New Waterscapes: Planning, Building, And Designing With Water

by Dreiseitl, Herbert

• ISBN13: 9783764372453
• ISBN10: 3764372451
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-18
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Attractive international projects with, by and in water. 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 a?? 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. Amongst the works documented are a large new city park in Portland (Oregon), the botanical gardens in New York Queens, the conversion of a former airport in Oslo, the park for a new residential area in Oulu, near the Polar Circle in Finland, or a project for Hangzhon, China.

Table of Contents

Preface
Water in landscape	p. 10
Tanner Springs Park, Portland	p. 12
Town hall square, Hattersheim	p. 18
Water features in an hotel foyer near Neuchatel	p. 22
Water course at Herne-Sodingen Academy	p. 24
The new town square in Gummersbach	p. 30
Integrated water design for ING Bank, Amsterdam	p. 36
Open space for a residential development in Ittigen, Berne	p. 38
Water is universal	p. 42
The water system in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz	p. 46
The climate in the Nuremberg Prisma	p. 53
Wind- and water-wheel at the Owingen primary and secondary school	p. 59
New Park Concept for Queens Botanical Garden, New York	p. 60
Solar City Linz	p. 62
Rainwater for the bears in Zurich Zoo	p. 66
Conversion of Fornebu Airport, Oslo	p. 69
Sonnenhausen estate in Glonn	p. 70
Housing estate Arkadien Asperg near Stuttgart	p. 72
Festival des Jardins, Chaumont-sur-Loire	p. 75
Rainwater management in Coffee Creek, Indiana	p. 77
Think global, act local	p. 78
Rainwater retention on the Kronsberg in Hanover	p. 82
The Scharnhauser Park in Ostfildern	p. 86
Toppilansaari Park in Oulu	p. 91
Sewage treatment plant at the Worme Hofgemeinschaft in Handeloh	p. 94
Scheme for the banks of the Volme, Hagen	p. 98
Green roof for Chicago City Hall	p. 102
The Lanferbach at the Schungelberg estate in Gelsenkirchen	p. 105
Housing estate in Echallens near Lausanne	p. 108
Rainwater management in Krems Business Park, Austria	p. 110
Water as an open system	p. 112
Water phenomena in the Gelsenkirchen cooling tower	p. 114
Daylighting of Alna river in Holalokka, Oslo	p. 118
Fountain sculpture in Immenstaad	p. 121
Water management for a research centre near London	p. 124
Center of Excellence, Sindelfingen	p. 126
The Pearl of Hangzhou water garden, Hangzhou	p. 128
Towards a new water culture	p. 130
'Water-traces' in Hannoversch Munden	p. 134
Interior courtyard of an old people's home in Stuttgart	p. 139
Heiner-Metzger Plaza, Neu-Ulm	p. 140
Exemplary water management at DWR Headquarters, Amsterdam	p. 145
Restoration of Emscher river, Ruhr Valley	p. 146
Water playground in Pforzheim	p. 151
From the idea to the finished object	p. 154
Technical data	p. 166
The authors	p. 174
Illustration credits	p. 176
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