design studio cologne

Akademie für internationale Bildung (AIB)
penn state university
design studio COLOGNE
there has never been
enough space on the street
Spring semester 2013
content
coordination
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Students
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Course description & Method
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System design
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place design
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international student workshop
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impressum
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AIB Coordination
ture petersenn, m.a.
Program director
AIB
ture petersenn
The Spring 2013 Penn State University Landscape Architecture Program
brought fifteen students to Bonn, Germany and Europe, who, as part of their
studies, intensively worked on two spaces in the City of Cologne: Aachener
Strasse and Neumarkt.
This document reflects the students' hard work on these spaces and their wonderful products. It also illustrates the students' dedication to their studies, their
remarkable creativity as well as their marvellous skills as designers.
As the AIB Program Director of the Penn State Landscape Architecture Program at the AIB, I would like to acknowledge the following people who have
made significant contributions to the success of this program.
johannes böttger
First of all, I would like to thank Penn State University and its Department for
Adjunct assistant professor
Landscape Architecture for their contiunued support of this study abroad program and for their efforts in helping to make it a success. In particular, I would
like to thank Ron Henderson, Eliza Pennypacker, Peter Aeschbacher and Ken
Tamminga for their contributions.
On behalf of the AIB I would also like to express my gratiude to Frau Müller
and Frau Klemmt from the City of Cologne's Department for Urban Planning for
their vital support of the program and student projects. AIB greatly appreciates
this partnership and hopes to continue this collaboration in future programs.
Thomas Knüvener and Johannes Böttger have been instrumental for the program by teaching the studio and seminar. Many thanks to both of them for their
thomas knüvener
Adjunct assistant professor
dedication, expertise and student support.
In addition, I would like to thank our Teaching Assistant Elias Schley for his hard
work and many valuable contributions to the program's success.
Important contributions to the program have also been made by Stefan Gruber
(Akademie der Künste, Wien), Stefan Kurath (ZHAW) and Raine Sachse (scape
Landschaftsarchitekten, Düsseldorf).
And last but by no means least, I would like to thank the fifteen Penn State students who were part of this semester program at the AIB for their enthusiastic,
responsible and productive approach to the program and the many challenges
it brought along.
Elias schley
teaching assistant
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CHRIS MAURER
TEANNA JOHNSON
LUKE ZELLER
GRIFFEN GALANTE
ELLIOT SHIBLEY
GATES KIELTY
RICHARD HAMMOND
MAGEN PRIKOCKIS
SUNHO KIM
JENNIE RYAN
ASHLEY REED
MICHAEL HUMES
SALVATORE AQUILINA
AMANDA CLERKIN
RYAN WALKER
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
COURSE METHOD
Johannes Böttger
Movement between buildings There has never been enough space on the streets
thomas knüvener
The semester will be divided into two
there will be an international student work-
phases. Phase 1, System Design is aiming
shop with students of the Städtebau NRW
towards understanding a big scale urban
("Town planning and Urban development" is
Streets as major elements of the european
quality. Following innumerable projects
axis. Along the axis mobility and its organi-
a Master of Science, M.Sc. and it is a Joint
city are on the one hand important connec-
before, the „Masterplan Innenstadt Köln“ ties
zation is scrutinized and design proposals
Master Program of the University Siegen
tors and on the other hand stages for public
together the different disciplines to propose
are worked out. Phase 2, Place Design is
and the Universities of Applied Sciences
life. The increase of traffic and its diversifica-
an integrated plan for the coming twenty
focusing on one big urban plaza that has
in Bochum, Dortmund and Cologne). It will
tion – from pedestrians and horse drawn car-
years. The European city has become a
manifold functions. Multimodal mobility and
be a 3 day intensive program hosted in the
riages to pedestrians, cyclists, cars, buses,
blueprint for urban development world wide
a contemporary urban plaza design will be
study space of FH Köln. An urban space in
trams, and new electricity based vehicles
and could be showcasing the future of urban
combined in detailed design solutions.
