Communicative living | Freising-Lerchenfeld

Prof Christoph Jensen

The 4th semester students had the task of developing an urban design for a communicative residential complex on a plot of land measuring approx. 1 hectare in the Lerchenfeld district of Freising. The current sports field is located in the middle of a residential area, bordering the local swimming pool to the south and the busy Erdinger Straße to the north. The students focussed in particular on the topic of "climate-friendly urban development" and aimed to reach as differentiated a target group as possible with their design.

Cécile Agustoni | Johanna Funk | Judith Hary | Anna-Maria Heim

The "StadtMäander" concept stands for dynamic coexistence and combines inclusive living with future-orientated, climate-friendly urban development. A green, planted guideline runs from Erdinger Strasse through the new residential area, following the meandering building structure. This reed bed accompanies the residents through the communal and identity-rich inner courtyards with a wide range of uses, accompanied by a gentle murmur. Wooden walkways connect the Anger with the neighbouring park to the south, the "green lung" as a meeting point for residents and neighbours.

In addition to the design aspect, the green guideline also has a climatic effect according to the principle of the sponge city. In addition, rainwater is collected in cisterns and reused. Further cooling effects are achieved by green façades and roofs and by shading the surrounding tree planting. Regional, sustainable and/or recycled building materials will be used. The mobility concept is based on participatory interaction among the residents and is complemented by a large number of bicycle parking spaces, repair workshops and charging stations for e-mobility and car sharing.

Simon Benz | Jakob Berger | Jaqueline Bucheli | Laura Michanickl

The design idea is formed on the one hand by the parallel shift of the Angerbach stream in the south of the project area, and on the other by the visual relationships with Freising Cathedral on the western horizon and St Lantpert's Church in the east. This creates a long, green green space as the centre of the new quarter, designed with planting areas and shrubs. It is intended to offer residents and employees in the neighbourhood a place for rest and relaxation.

The Anger is flanked by residential buildings of varying heights. The residential units are designed for families with children and senior citizens. Communication in the area is to be strengthened by various (semi-)public spaces and communal facilities for music or creative art. However, the new residential area is not only planned for future residents, but is also intended to support the surrounding Lerchenfeld neighbourhood, for example with a kindergarten, workshops, an unpackaged shop and orchards.

Tatjana Arzmiller | Michelle Bodlak | Aleksandra Vidakovic | Frank Zieker

The aim of the planning was to seal as little space as possible and instead create a lot of greenery. In the north on Erdinger Straße, you are welcomed by a public square and guided into the area. This is followed by an arrangement of four groups of buildings at different storey heights, each of which forms a semi-public inner courtyard.

In addition to the flats, the ground floor zones also contain public facilities such as a café, laundry and bicycle rooms as well as co-working spaces and common rooms, etc. This is where the large number of residents of different age groups will come together in living arrangements such as single and maisonette flats or shared flats. The residential units on the upper floors will be accessed via pergolas orientated towards the inner courtyard and their living spaces will face outwards towards the surrounding landscape.

While the inner courtyards will be designed with various paved surfaces and targeted tree planting, the green space around the buildings will be given a landscaped character through the loose scattering of native trees and the creation of small paths. Attractions such as a spacious play area, communal gardens and retention areas are integrated into the green space.

Green Square 2022 - Piazza Vecchia | Bergamo

Prof Birgit Schmidt

For Piazza Vecchia, students in the 6th semester of the open space planning programme had the task of developing design approaches for a temporary installation in Piazza Vecchia. The thematic focus was basically free, but a profound, scientifically based and reflected examination of current and future-relevant issues and challenges in a changing global world was expected. The role Landscape Architecture plays in this structure or the attitude of the students as prospective landscape architects in this transformation process should become legible in the approaches to ideas

Adrian Rumpf | Aurel Schedo | Joyce Kunig | Dino de 'Niccolo

The concept shows a cross section straight through Italy - from north to south. The different regions with their typical regional produce and the variety of landscape. Between the fields, there are squares of different sizes and themes, ranging from rice to corn and from wine to seeds - depending on what's growing besides and where they are generally located in Italy. Areas of wine e.g. can be found throughout the whole square, as it is grown all over Italy, just differing in its types referring to the part of the country they are grown in.

To create an easy, efficient and reuseable construction, the fields are made of Euro pallets with frames stacked on top of them, filled with fleece and soil. In the north of the square, there is an information centre located within two shipping containers. These have a straightforward effect, which creates in context with the pallet portays, an uncomplicated yet sophisticated version of agriculture in modern world.

