Blending park and community garden, this project by New Zealand architect Tim Stephens is a responds to the course concrete materiality of the city and the need to create connections amidst the impersonal skyscrapers. It is mainly a series of planters, angled toward the sun, that both provide workable plots for residents to smoothly connect with one another. Nearby pedestrian paths and sidewalks lead directly into the new space. Despite all of this, there remains one big issue which bears on the safety especially at night? That might be the single largest remaining challenge faced by this otherwise innovative and inspiring modern ‘garden city’ design.

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