Cologne separate to the east west axis will
today – leads to a constant battle over the
lifestyle. Developing smart and beautiful
Complemental with the work in AIB studio
be subject to design interventions.
space available.
systems landscapes of transport allowing for
As with many European cities Cologne
different speeds and forms of apropriation is
develops its street system towards a lively
one of the most urgent challenges concer-
multimodal streetscape with increased urban
ning a sustainable urban development.
SITE
The east – west axis of Cologne Aache-
first motor production in Cologne. This
ner Straße is the decumanus of the roman
successful and innovative industry brought
colony. That is one of the two perpendicular
growth and wealth to the city. In addition to
streets that are the offspring of the cities
this historic background Cologne is a dense,
organization. Cologne is heavily rooted in
vibrant and multimodal designed European
mobility. The city was founded because of its
city offering homes and transport for 1 milli-
strategic position along Rhine River where
on inhabitants.
goods were to be transported. Transport
Today Aachener Straße can be read as a
and trade led to the further growth of the city
transect through many different city districts,
during many centuries. In the 19th century
each offering a distinct set of building and
Cologne became the western German hub
open space typologies connected by that
of national and international train network .
one major axis of movement.
1864 Nicolaus August Otto founded worlds
COURSE Objectives
Studio Design project 499B is aiming at:
will develop.
The acquisition of design strategies towards
Superimposing the urban condition we find
streetscape and city open space. Gaining
with ideas of a sustainable urban future. This
an understanding of how design work is
contains evaluation of existing situations as
addressing dynamic space. It is dynamic be-
well as creating visionary designs.
cause it is mainly experienced in movement
Practicing graphic and conceptual design
at different velocities and dynamic because
skills. Developing ideas and bringing them
it is constantly informed by evolving cultural
across using a mode of operation that is
practice.
reflecting the professional practice within
Creating understanding of urban scale
landscape architecture.
reflecting mode and speed of transportation
Collaborating in an intensive program with
and the spatial connect of zones of land use
students of a german university will help
within the urban fabric.
students to promote graphic and conceptual
Generating awareness towards the European
design skills in a short period of time. The
city. Using the given situation of transcultural
transcultural challenge will make a special
practice landscape architectural methods
mindset necessary aiming on openness
from the U.S. and Germany will be compared
towards different ideas and approches and
and discussed. The understanding of cultural
the ability to make quick common decisions
differences in the way issues of planning are
and communicating them well.
focused and in the way problems are solved
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Block III
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Block II
Block I
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PHASE ONE / SYSTEM DESIGN
The System Design will be on the inner city
is exploring as a team but each individual is
part of the 23 km long east – west axis. We
engrossing in one chosen space. Students
will start by getting to know the big corridor
will learn about different historic layers, di-
space. The Warm-up on the first day asks for
mensions and traffic situations. Neighboring
a quick response to the different velocities
city districts and their connection with the
and to the modes of transportation expe-
axis will be scrutinized.
rienced in a day travel along the axis. One
The design phase in Strategic Design will
digital image file and one finding put down in
focus the street corridor and the subspaces
writing will be presented. System Design is
within. Students know the segment from
done in groups of 2 students each.
analysis but know a paradigm shift is
The Analysis is aiming on one hand towards
introduced. “what if the cyclists take over”
the understanding of the city’s development
promotes the assumption that the car will
and open space system over time. On the
need much less the bicycles and pedestrians
other hand it is aiming towards a deepened
will need much more space in future. Profile
scrutiny of a singular spatial situation. Know-
drawings, sections and imagery of a visiona-
ledge of how the city is composed in general
ry streetscape will be produced. The big sca-
and a repertoire of urban detail are gained.
le changes within the space can be shown
The axis will be cut into segments for analy-
on an urbanist scale nevertheless subtleties
sis each segment representing an important
that organize the multimodal space can be
chapter in the city’s development. The group
likewise important.
Block one
Johannes Bttger
system Design
Analysis
Analysis
thomas knüvener
Analysis
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Block two
system Design
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Block three
Analysis
system Design
Analysis
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one interesting finding
system Design
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Analysis
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Block one
Ashley reed
Jennie ryan
The current conditions of „Aachenerstrasse“
(Cicalienstrasse, Pipinstrasse, Augustinerstrasse) supress the inherent opportunity of
connectivity handed down from the ancient
roman city that once stood in this section of
Cologne. The large vehicular access stunts
pedestrian and bike access making it difficult
to move across the street and from urban
space to urban space.
