Forwarding Dallas with an Urban Hillside
Although it is possibly the most interesting thing happening in Dallas right now architecturally speaking, it seems Robert Wilonsky has been the only person in the city beating away at the Urban Re:Vision competition to redesign the block behind city hall. Today he brings word that the project architect has been chosen: Portuguese-based architectural firm Atelier Data & Moov. This is no empty plan, Urban Re:Vision says they will break ground in early-2011, at which point the concrete swath behind city hall will be turned into an “urban hillside”—literally. From the designers:
“The space is organized as valleys, slopes and hilltops, to maximize solar gain, views and productive surfaces. The final goal of this project is not to build a physical structure, but rather set the means for a community to inhabit it. Not counting on people that will dwell here is only seeing half of the equation. This project intends to bring Dallas up to date, as well as aims to forward Dallas to the word as a paradigm of a solution to other cities facing the same problems.”
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