a+t 51 ACTIVATORS

a+t magazine takes up the STRATEGY series, which began in 2010 with the aim of highlighting and naming strategies and actions present in public space projects.
This new volume of the series, ACTIVATORS, includes works by MVRDV, Jaja, Adept, Nendo, Vaumm, Wowhaus and Ola, among others.
These are projects that add new dynamics to the public space through the incorporation of facilities for leisure, sports or recreational learning.
An index of 85 actions, identified within the 13 projects included in this issue, allows analyzing them according to:
→  Influence scale: Context, Site, Objects
→  Type of strategy: Environmental, Socioeconomic, Aesthetic

TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 | Strategies & Actions
Aurora Fernández Per 

WORKS
16 | Recreating a Landscape
Gilles Brusset. L’Enfance du Pli. Meyrin (Switzerland)
24 | Collaborating with the Users
NP2F Architects. Sports Area in the Gardens of Saint-Paul. Paris (France)
28 | Recreating a Theme
Nendo. Tenri Station Plaza CoFuFun. Tenri (Japan)
36 | Reusing a Corridor
MVRDV. Seoullo 7017 Skygarden. Seoul (South Korea)
50 | Blurring the Limits
VAUMM Arkitektura. Alaberga Urban Lift. Errenteria (Spain)
56 | Making Interior Landscape
JAJA Architects. Activity Landscape Harboøre. Harboøre (Denmark)
62 | Appropiating the Roof
ADEPT. Vestre Fjord Park. Aalborg (Denmark)
70 | Applying a Generator Matrix
OLA Estudio. Lagoon pools at Monte do Gozo. Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
76 | Hybriding Natural and Man-Made Processes
Ooze, Marjetica Potrc. Natural Bathing Pond and its Landscape. London (United Kingdom)
84 | Learning by Doing
Students from Bartlett School of Architecture led by Jan Kattein and Julia King. The King’s Cross Skip Garden. London (United Kingdom)
90 | Invigorating the Suburbs
Rozana Montiel, Alin V. Wallach. Cancha. Lagos de Puente Moreno, Veracruz (Mexico)
98 | Removing Barriers
Rozana Montiel, Alin V. Wallach. Common-Unity. San Pablo Xalpa, Azcapotzalco, Mexico City (Mexico)
102 | Learning by Playing
Wowhaus Architecture and Urban Design. Urban Farm at VDNKh. Moscow (Russia)

116 | Credits