The concept of „Cyclists Take Over
Aachenerstrasse_Cyclists+Connectivity“
revolves around a central access where
Transportation spine
higher speed traffic of cyclists, the tram, and
Urban Mesh
Porosity
vehicles are separated but condensed into
a transportation spine. This spine connects
the section to the rest of the city and would
continued down Aachenerstrasse.
The smaller streets, bike lanes, and pedestrian paths act as the all important arteries that
connect the urban spaces creating an urban
mesh. The mesh consists of the courts and
plazas in the roman part of the city. The
concept calls for connecting all of these
spaces.
Public Transportation/ Vehicles
The separation of vehicles, bicycles,
and pedestrians creates a safer urban
transportation environment. The
major vehicle and tram acces follows
Caecilienstrasse and Augustinerstrasse. The
street has been limited to 2 lanes of 2 way
traffic. Narrower arterial streets have limited
car access for stricter loading and unloading.
The porosity of this section defines its character and allows people to move through
the city as though it is a permeable urban
entity. This offers new opportunities for
mixed uses on the ground floors of building
contributing to the vitality of the street.
Pedestrian/Cyclists
Cyclists have their own 2 lanes of through
traffic with a center passing zone on what
was Pipinstrasse. This axis is meant ot
connect the entire city with a spine of bike
traffic. Cyclists are allowed to exit the major
lanes anywhere. Designated bike parking
and pedestrian crossings organize the space
and protect people from accidents. The
arterial bike paths and pedestrian walkways
connect the urban spaces.
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Block one
salvatore aquilina
luke zeller
In order to create a street that focused on the biker it is
vital to give them a enough space to ride safely, while
still allotting the needed spaces for cars and pedestrians.
In order to create the most bike friendly street possible,
Aachnerstrasse needs to be overhauled.
Clear and separate vehicular traffic areas are needed to
create conflict free zone for bikes, cars, pedestrians, and
public transportation of Aachnerstrasse. The best way
to accomplish this is to completely sever the connection
between cars and bikes. Vehicular traffic is placed on th
south end of the street, and bike traffic to the north, closer
to the pedestrian zone of Cologne. The main emphasis for
this project is the bikers; with the goal to give them the most
direct and uninterrupted path through the city. As a result
vehicular traffic has been separated completely from bikers
and even the pedestrians must yield to bicycles. The bike
lane is clearly delineated and is uninterrupted by pedestrian
crossings.
The goal for this section is to create a bicycle hub along
the center of the street. Remodeling the existing building
and empty infrastructure to create an area focused around
the bicycle. The location of the bicycle hub is placed in the
center of this section of Aachnerstrasse. The plaza is located
directly alongside various access points to multiple streets
to provide the most convenient location for those that wish
to ride. The area is also large enough to accommodate large
gatherings and public events, and spaces have been created
alongside the bike path to create interesting spaces easily
accessed by the bike.
In order to give the biker enough room to navigate the
routing it through the current detour path for Aachnerstrasse.
city, the car hasz to sacrifice some space along this street.
In order to break up the large amount of impervious paving, provide clear
As this section of the street is clearly centered on the
lanes of transport and create a more appealing street we added vegetation
car, it would need a large scale restructuring of vehicular
along traffic lanes. Trees and grasses link the street together; green rails
circulation. This is a difficult problem, as this street is a main
similar to those currently found in Berlin have been added to the tramline.
traffic artery, and would likely still be a main artery even after
The green spaces restrict crossings across the bike and car lanes but are not
a large transition to bicycle traffic. To solve this problem we
so severe to be seen as cumbersome.
removed the traffic moving in the west-east direction by re-
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Block two
Michael humes
_SCAPE
CHRIS MAURER
RYAN WALKER
Aachnerstraße is a street full of life that is
empowered by the movement of people, public
transit, cars and bikes. Movement is what
defines this space as not only an essential
thoroughfare through the city of Köln but also
as an upbeat and lively urban corridor filled with
bars, cafés, restaurants and nightlife.
