Interested in the latest competition results in landscape architecture, but hardly have time to look at them properly? In the G+L competition overview, Heike Vossen provides monthly updates on the most exciting competition results. Linsingen barracks district park in Hameln, 1st prize hutterreimann Landschaftsarchitektur GmbH, Berlin A district park is to be created at the center of the planned education and health campus on the former Linsingen barracks site. The planning office hutterreimann […]
Interested in the latest competition results in landscape architecture, but hardly have time to look at them properly? In the G+L competition overview, Heike Vossen provides monthly updates on the most exciting competition results.
A neighborhood park is to be created at the center of the planned education and healthcare campus on the former Linsingen barracks site. The planning office hutterreimann Landschaftsarchitektur is developing the park as an element that connects the neighborhood and breaks down the barrier of the previously closed barracks. To this end, the planners are creating a network of paths and linking the park with the adjacent neighborhoods and the educational campus via five “anchor points” at the entrances. The network of paths divides the park area into four green spaces. Although similar in formal design, they each have their own character: The “Arena” in the north-west takes up the topography of the old parade ground and offers intensive sports areas for skating, streetball, roller sports and calisthenics. More extensive park areas form the “wet depression” in the south with its retention basin, the open meadow as an open play area and the small wood as a retreat for experiencing nature and a tobogganing area in winter.
impuls Landschaftsarchitektur impressed with a reduced but very differentiated and future-oriented design idea that takes the location and history into account. The design emphasizes the square as a large, unifying center. The town hall thus takes center stage and is given a strong spatial counterpart in the form of the existing plane trees. To the south of the town hall, two further tall trees complement the existing plane tree to form a plane tree canopy. The two tree canopies to the south and north will be pruned to create compact, shady areas. A row of paving stones made of small stones will define the square right up to its edges. The interior of the square stands out as an inlay with a sawn surface. It takes up the alignment of the town hall and emphasizes the central position of the building. Flat drainage channels made of natural stone run parallel to the building edges. They additionally frame the square and allow the square to be connected to the buildings almost barrier-free.
The town of Roding wants to design the riverbank area of the Regen in the opposite district of Mitterdorf to be flood-proof, as well as create an independent footpath and cycle path connection across the Regen. The winning team of DKFS Architects and Lex Kerfers Landschaftsarchitekten aimed to create as few buildings and fortifications as necessary and as much greenery as possible. The focus is not on the design of the protective structures, but on their integration into the natural landscape. The bridge is sculpturally sophisticated, but at the same time blends unobtrusively into the landscape. The flood protection wall is curved, with flowerbeds and seating niches in front of it. The promenade runs relatively close to the water level and remains free of installations. The openings to the waterfront can be closed in the event of flooding. Like the bridge, the passageways form staged views of the river landscape and are connected to the promenade via steps or ramps.
