of the children are stimulated. The three schools are integrated in one building – there is no strict separation between them, which enables a fluid communication […]]]> https://landezine.com/venlo-talentencampus-by-carve-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/potgieterstraat-by-carve-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/potgieterstraat-by-carve-landscape-architecture/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:23:18 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=13638 Carve: Small interventions often evoke bigger changes. Local involvement in a design for a street in the city of Amsterdam became the stage for public participation. Potgieterstraat is situated in inner Amsterdam, in a context of 19th century buildings dating back to the first big enlargement of Amsterdam. The block typology of that time appears […]]]> https://landezine.com/potgieterstraat-by-carve-landscape-architecture/feed/ 3 https://landezine.com/bijlmerpark-by-carve-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/bijlmerpark-by-carve-landscape-architecture/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:26:12 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=12864 Carve: The Bijlmerpark is the main park in Amsterdam’s Southeast district “Bijlmermeer”. This 1960s and 1970s modernistic suburb of Amsterdam, characterized by high-rise residential’s and disjunctive infrastructural networks for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists where services and facilities were few and far between, had developed numerous social problems by the end of the 1980s. Radical, integral […]]]> https://landezine.com/bijlmerpark-by-carve-landscape-architecture/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/van-beuningenplein-playground-by-carve-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/van-beuningenplein-playground-by-carve-landscape-architecture/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 15:27:04 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=8341 Parked cars dominate the public space both physically and functionally. Therefore the city of Amsterdam has decided to construct an underground parking garage at ‘van Beuningenplein’ at the existing playground. On top of the new parking garage, the former play and sport area, had to return. In the former situation the ‘van Beuningenplein’ was hidden […]]]> https://landezine.com/van-beuningenplein-playground-by-carve-landscape-architecture/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/vondeltuin-towers-by-carve-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/vondeltuin-towers-by-carve-landscape-architecture/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:02:11 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=5967 Carve: District ‘Zuid’ of Amsterdam asked Carve for help on the design and construction of several play equipment in the renovated Vondelpark.

These two playing towers are designed and made for the playground in the Vondelpark at the entrance ‘Amstelveenseweg’. The design is based on the architecture of the adjacent pavilion ‘de Vondeltuin’ (built by Baanders, […]]]> https://landezine.com/vondeltuin-towers-by-carve-landscape-architecture/feed/ 3 https://landezine.com/purple-pleasure-by-carve/ https://landezine.com/purple-pleasure-by-carve/#respond Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:56:04 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=4733 Carve: was asked by the municipality of Haarlemmermeer to design a small sports field with extended possibilities. In general, these courts in public space are designed to play soccer, at best also to play basketball. By adding two functional designed sides and integration with the existing landscape, a versatile place for young and old has […]]]> https://landezine.com/purple-pleasure-by-carve/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/van-campenvaart-playground/ https://landezine.com/van-campenvaart-playground/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:26:35 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=2491 Carve; This new playground is located on an existing lawn and shaped as a folded red blanket with a strong graphic character. By constructing creases between a ramp, several angles are created. The undefined possibilities of the field challenges the boundaries of both (partially)disabled and non-disabled children. Intersecting routes allow children with different abilities to […]]]> https://landezine.com/van-campenvaart-playground/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/melis-stokepark/ https://landezine.com/melis-stokepark/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:26:47 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=2448 Carve: The playground consists of an ascending ring that is both a curving route to the slide, as a two-sided climbable boundary. The vertical outer wall is made of strips of wood with perforations and round climbing holds. The ring encloses an inner area with blue undulating playing slopes and a sandpit. Several passages lead […]]]> https://landezine.com/melis-stokepark/feed/ 2