Tobias Forell | Christina Seibüchler | Helen Schenk | Teresa Bühring

This concept refers to the map of used and unused fountains to be seen in the historical city of Bergamo, within the entire city there are over 240 fountains to find. The draft is based on the urban layout of Bergamo's old town as it is drawn to a plan with black surfaces representing buildings and white surfaces representing open spaces. A section of this plan is projected onto the floor of the Piazza Vecchia using a carpet, which serves the basis for further planning.

In addition to the city's layout there are the street names printed in striking red on the ground for visitor's orientation. Also red dots are intended to lead visitors from the Piazza Vecchia through streets and paths to the fountains in Bergamo's old town. Some of them are represented by collumns filled with water placed at the blue areas, at which information can be called up via QR code. The local Contarini fountain is representing the centre of the installation, as it has graced the square since 1780 and is therefore of historical importance. The green spaces are also projected from the city layout to the Piazza with different trees and plants used referring to their either isolated or open usage.

Aurelia Ibach | Verena Hurler | Fabiola Leonett von Wachter | Simon Schwarzl

The concept is based on the landscape of Lombardy an it's most characteristic element forming it - the river Po. Once most of the area along it was covered with forests, close to the river most distinctly: riparian forests. Now only a few 'islands' of this forgotten landscape are left in the anthropogenically shaped Po Valley, the interconnection of this valuable refuge for flora and fauna has shrunk.

Referring to this happening, the design is built on a Natura2000 map showing the accumulation of river forests from isolated islands in the landscape. These are brought on the square by interpreting the prominent cobblestone pattern of the Piazza. The path on the ground is based on the river Po, it has its source at the Battistero di Bergamo, then crosses the square and dissolves in the form of a delta, which leads to the satellites inside the Città Alta.

Single layers are exhibited on small piazzas along the main road Via Gombito. On one hand the satellites should heighten the visitors' curiosity. On the other hand they represent the shrimping interconnectedness between the protected islands. Following the individual satellites, you arrive at Piazza Vecchia, where the topic of the riparian forest gathers and can be reconstructed in an overall installation. Further information is given at the info point, also riparian forests near Bergamo have been identified, which can easily be reached for excursions by bicycle.

Lukas Ahmadi | Sarah Weber | Nicola Sturm

The inspiration for the design is the urban setting of the buildings framing the square, which reminds us of the typical basic shape of a theatre auditorium. When visitors enter the square from the north, their gaze is automatically drawn to the façade of the palazzo, which occupies the space like a stage. The façades on both sides of the square taper towards the Palazzo, just as the theatre hall tapers towards the stage in a typical theatre building style. In contrast to a theatre, a landscape can only be perceived in its entirety when walking through it, but it also tells a story.

We want to emphasise this aspect with our design: When a visitor enters the square, they initially only see white walls and only on closer inspection a discreet entrance between the first two walls. After entering the installation, their gaze is directed towards the second wall, so that the visitor has to turn round to follow the path through the walls. This turn reveals the first greenery, which is placed on the inwardly curved sides of the walls. They act like the backdrops of a theatre and form both the scaffolding and, in the overall picture, the background of the play being performed in the square. Progressively walking through, standing still, turning round, observing and moving on arouses curiosity about the hidden landscapes behind the walls. In this way, visitors are guided through the installation, from wall to wall and from backdrop to backdrop.

Further development of the auditing system EULE I | Pavolding - Högenau II - Garching-Nord

Prof Dr Markus Reinke

In the EULE I project, an auditing system was developed for existing ground-mounted photovoltaic systems. This system and the associated rewards for nature conservation measures create incentives for the ecologically high-quality design of these systems and the implementation of corresponding measures. The standard serves as a basis for planning offices and authorities and ensures that the environmental report is prepared in a professionally qualified manner. It thus contributes to facilitating and accelerating the urban land-use planning process and ensuring a high quality of nature conservation in the facilities.

The task of the students in the summer semester 2021 was to further develop this system for application to new plants. Among other things, a catalogue of measures was drawn up for various potential areas. Based on the auditing system, a standard for environmental reports, impact assessments and development plans for ground-mounted photovoltaic systems was then to be developed.

In the following, the best projects are summarised and explained in compact form in the students' final presentations.

