Waterscapes: Planning, Building and Designing With Water

by Dreiseitl, Herbert; Grau, Dieter; Ludwig, Karl H. C.

• ISBN13: 9783764364106
• ISBN10: 3764364106
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

After decades of being banished from residential areas, water is now becoming an increasingly significant feature in urban design. Whether it is the use of rainwater or the integration of natural water courses into the built environment, 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 issues are not only encountering renewed interest among professionals, but they are also meeting with appreciation from the general public. Here the aspects of water as an architectural element are considered, with specialists examining its artistic potential, its use outdoors, or its role in environmental technology. 33 international projects are documented, amongst them the water management for Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, the landscaping in Harlemville, near New York, the water feature in Townsquare Kogorah, Sydney, the roof terrace for Chicago City Hall, and the landscape planning for the Solar City near Linz.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(12)
Water in landscape	12	(28)
Robert Woodward
Town hall square, Hattersheim	14	(6)
Water features in an hotel foyer near Neuchatel	20	(2)
Watercourse at Herne-Sodingen Academy	22	(6)
The new town square in Gummersbach	28	(6)
The new centre in Kogarah near Sydney	34	(2)
Open space for a residential development in Ittigen, Berne	36	(4)
Water is universal	40	(32)
Herbert Dreiseitl
The water system in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz	44	(6)
The climate in the Nuremberg Prisma	50	(6)
Wind- and water-wheel in Owingen	56	(2)
Solar City Linz	58	(4)
Rainwater for the bears in Zurich zoo	62	(4)
Sonnenhausen estate in Glonn	66	(2)
Bathing-pond near Salzburg	68	(2)
Rainwater management in Coffee Creek, Indiana, USA	70	(2)
Think global, act local	72	(34)
Wolfgang F. Geiger
Rainwater retention on the Kronsberg in Hanover	76	(4)
The Scharnhauser Park in Ostfildern	80	(4)
Living in the Backum valley in Herten	84	(4)
Sewage treatment plant at the Worme Hofgemeinschaft in Handeloh	88	(4)
Scheme for the banks of the Volme, Hagen	92	(4)
Green roof for Chicago City Hall	96	(2)
The Lanferbach at Schungelberg estate in Gelsenkirchen	98	(4)
Housing estate in Echallens near Lausanne	102	(2)
Rainwater management in Krems Business Park, Austria	104	(2)
Water as an open system	106	(18)
Wolfram Schwenk
Water phenomena in the Gelsenkirchen cooling tower	108	(4)
Healing garden in Konigsfeld	112	(2)
Fountain sculpture in immenstaad	114	(4)
documenta urbana Kassel	118	(2)
«Dunsthohle» and main avenue in Bad Pyrmont	120	(4)
Towards a new water culture	124	(20)
Detlev Ipsen
«Water-traces» in Hannoversch Munden	128	(4)
Interior courtyard of an old people's home in Stuttgart	132	(4)
Schlafbruhl housing estate, Tubingen	136	(2)
A fountain for the blind in Ulm	138	(2)
Water playground in Pforzheim	140	(4)
From the idea to the finished object	144	(12)
Dieter Grau
Alexander Edel
Gerhard Hauber
Herbert Dreiseitl
Technical data	156	(4)
List of works	160	(14)
The authors	174	(1)
Illustration credits	175