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

On the third day of the excursion, the students traveled to Freising early in the morning. After a brief exploration of the city center and the Domberg, the focus shifted to the analysis of historical and current landscape architecture projects. As part of a drawing exercise, model figures were sketched in a real environment to examine spatial relationships. The groups then visited the gardens and perennial display gardens at Weihenstephan University, which provided practical insights into contemporary plant planning.

On the fourth day, the group visited the Olympic Park in Munich. There, they analyzed and documented the urban and landscape planning qualities of the site. This was followed by a short visit to BMW World and a detour to the former Olympic Village, which is now used as student accommodation, among other things. In the afternoon, there were guided tours of the community-oriented housing projects Wagnis 1 and Wagnis 4, as well as the community garden “Stadtacker.” In addition, the urban planning concept for the Ackermannbogen district was presented, with a particular focus on energy concepts, social sustainability, and district management.

On the fifth and final day, the program was adjusted due to weather conditions. Instead of an outdoor excursion, the students visited the Glyptothek, where a sketching session took place. This was followed by the return journey. 

Supervision:

 Typologie                                         Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Sachse

 Bau- und Gartengeschichte           Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Meier

 Gestalten                                   Franziska Korn

 Vegetation                                   Norgard Österle

 Ressourceneffizientes Bauen       Prof. Dr. Nicole Pfoser

 Architektursoziologie und   Raummethoden                               Prof. PD. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Oliver Frey

On the first day of the field trip, the students traveled to Munich. After an introductory lecture, they received thematic input on the English Garden, covering its historical development, design, and urban integration. The park was then explored and analyzed during an on-site tour.

The second day began with another lecture, which served as the basis for the following tasks. In small groups, the students worked on various squares along the axis from Königsplatz to Ludwigstraße. The aim was to capture the spatial structure, composition, and formal and material language of these places and to critically evaluate their uses. Finally, the groups presented their results in a plenary session and discussed them together.

Supervision:

 Typologie                                         Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Sachse

 Bau- und Gartengeschichte           Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Meier

 Gestalten                                   Franziska Korn

 Vegetation                                   Norgard Österle

 Ressourceneffizientes Bauen       Prof. Dr. Nicole Pfoser

 Architektursoziologie und   Raummethoden                               Prof. PD. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Oliver Frey

Tutor:

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

In this subject, the students transcribed exciting architecture, urban planning, and open space projects into models. In the process, the students improved their technique in model construction and deepened their knowledge about famous works and planners.

Professor:                                           Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Meier

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

The topic of the student research project is the execution planning for a partial area of a fictitious design for a public open space in Baden-Baden Oos for the reconstruction of the festival hall. Elements of the design are different types of path areas, parking areas, a play area, seating elements and differentiated terrain modeling earthworks.

Supervisor:
Prof. Sigurd Henne
Florian Thumm

Students are to construct a covered platform, including an outbuilding, for the Edersee Wildlife Park in the middle of a highly landscaped area on a small hill for the falcon show that takes place there.

Supervisor:
Dr. Martin Biedermann
Prof. Klaus Meier

The task was to analyse and improve an urbanistic area surrounding the local museum in Nürtingen.

The students created an inventory analysis, freehand perspective drawings as well as construction drawings of the bridge over the river Steinach.

Supervisor:                                           Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Meier

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

In the 3rd semester we have the big Mainau project coming up. For further inspiration we went to the Netherlands for four days. There we visited many interesting projects in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Maastricht, all in terms of landscape architecture and urban development!

Supervisors:
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Bott
Prof. Dr. Sigurd Hen
Prof. Dr. Rainer Sachse

Photos: L. Bader, H. Both