"catalytic movement and the overlap of
space and street along aachenerstraße"
The intent of this design was aimed at
maintaining movement as an essential
characteristic that defines street. However, in
order to utilize the street as a functional piece
of infrastructure that can adapt to needs of the
future we looked past the automobile as being
a dominant force within the street. Trough the
combination of public transit and the use of
bikes we were able to maintain the atmosphere
of a public street while providing pedestrians
a zone that was interesting and lively. In this
regard we created a catalytic street for dynamic
movement.
This catalytic street was based on the concept
“space as street, street as space” in which the
cyclists take over control of the street as the
dominant force of movement. The combination
of cyclists paired with the industrial noise of
Within these pedestrian zones we
aspect of movement one expects in a city
street as an abstraction of nature furthermore
the trams helps invigorate and create the lively
streetscape, however; the design still provides
a dynamic, multifunctional, pedestrian friendly
zone.
implemented gentle rolling waves in the
connecting back into the outlying greenbelt.
This new topography has been covered with
a Tartan Track—emphasizing the dominance
of the zone by bikes and pedestrians. This
material’s soft characteristics and color
application offers comfort to the pedestrians
and traction for the high-speed bicycle lane
while creating a unique, playful atmosphere
that molds into the dynamic characteristics of
Aachnerstraße.
In order to make Aachnerstraße a functional
catalytic street for dynamic movement—
the existing streets and traffic patterns on
the streets surrounding the block had to
be reorganized in a manner that allowed
for efficient movement of cars outside of
Aachnerstraße. It became evident during the
reorganization of these traffic patterns that
the streets perpendicular to our focus area of
Aachnerstraße had smaller importance to the
overall flow of traffic and led us to incorporate
these side streets into our focus area. These
additional spaces allowed us to create
transitional zones back into the existing
urban environment and helped to reestablish
the importance of the nodal intersections of
the streets.
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Block two
GRIFFEN GALANTE
RICK HAMMOND
separation involves protective parries and distinctive lanes
to decrease the mixing of traffic. The difference between the
two is the difference between chaos and control.
Considering these two concepts we chose to compromise
ABSTRACT
the main methods, creating a design that had elements of
both Shared Space and Sustainable Safety. From Shared
The main goal for the second block of
Space we took the “Backyard Experience”, while also
Aachenerstrasse is to make this space less
providing shared spaces for pedestrians and cyclists. From
about the automobile and more about the
Sustainable Safety we took the clear separation between
pedestrian and cyclist. Ideally this means
automobiles and everything else. With this reconstructed
less road surface and an increase in safer
concept, we redistributed the roads and pedestrian paths
Apartments
Apartments
Bars,Cafes,Retail
Bars,Cafes,Retail
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spaces for other means of movement. As a
to form a strong promenade that incorporates this “Backy-
solution for decreasing automotive traffic, we
ard Experience” as well as the safety factors. By keeping a
focused on the research of Shared Space
consistent axis along the promenade, we did not break the
and Sustainable Safety concepts.
strong axis lines, thus creating true shared spaces at the
Shared Space is an ideology that deals
intersections.
with having all user groups share an entire
Our promenade focuses the attention to the pedestrian
space with no separation between them.
plaza and the shared space. We also decided to bring in
One of the core principles of Shared Space
nature along the road edge to help create the basis for the
is the “Backyard Experience”. The “Backy-
“Backyard Experience.” The promenade in constructed of
ard Experience” is the idea that by filling a
three distinct lanes along both building facades. Splitting the
street with furniture and vegetation, as well
promenade along the Gate Axis are the two vehicle lanes:
as the sight of numerous pedestrians, social
one vehicular lane and one tram lane.
instincts take control and drivers slow down.
The promenade also serves as a linkage between the two
They feel like they are travelling through a
public open spaces that sandwich our segment; Aachener-
residential area, and consequently drive in a
weiher to the West and Rudolfplatz to the East. Since most
similar matter. This ideal is in direct contrast
of the pedestrian movement here is to get to and from these
to Sustainable Safety. Sustainable Safety
spaces, it only seems acceptable to provide pedestrians and
is another street design system that calls
cyclists with a beautiful space, that will also provide the most
for a clear separation of user groups. This
direct and safe experience.
