GREEN & BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE
Magma Flow is a stimulating urban activation of a pedestrian street from a newly built commercial and residential area in the port city of Ningbo , the second-most populous city in Zhejiang Province , China .
One of the most characteristic features of this place is the presence of grand stairs that serve as pedestrian access to the open second floor of the commercial street . In order to activate this pedestrian junction and turn it into an eventful and eye-catching public space , colonizing the stairs extending and detaching the proposal from the horizontal plane of the floor was early identified as a key action to gain visibility , and from which the rest of the proposal could be articulated .
Thus , what before were just simple stairs to access the second floor , is now a volcano of public activity by inserting several amphitheaters at different levels , providing the stairs with platforms for hanging out and resting ; shading structures mimicking the violent eruptive process , while providing shadow
to the new resting areas ; and even some slides resembling the erupted lava going down the hill .
To continue with the narrative on the rest of the space , a huge stain of erupted magma razes the ground level with color and playful functions for kids and adults alike , generating a very eye-catching multifunctional plaza right at the pedestrian junction . The flow of magma creates an intense & vivid circuit of events and spaces arising by its side .
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