Recent Waterscapes: Planning, Building and Designing with Water

Published by Birkhäuser 2013

Recent Waterscapes

Planning, Building and Designing with Water

Edited by: Herbert Dreiseitl and Dieter Grau

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783034615877

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About this book

Third revised and expanded new edition

After decades of being banished from residential areas, water is now becoming an increasingly significant feature in urban design. Whether it is the integration of natural water courses into the built environment, rainwater management, the incorporation of water elements in urban areas for climatic purposes or the creation of oases of tranquility or drama such as pools or fountains – all these aspects are not only encountering renewed interest among architects and urban planners, but they are also greeted with appreciation by the general public.
This book reveals the wide variety of possibilities for using water as a creative element in the city, in art, in the landscape and architecture. The works are organized in seven categories and encompass large-scale masterplans, urban plazas and parks, river restaurations but also interior design schemes and art objects. Amongst the works documented are the landscape design for Dubai Business Park, a river restauration in Bishan Park in Singapore, landscaping for a new town in Tianjin, China, the schemes for Telecom Park, Taipei and Vuores Central Park in Tampere, Finland, and the design for Civic Square Seattle.

Herbert Dreiseitl, born in 1955, is a sculptor, water artist and landscape architect. After his studies, he set up his office, Atelier Dreiseitl, in Überlingen on Lake Constance in 1980. He has realised numerous projects in the fields of stormwater management, water art and landscape architecture. He is active in lecturing worldwide and his work is widely published.

Dieter Grau, born in 1963, gardener and landscape architect, has been working for the Atelier Dreiseitl since 1994. In 1996 he became head of the landscape architecture department there. He is involved in planning projects around the world and lectures frequently.

Systematic presentation of attractive international projects with, by and in water.
Great public interest in urban water features
Water is an important element in sustainable design

Author / Editor information

Herbert Dreiseitl, is a sculptor, water artist and landscape architect; Dieter Grau, gardener and landscape architect.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Water – spirit of change Herbert Dreiseitl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
URBAN PLAZAS
Civic Square, Seattle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
Water system in Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Town hall square, Hattersheim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
New town square in Gummersbach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
‘Water-traces’ in Hannoversch Münden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Heiner-Metzger Plaza, Neu-Ulm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Exemplary water management at DWR Headquarters, Amsterdam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Water management for a research centre near London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
Center of Excellence, Sindelfingen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Light and water installation Breiteweg, Barleben Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Public participation Zari Santner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
URBAN PARKS
Tanner Springs Park, Portland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Toppilansaari Park in Oulu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Queens Botanical Garden, New York Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Rainwater retention on the Kronsberg in Hanover Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Scharnhauser Park in Ostfildern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Green roof for Chicago City Hall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Cities moving toward sustainability Khoo Teng Chye Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
MASTER PLANNING
Central watershed and Bishan Park, Singapore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
Transformation of a city district, Taipei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
Conversion of Fornebu Airport, Oslo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Dubai Business Park Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Restoration of Emscher River, Ruhr Valley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Think global, act local Wolfgang F. Geiger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
Arkadien housing estates near Stuttgart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Rainwater management in Coffee Creek, Indiana Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Solar City, Linz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Neighbourhood community, Tianjin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
Housing estate in Echallens near Lausanne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Sewage treatment plant at the Wörme farm community in Handeloh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
RIVER RESTORATION
Daylighting of Alna River in Hølaløkka, Oslo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Scheme for the banks of the Volme, Hagen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
Rainwater for the bears in Zurich zoo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Three Rivers Master Plan, Pittsburgh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Water as an open system Wolfram Schwenk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
INTERIOR DESIGN
Interior courtyard of an old people’s home in Stuttgart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
The climate in the Nuremberg Prisma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
ART AND FOUNTAINS
Fountain sculpture in Immenstaad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Festival des Jardins, Chaumont-sur-Loire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Open space for a residential development in Ittigen, Berne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Sonnenhausen estate in Glonn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Water playground in Pforzheim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Water phenomena in the Gelsenkirchen cooling tower Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
From the idea to the finished object Dieter Grau, Alexander Edel, Gerhard Hauber and Herbert Dreiseitl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Technical data Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
The authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Illustration credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Edition: 3rd, rev. and expanded ed.
Audience: Professional/practitioner
Pages
- Main content: 175
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 480
Keywords: Flussrenaturierung; Landscape architecture; Landschaftsarchitektur; River restauration; Wasserökologie; Water features

eBook

Published: December 21, 2012
ISBN: 9783034615877