An informative event about the proposed programme of extensive grazing took place at the Bücherwurmschule after-school care centre in the Berlin district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf on 13 October 2015. Conceptually integrated within the overall management and development plans for the landscape conservation area, it aimed to involve the residents and users of the area in the …
Continue reading...Groundbreaking ceremony at the Gransee Park at the City Wall
On 15 August 2014 the start of construction for the Park at the City Wall was celebrated in fitting style. The construction process – including the completion management – is scheduled for completion by the spring of 2015. As part of the construction process an asphalted bicycle lane and footpath will be created along the …
Continue reading...Hot off the press! INA brochure is complete
After three months of preparation and consolidation the brochure for the Lieberoser Heide International Nature Exhibition (INA) has finally been printed. The aim of the booklet is to promote the INA, whilst at the same time attracting the attention of potential investors and sponsors. On behalf of the Lieberoser Heide INA municipal committee, Martin Janotta …
Continue reading...Urban horses – article in ‘Landschaftsarchitekten’ journal
In the current edition of ‘Landschaftsarchitekten’, the journal of the Union of German Landscape Architects, an article about urban nature conservation through grazing in the context of urban development in Berlin has been published. The article presents an overview of the conflict between, on the one hand, the need for space in urban development, and …
Continue reading...Refinement of the GIS-supported compensatory land registry in Oranienburg
As an agency for preparatory and binding urban land-use planning, the Urban Planning Department in Oranienburg is regularly confronted with the task of making available compensatory areas of land during construction and development projects in compliance with nature conservation intervention regulations (A+E measures). As a backer of a large proportion of the plans for urban …
Continue reading...Blankenfelde Botanical Park
Blankenfelde Botanical Park is located in the north of the district of Pankow, and acts as a transition to open fields. More than half of its c. 34 hectares belongs to the Blankenfelde Landscape Conservation Area (LSG). Situated on a former sewage field, the Botanical Park was founded in around 1910 by Albert Brodersen as …
Continue reading...Lichterfelde-Süd: urban planning workshop completed
The winner of the urban planning workshop in Lichterfelde-Süd was announced on Friday 19 September. The Amsterdam-based Casanova + Hernandez architects convinced the jury of politicians, urban planners and investors with their third design, which was voted as the unanimous winner. FUGMANN JANOTTA bdla saw the whole process through organizationally; the bureau advises the Steglitz-Zehlendorf …
Continue reading...Helsingforser Square has been inaugurated!
The construction phase started in October 2012 and in November 2013 the square was handed over to the public. With the final remaining work completed, the “wooden boxes” in place, and a lush planting scheme now completed, the square was ready for its inauguration on 24 July 2014. With a large number of interested citizens …
Continue reading...Berezniki Solikamsk Usolye masterplan
In November the masterplan for the three cities on the river Kama in Berezniki was presented. It is based on an introverted approach that anticipates a completion and improvement of existing city structures, and is aimed at compact cities. In the masterplan mid-term and long-term goals were formulated. In light of the complex challenges faced …
Continue reading...Concept for securing land for the implementation of the WFD in the state of Brandenburg
The availability of space is a decisive factor in the successful implementation of a number of different measures for a body of water. After straightening the natural path of the waterway, large parts of the land around the water become subject to diverse forms of land-usage, which in practice tend to be situated directly at …
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