In the G+L competition overview, Heike Vossen provides monthly updates on the most exciting competition results.
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. Here is the competition overview for March 2020.
All pictures: © POLA
POLA landscape architects convinced the jury in the realization competition with a castle park as a place for reflection on art and society. Art and nature should meet at eye level, according to the authors’ intention. The redesign aims to highlight the existing strengths and retain and maintain the natural-looking, almost overgrown landscape park, with the exception of the existing paths and new park paths as the basic framework for the new clearings.
The artificially created clearings and garden islands stand out from the landscape park in their formal design and offer selective opportunities for children’s play, meditation, art, events or picnics. The design avoids large-scale redesigns by concentrating on the selective interventions of the clearings. In this way, it can preserve the character of the historic site and meet the requirements of monument and nature conservation law. A meandering path serves as a sculpture and nature trail and keeps the clearings free of installations.
All images: © Franz Reschke Landscape Architecture
The winning design for the open spaces of the Höxter State Garden Show impressed the jury with its adapted and subtle interventions, often developed from the location, which, despite their differentiation, create a coherent whole. The authors’ leitmotif is the spatial and atmospheric realization of the history of the dense half-timbered town of Höxter and the landscape of the Weser. Four sub-spaces – the ramparts, the banks of the Weser, the historical park and the Remtergarten – each illustrate their own history; the spatial sequences are connected by an arched promenade.
The authors developed the ramparts into a green corridor with a high quality of stay and use by means of an extended network of paths. The city promenade on the banks of the Weser provides a link to the river, while selective interventions enhance the quality of the riverside space. The Civitas Corvey history park in the area of the former sawmill is accessed via a flexible footbridge system and is intended to provide insights into the history of the site as an “archaeological window”. The design envisages an introverted location for the Remtergarten.
The winning design is characterized by a clear branching of the pedestrian zone, separated by the central drainage and guidance line. The southern part of the street remains free of installations, while the northern area has paved recreational areas and is permanently furnished. Street junctions each form an identification square that stands out with special elements such as a water mirror, children’s play area or round bench.
The market square is given a new structure by the arrangement of so-called “pockets” around the existing tree frame. The “pockets” enable a more differentiated division of space with different uses. Instead of the previous homogeneous recreational belt, this creates small-scale spaces that can also be used as neighborhood meeting places. A pocket, which is designed as a fountain field at ground level, also serves as an interface to the transition to the pedestrian zone. Another special element is the redesigned café terrace, which defines the gastronomic area.
Here you can find the competition overview February 2020(1/2 and 2/2)
