Common Grounds: Atelier Descombes Rampini 2000-2015 By Birkhauser
(Hardback, 2015)

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Descombes Rampini's projects are prime examples of the skillful spatial combination of architecture & landscape architecture In texts drawings models & photographs this monograph presents more than 45 completed projects & unbuilt designs from the last fifteen years The publication covers all scales ranging from spatial planning & urban planning to individual engineering structures For the Place Simon Goulart project completed in 2013 large wooden lounging fixtures were installed to create an atmospheric city square where visitors can relax & linger in the heart of Geneva Turbinenplatz
- the largest city square in Zurich
- is a surprising design that plays with the contrast between minimalist design & a light show at night In the ongoing renaturalizing of the Aire Canal in Geneva which began in 2001 the architects have gradually created a natural landscape & recreational space on a four-kilometer long strip of landscape Outside of Switzerland the architects are redesigning the banks of the Saone in Lyon & are planning the new park Jardins d' Eole in Paris All of the projects demonstrate the design sensibility & the vast experience of Julien Descombes & Marco Rampini