01 | 2024 MULTIPLE COMISSIONING
Local Supply Kiesseestraße | Göttingen
2. Prize | In collaboration with pape + pape
The open space concept includes spacious green inner courtyards and neighbourhood squares, where climate-friendly mobility and facilities are planned with insurable areas, numerous recreational facilities, day-care play area, planting of useful plants and the creation of green roofs.
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12 | 2023 COMPETITION
Hilgenfeld | Frankfurt
3. Prize | In collaboration with Dirschl.federle Architects
The design focuses on connecting the individual residential areas by creating a green link between the public open spaces. The resulting cross-connection, which includes occasional extensions and squares, is intended to increase the proportion of greenery in the neighbourhood and create meeting places. In addition, certain areas offer space for play and sports facilities. Retention areas are intended to store rainwater locally so that it can evaporate or seep away with a time delay.
Kornblumenplatz forms the heart of the neighbourhood. Here, cafés and commercial areas are intended to enhance the quality of life. Planting areas on the edges of the square round off the concept.
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03 | 2024 COMPETITION
Max-Planck-Institute | Mülheim an der Ruhr
2nd Prize | In collaboration with schneider+schumacher
The campus of the Max Planck Institutes in Mülheim an der Ruhr is being completed with a new building for the analytical departments. A spacious green living room will form the centrepiece of the campus. Here, communicative break and retreat areas will also be added to the actual courtyard area. Sealing of the surfaces will be kept to a minimum. The surface drainage is to be visualised and experienced by means of an open water flow with appropriate gradients. The levelling of the green areas is achieved by terracing the lawn. Steps invite you to linger. A continuation of the existing grass planting and a return to the polygonal paving in the courtyard creates continuity in the open spaces.
02 | 2024 COMPETITION
Model district Busso-Peus-Straße | Münster
Recognition | In collaboration with Welp von Klitzing
The concept envisages a sustainable neighbourhood in the sense of a "nature hybrid" and is an example of sustainable housing and university construction in suburban areas. Reforestation is intended to create increased biodiversity and encourage circular resource thinking.The neighbourhood is to be accessed via a star-shaped network of avenues, thus emphasising the new centre of the neighbourhood. Four of the five streets are intended exclusively for pedestrians and cyclists. Infiltration and green spaces will accompany the avenues leading to the centre of the district. Open courtyard communities are intended to encourage encounters and dialogue. In terms of sustainability, the principle of the sponge city is to be applied in the neighbourhood and improve the microclimate through evaporation, among other things.
02 | 2024 COMPETITION
Kalkumer Schloßallee | Düsseldorf
3rd Prize | In collaboration with schneider+schumacher
Close to the Rhine in the Kaiserswerth district, a nature-oriented and sustainable district is to be created in line with the "Landscape shapes the city" concept. The identity is characterized by the integration of the landscape and the mix of housing types. The squares and streets follow the principle of the sponge city and are characterized by a high proportion of unsealed surfaces. The entrance to the new quarter is formed by a large square that connects the train station, the school and the new residential quarter. Various meeting and recreation areas will be created here, which will be structured by large green spaces. Attractive public squares and play areas without traffic congestion will be created in the residential quarter. Semi-public residential courtyards and private and communal green spaces create communicative neighborhoods.
01 | 2024 COMPETITION
Eugen-Bolz-Secodary School | Rottenburg
Recognition | in collaboration with Atelier 30
A central courtyard between the old and new buildings forms the new heart of the school campus. This courtyard is largely underpinned by a bunker, so raised beds for perennials and shrubs are required. Chill and learning decks create meeting places between the planting. For the younger children, the large playground offers plenty of space for games, sport and exercise. Some calisthenics equipment or parcours elements are to be added here. Under the theme of climate resilience, the new school campus offers both structurally rich vegetation areas and rainwater management as a circulation system. Other factors are intended to promote biodiversity and create a sustainable environment.
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01 | 2024 COMPETITION
City centre | Borgentreich
3. Prize
The design emphasizes the character of the small town square and gives the ensemble of church, organ museum and surrounding half-timbered houses a new identity. The new "heart" of the town center is divided into three areas, which are given a green framework and enhanced in aesthetic and visual terms with a combination of new plantings and existing trees. Various uses, including recreation, gastronomy and temporary markets, will be integrated.
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12 | 2023 COMPETITION
On the way to the lake | Inden-Schophoven
3. Prize
In the coming years, the surrounding area in the centre of Schophoven will be transformed into an extensive recreational area with a lake, focusing on sustainable developments and the effects of climate change. The park will integrate the Müllenark estate as a tourist area with a green inner courtyard. A blue-green band, accompanied by retention troughs, connects the estate with the edge of the lake, enables rainwater utilisation and creates a versatile recreational space. The park will be modelled using local materials, thus emphasising the responsible use of resources. The planting is planned to be as diverse as possible, with a focus on species diversity and biodiversity. The promenade and the transition to the lake will be developed in stages, with a protective wall to be retained. The lighting concept developed will ensure a night-time atmosphere, safety and consideration for the environment.
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11 | 2023 COMPETITION
Brunnenquartier | Karben
Recognition
The Brunnenquartier in Karben is to be characterised by its blue-green infrastructure as a future-oriented residential quarter. Several green corridors and a neighbourhood square run through the district. The paths are accompanied by retention troughs that reflect the theme of water. In addition to their ecological benefits, watercourses and water features also serve as play and relaxation areas that break up the green corridors. The neighbourhood park in the interior is intended to form a heavily used neighbourhood park, in which not only encounters are encouraged, but a play and climbing sculpture is also integrated in the immediate vicinity of the planned daycare centre. As a prelude to the neighbourhood park, a small neighbourhood square is planned as a further meeting place, which will be enhanced by large trees and seating.
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11 | 2023 COMPETITION
Vocational Training Center | Bamberg
2. Prize | In collaboration with Atelier 30
The design for the Bamberg vocational training center primarily uses the large forecourt of the building, but also the small inner courtyards that result from the architecture. A spacious green area with seating gives the forecourt a certain quality of stay. Adjacent to this, a green parking area will provide sufficient parking spaces. In the inner courtyards, plants combined with seating invite you to take a break in the sun.
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