Sarah David | Eva Orpel | Julian Treffler | Jakob Tschegg

Tobias Bücherl | Verena Hartmann | Alexandra Pfister | Dinah Schredl

Luca Maistrelli | Lisa-Marie Naumann | Louisa Zoé Riedel | David Ritz

Eurostadt - Transformation of the Europark in Munich

Prof. Christoph Jensen

The task was to design an overall concept for the urban development and open space of the large-scale industrial estate 'Europark' in the north of Munich. The current coarse-grained urban development is characterised by space-intensive building cubatures and a high degree of sealing in the open spaces. The area is characterised by car and lorry traffic, with no attractive connections or situations for pedestrians and cyclists. The aim was to develop framework conditions for a lively and diverse urban neighbourhood and at the same time to take the public space of the remaining commercial area into consideration. Monostructures were to be avoided; instead, solutions were sought for a multi-layered, multifunctional and lively neighbourhood.

Cornelia Solleder | Elena Grohmann | Anna Hinge

In order to utilise the Euroindustriepark sustainably, living space is being created for over 6,000 residents, with around 70 m² of green space available per resident. This is made up of both private gardens and green spaces in the inner courtyards. A wide green corridor running through the entire area enables short and attractive everyday routes. It also counteracts the current high degree of sealing of the industrial estate and increases the infiltration potential. In addition, the more than 10 ha of green space ensures a sustainable improvement of the microclimate in the entire planning area. The extensive green roofs also make a lasting contribution to climate adaptation in the neighbourhood thanks to their high water storage capacity and additional insulation.

The design of the buildings is based on the original layout of the industrial estate. The large green spaces frame the area to the east and north. To reduce noise pollution, lorry traffic will be restricted to the north-eastern and southern areas.

According to the plans of the City of Munich, the eastern area of the Euroindustrie Park is to be redesigned/repurposed. In line with this perimeter, a change of use could be realised up to and including the tram line. The western area is planned as a long-term, conceptual conversion of the industrial estate.

Caroline Kunath | Nadine Liebsch | Martina Friedrich | Tabea Kirschke

The urban design aims to retain the commercial uses and also provides for high-density housing with residential and mixed use, which does justice to the idea of sustainable inner development. The site is marked by its history, including the site of the Reichsbahn repair works. Buildings from this period still exist today, and the industrial infrastructure can still be seen in the extensive railway system. The development of the design was characterised by the need to deal sensitively with this heritage. The disused railway tracks are largely covered by green structures. The interweaving of railway tracks and greenery was adopted as a motif for the design. The greenery along the old railway tracks is to be strengthened and made tangible.

The area and its immediate surroundings are also home to many cultural facilities. Their arrangement gives rise to a cultural axis running from east to west, which is to be emphasised and supplemented. The Spina - the new market hall - is located at the intersection of the cultural axis and a striking disused railway track. This edge in particular is staged and creates a connection to the urban square to the south. The park created here represents a connecting seam for the entire planning area. The high point buildings emphasise the character of this open space and stand out due to their positioning, which contradicts the rest of the design. The buildings line up regularly and linearly like a seam.

Katharina Dauer | Carolina Völk | Sophie Hundertmark

The aim is to preserve as many existing buildings as possible and avoid further sealing. The large-scale, mostly rectangular industrial buildings have been topped up with new, high-contrast, terraced buildings. The high-emission businesses and large retail chains were moved to the northern and southern edges of the area with good rail and transport connections and relocated to the A9 motorway. A new cultural centre will be created in the former Metro building, which will serve as a link between the cultural offerings located on the east-west axis. The redensification will enable a mixed use of the building. Commercial and office space will be established on the ground floor, while the upper floors will be used increasingly for residential purposes.

Mobility concept:
1 Maria-Probst-Str. 30 km/h zone, long-term use for public transport and cycling only
2 No new underground car parks
3 High-rise car parks, later conversion possible, removal from surrounding buildings
4 Shared space = pedestrian zone (residents and cyclists free, deliveries at certain times)
5 min. 1 bicycle parking space per resident + extra for businesses in lockable + covered spaces
6 Car sharing services, bicycle hire and workshop near the tram station

Jonas Barth | Tobias Eckmaier | Veronika Herrmann | Greta Inderst

The ever-changing society needs a place that adapts, an area that can constantly evolve with the people. Thanks to the modular design, flats can be flexibly adapted to the requirements of the users. This flexibility and changeability is illustrated by the container towers. Here, containers can be stacked and changed at will. At the same time, the container district gives the area a recognisable character.

The car parks located in the area also focus on future-oriented planning. These can be successively repurposed as demand decreases. With its high number of storeys, the high point gives the town square an urban character, emphasising its importance as a central meeting place. Another special feature is the "green cube" at the end of Tramstrasse, which symbolises the mixture of urbanity and nature. In general, the Multipark is built in a compact way, allowing for large open spaces that can be used by people in a variety of ways and provide space for nature.