Days 3 to 5

On days three to five, the focus shifted to selected urban areas in the Ruhr region. In Duisburg, the students explored the newly designed König-Heinrich-Platz, the inner harbor as an example of successful structural change, and the extensive RheinPark. A special highlight was the walk-in landmark Tiger & Turtle.

In Essen, the program included a visit to the Grüne Mitte university park and a guided tour of the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Both locations impressively demonstrated how landscape architecture, urban development, and industrial culture are intertwined. The last day of the seminar was devoted to completing the work and a joint conclusion.

Supervision:                                      Raum – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Kröniger  Typologie – Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Sachse                                      Gestalten – Franziska Korn        Vegetation – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ursula Nothhelfer

Day 1 and 2

This year, the compact seminar took third-semester students to the Ruhr region. The students spent the first two days at Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park, an impressive example of the transformation of industrial facilities into diverse open spaces.

In three areas of work—drawing, plants, and space & typology—they explored the park’s characteristic locations: from blast furnaces and bunkers to water and rail structures to sinter gardens. The park provided an inspiring learning environment in which industrial relics, vegetation, and atmosphere are closely interwoven. This resulted in initial drawing analyses, plant portraits, and spatial studies, which formed the introduction to the week.

Supervision:                                      Raum – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Kröniger  Typologie – Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Sachse                                      Gestalten – Franziska Korn        Vegetation – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ursula Nothhelfer

Cultural spaces on the green belt

New cultural spaces are to be created along the edge of the slope between the residential area and the park. For an annual art and culture festival that attracts large numbers of visitors, the city of N. is holding a competition that combines barrier-free paths, space-creating walls, and themed pavilions. 

The project offers an opportunity to redesign the transition between city and landscape: How can the edge of the slope be strengthened as a “green belt,” what spatial qualities does the location need, and how can sustainability, noise protection, and atmospheric design be convincingly combined?

Supervision:
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Meier

Tutor:

Prof. Dipl.-Ing Rainer Sachse,
Prof. Annegret Stöcker

In this subject, students gained initial experience in open space planning design by means of two short designs and have also studied and presented theoretical aspects of landscape architecture projects.

Supervisors:

Prof. Dipl.-Ing- Rainer Sachse
Prof. Dipl. Ing. Cornelia Bott

Supervision:                                         Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Sachse             Dipl.-Ing. Britta Eiermann

This year, our third semester designed a garden that has no visual boundaries. Beautiful models and perspectives were created.

Supervisor: Prof. Rainer Sachse 

The third semester ventured to create a high-quality Hortus Conclusus as an open space and break room, designing both handmade and virtual models.

Supervisor: Prof. Rainer Sachse 

The students of the third semester dared to design a house garden. They came up with some really great models. Detailed planting plans were also part of the design.

Supervisor: Prof. Rainer Sachse 

As part of the module Designing for Specific User Groups, the 3rd semester students looked for a real place, analyzed it, and then redesigned it accordingly. In the process, diverse and graphically high-quality works were created.

Supervisor: Prof. Rainer Sachse