KOKKEDAL CLIMATE ADAPTATION (KOKKEDAL, DENMARK) The challenge of the project was to develop a climate adaption which also could promote an improved urban life: connect fragmented urban areas, create attractive meeting points, and bring nature closer to the residents in the housing blocks. The park covers an area of 60 ha in the North of…
ZUIDPOLDER BARENDRECHT (BARENDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) Laudation by Philipp Sattler as PDF here! The built urban area in the Rotterdam agglomeration has grown rapidly over recent decades. To improve water quality and the recreational and ecological values of the water systems, the municipality has developed the landscape park Zuidpolder Barendrecht. Around 110 hectares of agricultural land between…
PARCO PORTELLO (MILAN, ITALY) In November 2022, after more than 20 years, work on the Portello Park on the site of a former Alfa Romeo factory in Milan ended. It was Charles Jencks (1939 – 2019), whose principles guided the structure of the park and the redevelopment process in collaboration with Andreas Kipar (LAND S.r.l.).…
BETH CHATTO’S GARDEN (ELMSTEAD MARKET, UK) Beth Chatto OBE (1923 – 2018) was an award-winning plants woman, author and lecturer, who won 10 gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show, in the 70s and 80s. For her own gardens she transformed desolate wasteland that was deemed unfit for fruit farming. The landscape varied dramatically so…
PETITE SAUSSAIE (VITRY-SUR-SEINE, FRANCE) The Petite Saussaie spring resurgence project is restructuring the former Blondeaux park in Vitry-sur-Seine. The purpose of the project is to enhance the descent of spring water as an urban design element. Therefore the descent of the water in the Seine valley is the subject of a sculpture-fountain: an aerial aqueduct,…
TUINEN MIEN RUYS (DEDEMSVAART, NETHERLANDS) Laudation by Roswitha Arnold for Tuinen Mien Ruys as PDF here! Somewhere tucked away in the typical Dutch countryside lies this green monument of 6,2 acres that originated through the creativity and enthusiasm of garden architect Mien Ruys (1904-1999). This inheritance is now managed by the non-profit Mien Ruys Gardens…
KEMERI RESORT PARK (JURMALA, LATVIA) A resort was established in Jurmala in the 18th century due to the healing properties of sulphur waters. Kemeri park is one of the oldest and major parks outside the capital Riga. It was designed in 1839 by K.H. Vagner, a gardener from Riga as a landscape park with a…
WESTPARK AUGSBURG (AUSGBURG, GERMANY) Laudation by Lieneke van Campen for Westpark as PDF here! With the withdrawal of the American army in 1998, Augsburg used the conversion of the barracks for an overall spatial development and to expand the green system. After a planning and realisation process lasting more than 15 years, the Westpark was…
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is one of the world’s leading botanic gardens. Visitors can discover its history dating back to 1670, learn about its plantings and walk around 28 hectares of beautiful landscape. Founded in 1670 as a Physic Garden, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a world-renowned centre for plant research,…
Located at the Toelleturm (Toelle Tower) in the eastern part of Wuppertal’s Südhöhen (southern hills), this almost 6-hectare landscape park can be found at the edge of a historical villa district not far from the Barmer Anlagen parkland. The Vorwerk family park was founded around 1907 and has a spectacular topography that affords wonderful views…