Interested in the latest landscape architecture competition results, but hardly have time to look at them properly? In the G+L competition overview, Heike Vossen provides information on the most exciting competition results of the last two weeks and what you need to know about them.
Interested in the latest landscape architecture competition results, but hardly have time to look at them properly? In the G+L competition overview, Heike Vossen provides information on the most exciting competition results of the last two weeks and what you need to know about them.
The formerly prestigious Herrengarten in Siegen is to become an open space again and function as the “green center” of the city. Currently, a commercial center from the 1970s still dominates the inner city area. All of the competition designs envisaged the demolition of the building complex, but the winning design by Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten impressed the jury with its concise, simple approach. The planners developed a robust, strong basic concept that can be used in a multifunctional way thanks to the lack of a defined use, but still creates an unmistakable location. They placed a green garden space in the middle of the STEIN urban space – framed by a wall, it functions as a “hortus conclusus”. The frame itself varies in height and width, creating areas of screening and transparency through its vertical play. It thus not only forms a protective boundary, but also presents itself as an urban perimeter piece of multi-furniture that can be accessed from both sides – as a seating and lounging area, picnic spot and mini stage.
The competition for the new Dietenbach district in Freiburg has been decided. K9 Architekten and Latz + Partner Landschaftsarchitektur emerged as the winners of the urban planning competition with a subsequent negotiation process. Their idea of basing the urban development concept on the open space connections convinced the jury. Two watercourses structure the area as open space axes and connect to neighboring open spaces. Towards the center, they widen out into floodplains with great amenity and recreational qualities. The district center forms the link between the meadows and mediates between the sub-districts. In order to develop Dietenbach as a self-confident district, the planners are concentrating on the micro and macro themes: Externally, they strengthen visual references and orientation, the district bodies emerge naturally from what is already there; internally, they strengthen neighborhoods and individuality through differentiation and zoning.
[f] landschaftsarchitektur won the open space planning competition in Warstein for the redesign of the market square and the adjacent Dr.-Segin-Platz to the north with clear spatial structures and sophisticated details. The design leaves the church free of trees and thus integrates it more intensively into the center of the square. The planners strengthen the exposed axis to the north by designing part of the staircase line as a wooden seating platform. A linear fountain element cuts across the axis and projects into the market square. The cubature of the fountain accentuates the square and at the same time forms a link between the church and the market. The fountain serves as a versatile play element and enlivens the square. As a counterpart to this, the planners developed the adjacent Dr.-Segin-Platz with an artificial hilly landscape as a quiet place to spend time. Loosely scattered large shrubs enhance the quality of the space and shield it from the buildings to the rear. The link between the two squares is formed by a large-scale playable wooden plateau sculpture.
Heike Vossen is a freelance landscape architect and a graduate of the School of Journalism. As a specialist journalist, she writes on topics for the construction and planning industry. Her specialist book “Gärten am Hang” was published by Eugen Ulmer. Contact: info@gruentext.de
