Designing parks : Berlin's Park am Gleisdreieck or the art of creating lively places / Leonard Grosch, Constanze A. Petrow ; translation [from German]: Amy Klement.

Main entry:

Grosch, Leonard, author.

Title & Author:

Designing parks : Berlin's Park am Gleisdreieck or the art of creating lively places / Leonard Grosch, Constanze A. Petrow ; translation [from German]: Amy Klement.

Publication:

Berlin : Jovis, [2016]

Description:

216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-215).
Parks for people -- Parallels -- Learning from Gleisdreieck -- Park am Gleisdreieck : facets of an open space in Berlin -- Designing parks as lively places -- A park full of atmospheres.

Summary:

"Landscape architecture can be more than aesthetically innovative: it can contribute to integration in society, social stability, and a vibrant public life. But how does a park become an intensively used stage, a well-visited everyday location? What constitutes the "boon of life" (Jane Jacobs)? And what makes a park urban? The Park am Gleisdreieck in Berlin--developed between 2007 and 2014--was initiated by citizens and built in dialogue with them. This publication presents the principles underlying his design. They form a toolbox for big city parks that can be used in diverse ways, stimulate interaction, and appeal to the senses. Furthermore, the book situates the Park within the contemporary work of landscape architecture and shows how visitors perceive the park and its atmospheres. Overall, this work lays out the design elements that model a successful citizens' park in the twenty-first century: Many voices have contributed to its development; its design is dynamically complex, and the park invites change and appropriation."-- Back cover.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9783868593815 (paperback)
3868593810 (paperback)

Subject:

Landscape architecture Germany Berlin.
Parks Germany Berlin.
Urban landscape architecture Germany Berlin.
Public spaces.
Architecture du paysage Allemagne Berlin.
Paysage urbain Allemagne Berlin.
Espaces publics.
Landscape architecture Germany.
Parks Germany.
Urban landscape architecture Germany.
Landscape architecture
Parks
Urban landscape architecture
Landschaftsgestaltung
Stadtgestaltung
Park am Gleisdreieck (Berlin, Germany)
Germany Berlin
Germany Berlin Park am Gleisdreieck
Park Gleisdreieck
Landscape Architecture (General)
Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen)

Form/genre:

Bildband.

Added entries:

Petrow, Constanze A., author.
Klement, Amy, translator.
Grosch, Leonard. Parks entwerfen.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292349
Call No.: BIB 236612
Status: Available

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