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| Projects : Georg-Freundorfer-Platz, Munich |  |
Georg-Freundorfer-Platz, MunichOffice: Levin Monsigny Landschaftsarchitekten Context: The Georg-Freundorfer-Platz lies in the Westend quarter of Muinch. The traditional working class neighbourhood, composed of large urban housing blocks has the highest population density in Munich. A new urban housing project, the Theresienhöhe, located on a former exhibition property borders the Georg-Freundorfer-Platz. The new development drives the need for additional open space planning as the square will offer an important meeting place for residents. The new design provides locations for concerts and multi-functional areas to support playing and leisure. The square, planned as a green open space in the sixties, is characterised by mature trees and mounds which form a border between park and quarter. These existing elements are incorporated into the design that reinstates the lost relationship to the surrounding urban room. Design: A frame, with aesthetic and functional purposes surrounds the Georg-Freundorfer-Platz. The frame's design and use brings unity to the parks differing zones. The frame, acting as a permeable membrane between park and city organises the internal structure and connection to the surrounding urban environment. A fine light coloured inlay composed of a wide band of small paving stones and a narrower stripe of mosaic stones accentuates the dark basalt frame. The park furniture extrudes from the inlay, offering places to observe city life. At night, integrated lines of light follow the rhythm of the inlay accentuating the large aerial. Planted mounds seem to be thrown randomly onto the frame, which are more concentrated in the northern area of the square. Single passages between mounds invite visitors into the park. Towards the south, the mounds shrink in size and height until reaching the Theresienhöhe where planted pots stand on the dark stone frame. As residents and visitors enter the square they are attracted by the protection from trees and greeted by an abundance of shadow loving plants which include ground covers, grasses and ferns.
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