Special topic: Design / Nature-oriented recreation planning

In a collaboration between the landscape architecture and landscape planning + nature conservation programs, interdisciplinary groups conducted feasibility studies for a potential swimming lake between Owen and Beuren. The task included not only investigating and evaluating the natural conditions, but also proposing designs for the lake that would integrate it into the landscape and existing local recreation facilities.

Supervision:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Kröniger

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Röhl

This year, the 8th semester excursion took students to Copenhagen. 

The focus was on experiencing innovative urban and open space planning in a Scandinavian context – mainly by bicycle or on foot.

The students began by exploring the waterfront and shore areas around Copenhagen Harbor. They then focused on urban districts such as Nørrebro, Østerbro, and the Nordhavnen development area, where topics such as climate adaptation, mobility, and mixed use can be experienced firsthand. On the island of Amager and in Ørestad, projects such as Amager Bakke or “The Mountain” provide insights into experimental architecture and new urban concepts. A day trip took them to the greater Copenhagen area, with the Louisiana Museum in Humlebæk and the classic modern buildings by Arne Jacobsen in Klampenborg. The trip concluded with a half-day tour of central urban areas such as Israels Plads and the Strøget pedestrian zone.

The excursion provided a compact overview of current strategies for urban transformation – between landscape, architecture, and mobility.

Supervision:

Prof. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Ludwig SchegkProf. Ingrid Schegk

The concept of knowledge-based urban development, using Nürtingen as an example, formed the content framework for the design lab. The focus was on upgrading the outdoor facilities at Max Planck Gymnasium, located not far from the city center. Together with the existing buildings, which have been repeatedly renovated and expanded since 1914, the outdoor facilities currently present themselves as a conglomeration of different time layers and educational ideas. They have to meet a wide range of requirements in a limited space. The design lab was tasked with developing ideas for the

 contemporary redevelopment of the aging school grounds. 

An important part of this was planning and running a workshop with students. The participation process figured out how the young people see “their” school grounds and what wishes and ideas they have for redesigning them. 

Supervision:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Kröniger

Dr. Anna Szilagy-Nagy

The bachelor thesis, with a focus on design and building construction, dealt with the upgrading of the campus grounds and the enhancement of the quality of stay by means of open space design, the external image of the university, and the connection of the area to the banks of the Fil River.

In contrast, the bachelor thesis with an urban planning focus dealt with the surroundings of the university location: the upgrading of the banks of the Fils river and new urban planning impulses on adjacent properties, the strengthening of pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and the closer connection of the university area with the old town.

Supervision:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Kröniger
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Meier

Inner-city conversion areas play a key role in sustainable urban development. While it was initially the derelict areas of the barracks and the manufacturing industry that were converted, the real estate boom of recent years has also brought previously little-noticed peripheral areas into focus. The site at the former port in Kassel is one such area. Here, a pilot project by a private investor is creating a comprehensive approach to the subsequent use of commercial enterprises, some of which are already derelict. In addition to sustainable and socially responsible residential development, the issues of “blue-green open spaces” and green connections play a particularly important role. The area surrounding the port is closely linked to the banks of the Fulda and the park at the historic lock.
As part of the Bachelor’s thesis, designs with an urban planning or structural design focus were developed, depending on the specialization.

Supervision:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Heseler-Lülff
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Kröniger

The importance of versatile green and open spaces for the quality of life in our cities is becoming increasingly clear in view of the effects of climate change. Not only traditional parks, residential courtyards and gardens play an important role here. There is also great potential in the creative activation of unconventional and multi-utilised types of open space. The further development of the listed Paketposthalle in Munich, an architectural icon from the 1960s, into the defining public open space of the planned PaketPost-Areal urban quarter offers one such opportunity.
The focus of the bachelor’s thesis was the examination of the open space utilisation of the hall and the adjacent green areas, with a design or structural design focus depending on the specialisation.

Supervision:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Kröniger
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Heseler-Lülff

The city of Karlsruhe is home to many innovative companies, particularly in the IT sector. In order to provide high-tech companies with a high-quality environment, the city of Karlsruhe has developed a technology park in the Rintheim district. The aim is to offer the companies an address with a flagship character and the employees an attractive working environment. In order to further develop the technology park as a green, sustainable district, the open spaces are to be radically rethought. The aim is to develop a unique address for the technology park that reflects the innovative strength and sense of responsibility for the environment of the companies based there.

Instructors:
Prof. Rainer Sachse
Prof. Dr. Dirk Stendel

The town of Miltenberg is located in north-western Bavaria on the River Main near the Hessian border at the interface between the Odenwald and Spessart.
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to redesign a central section of Miltenberg’s riverbank in a prototypical and image-building manner, to identify the potential of the area for tourism, culture and local recreation and to connect the sub-areas in a new quality. Problems such as flooding, climate adaptation,
Main river experience, high utilization pressure, seasonal business, connection of riverside areas to each other and to the old town, are challenges that must be solved in form and detail.

Supervision:
Prof. Rainer Sachse
Prof. Dr. Dirk Stendel

The final projects of the Planning and Building specialisation this year were divided into two thematic areas.

Topic A deals with the Ölhöfles planning area in Augsburg. Here, a new recreational area for information about the city’s water management is being created behind the historic city swimming pool on a previously unused gravel surface. An information pavilion was to be constructed on this area, where information on the city’s history could be displayed.

Topic B deals with the redesign of the banks of the Wertach in the city of Augsburg. On one side of the river, an individual Wertach balcony was constructed. Opposite, on the other side of the Wertach, a neighbourhood square was to be created for recreation and adjacent uses. The difficulty of the task was to put the two riverbanks in correspondence with each other in terms of visibility.

Supervision:
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Meier
Prof. Dr. Birgit Kröniger

The eighth semester spent a week in the Netherlands for the final excursion. Impressive places and parks were visited and many great lectures were given. In the best weather, they biked through Amsterdam and relaxed over coffee in Utrecht.

Supervision:
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Sigurd Henne
Prof. Rainer Sachse

In Besigheim, the Neckar is hidden behind a commercial area and dense vegetation. The task was to create connections between the medieval old town and the river bank and to develop the Neckar bank into an attractive address for local recreation and tourism.

Supervisor:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Kröniger
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Stendel

Physical activity and sport are important for a health-conscious lifestyle. Attractively designed and easily accessible public spaces can encourage people to exercise. The one and a half kilometre long car-free Theodor-Schöpfer-Weg in Stuttgart-Heumaden offered the best conditions to be developed into an innovative sports and exercise mile.

Supervisors:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Kröniger
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Stendel

Supervision:                                           Prof.Dipl.Wirtsch.-Ing. Ludwig Schegk                                                Prof. Dipl.Ing. Rainer Sachse                              

A number of great fascinating ecological parks have been created in Paris, we had to check them out! The eighth semester left for the Seine to check out the latest trends in landscape architecture and also to visit Versailles and see the Grand Projects of the 90s. A great experience!

Supervisor:
Prof. Rainer Sachse
Prof. Ludwig Schegk

Photos: R. Sachse