jeudi 5 juillet 2007

Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, day 2



Gießhalle, home of many concerts during the year. While I was there, it was closed off, so I didn't get to see where the stage was.



Piazza Metallica


Here, different species have settled in most likely a similar soil. It seems like landscape architects could learn from this, that these species could make up sort of a palette to draw from, when making up a planting plan. Or at least this could inform a designer in a useful way. These are the plants which require no maintenance whatsoever, and obviously have a range of colour, texture, etc.




Scuba centre, however it was closed during my visit. It's too bad, I have been wanting to make use of my scuba license.





Heaps of old material are quite prevalent at the site, and plants have taken up residence where they can. These places are in the first stages of succession, so only true pioneer species can live here. For example, blackberry bushes are often seen in places such as this.




The sewage canal could not remain as it existed on the site, and is now underground. A new canal has taken the place of the old, but now flows with fresh rainwater, it is kept as straight as it was before, not more 'naturally' shaped.





Duisburg was a wonderful place for me, it is a place that gives me some hope for landscape architecture. Peter Latz, the main landscape architect, allowed the polluted soils to remain in place and be remediated through phytoremediation, and sequestered soils with high toxicity in the existing bunkers. These are now places where succession is taking place. I really enjoyed my time here, and the berries.

1 commentaires:

À 5 février 2008 à 09:57 , Blogger Neath a dit...

Great shots!

 

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