Without the hills and mounds found in landscapes elsewhere in the world, this skatepark offers ramps, mounds, banks, drops, and edges, which merge with more conventional means of traversing a site, such as sidewalks and stairs, to create a new hybrid space between conventional building and a foreign landscape.
The large ground plain of the park, creates an unusual urban plaza featuring a landscape of topography in a south florida region known to be persistently flat. The skatepark’s fluid ground plain, swells up to connect to the second story level, where open observation balconies surrounding the park. Micro-retail venues exist along the east and west sides of the park, within repurposed shipping containers that are stacked in two levels. While the building elements are designed to the requirements of strict building codes, the surfaces of the skatepark present a playful contrast with fluid forms and alternative ways of inhabiting space.īeyond a place for skating, the park exists as a place to gather. The plaza is open, both in terms of its space, but also in terms to its use, while the cathedral is a monumental space beneath a massive roof.ĭesign features in the park exist between the Contrasting fluidity of the skatepark and the hard rigid lines of the architectural elements. The newly completed Skatebird Skatepark is a large open-air, urban space at the edge of Miami in the village of El Portal.Īpproximately 38,000 Square feet, the design for the skatepark, is an open air, cathedral like space consisting of three parts: the skateable terrain, the enclosing walls and a large roof that covers half the site, providing shade and allowing its use during the rainy season.Īrchitecturally The project exists between two types, the public plaza and the cathedral.
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