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