A range of colours, patterns and forms animate this sports and play area in Tianjin, China, designed by international studio Ballistic Architecture Machine to "rethink the role of parks in dense cities".
Named Tianjin 4A Sports Park, the project eschews the common idea of a park as an open green space and offers locals in Tianjin a densely packed and multipurpose activity area.
According to Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM), the design draws on the historic plan of the ancient town of Yixing, which previously occupied the site but was relocated during the construction of China's Grand Canal.
Ballistic Architecture Machine has created Tianjin 4A Sports Park
"We were initially very taken with the site history, which included a temple and small town called Yixing town," explained the studio's co-founder Daniel Gass. "While this historical town was destroyed, BAM utilises the urban plan of the original Yixing as a palimpsest, resurfacing the lost history and giving it back to the community in a contemporary form," he continued.
"People tend to think of parks and public spaces in terms of green spaces and open lawns, but the reality is that people are in desperate need of quality recreational spaces [that] rethink the role of parks in dense cities and reimagine our relationship with nature."
The studio used the project to "rethink the role of parks in dense cities"
Tianjin 4A Sports Park is divided into four quadrants, each wi...