Warm sunshine, cool breeze, and the rhythmic sound of waves are 3 lovely impressions that hold my heart in that beautiful beach in Heisingborg. When we had spent so much time on studying planning and those large scale / tiring site plans, I was so delighted that we could have this little time. -finally being in a small scale design. Walking, seeing, playing, enjoying, and observing in it. It is true that planning is harder and greater. It takes more effort to put different kinds of datas/maps together and make a near-perfect solution for it. However, users/ people are originally in a small-scale environment. We walk in it and use it, so that someday we can pull ourselves up in the air and try to be a God to design this world. (oops I mean Designer) There was no planner in the beginning of everything. We always have to experience it, so that we can plan it. In this wonderful recreational waterfront at Helsingborg, I saw lots of well-done details, which make people feel neat, comfortable, and thrilled. A good design doesn't have to be fancy. In my opinion, catching the key point of Helsingborg beach was the biggest success of the designer.
First, take a look at Googlemap!
The whole area is set with a pure and neat element: wood.
wood is a magical element. It's neither soft nor hard. The most important is, it makes people feel hard physically but makes people feel soft mentally.
the major part of the design is made of wood.
The lying chair is made of wood.
The changing room is made of wood.
hi Mary!
Even the grocery shop is made of wood!
And then, the main point:
I consider this design to be successful because of this:
The beautiful Atlantic Ocean water
Unlike the similar design in Malmo, this beach section in Helsingborg is much shallower.
The designer noticed that. -
the green, blue, and yellow ocean water,
which
makes the whole site vivid.
Instead of using fancy structure or complicated combination of landscape elements, the designer used this pure, linear deck, plus some functional infrastructure such as BBQ rack and couple shower heads.
The simple design serves as a foil to the great-and-colorful-shallow ocean water.
so that people can comfortablely be in this space and enjoy the beauty of nature.
In addition, due to a certain thriving seaweed, the rocks are slippery. People are hard to get closer to the water. Therefore the designer made four recreational bridges, which let people going swimming or hang out.
To conclude,
less is
more!
-Harley
below: the similar deck in Malmo:
deep! dark blue color water
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