3.0
3.0
6.3
Cyclist
Track
Parking
Notch
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Block two
Amanda clerkin
Teanna johnson
Cafe‘s
These were located mostly on the southern
Concept
side of the street, but the existing tables and
chairs are located mostly on the northern
For this project we really wanted to focus
side, so we used this to create a pattern of
on creating nodes along Aachener Strasse
nodes on both sides of the street.
where people can stop and relax along
this very strong zone of pedestrian, bike,
Vegetation
car and tram movement. To determine the
There is not much vegetation located on
location and importance of these nodes
Aachener Strasse, but there were signifigant
we studied circulation conflicts, cafe and
areas perpendicular to Aachener Strasse
restaurant locations, existing vegetation,
that we chose to connect through the
and the canals. We connected these existing
creation of nodes. The most important area
formal canals, through Aachener Weiher,
being the intersection closest to the bridge.
and extended it though our site. The idea
was to use this very formal pattern of water
Circulation
movemet and establish bicycle paths that
The conflicts between cars, bikes,
together would create important nodes along
pedestrians, and trams created problems in
Aachener Strasse.
the intersections that we hoped to mitigate
by creating the nodes to favor the bikes and
pedestrians.
Water
We created the connection of water through
Aachener Weiher and the natural movement
of water to the Rhine River.
Our concept diagram was formed around
these existing aspects on and around
Aachener Strasse.
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Block three
Pedestrian
Bicycle
Automobiles
Trams
designed green belt
The overall traffic plan of the entire block
illustrates how local roads feed into
Aachener Strasse. Looking at pure volume of
traffic on the street, researchers suggest that
the volume of people the street can handle
will increase with less cars, and more bikes.
Shared Space
Current
elliot shibley
designed street
Megan prickokis
Space allocations for the existing street conditions and
designed streets
The East Intersection shows how Aachener
Strasse interacts with the busy 3-Laned
Universität Strasse as well as its relationship
with the green belt. The new Bike path at the
far right crosses the street, linking the two
halfs of the green belt divided by Aachener
Strasse. This connection is vital to create
a safe path that provides accessibility
throughout this green ring around the city.
The connection also serves to expedite the
movement of business bikers enroute to and
from work.
This West Intersection illustrates the flow
of movement from one side of Aachener
Strasse to the other. Bikes and pedestrians
have priority in this area. The “Z” patterned
crosswalk allows for maximum safety by
directing people first parallel to the tracks
drawing awareness to the trams, then across
the fast-paced lanes.
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gates kielty
kim sunho
IF CYCLISTS TAKE OVER
OUR DESIGN GOALS
The first floor use of the buildings would change to cater
Safe- cyclists should feel comfortable riding, slowing, or stopping their bikes
towards the new user group. This means they might
where it was appropriate. We also wanted pedestrians and cyclists to feel
incorporate more bike rental or repair shops.
comfortable when crossing the road.
There would be more room on the streets for things in
Accessible- people are able to access the buildings first story with ease,
general- bikes ake up less room than vehicles do and
again not having to worry about any issue of safety.
therefore require less space for them to use to ride.
Organized- the flow of traffic should be understandable to every mode of
There would be more interaction with the immediate
transportation, so that no incidents occur due to a misunderstanding of the
surroundings. Bikers have the ability to stop and slow down
street design.
faster than cars, and are also more exposed to the elements,
allowing them to have a more intricate experience with their
surroundings.
The streets would be less noisy.
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PHASE two / place DESIGN
Quelle: Deutsche Grundkarte (DGK)
Johannes Böttger
thomas knüvener
The Place Design focuses on one of the most important
squares in Cologne, the Neumarkt. It is located in the medieval part on the axis. St. Aposteln, one of the 12 Romanesque
churches is facing the square. Today car and tram traffic are
dominating the space. „Der Masterplan für Köln“ suggests
a fundamental redirection of the car and tram traffic . This
redirection will be the starting point from where we redesign the
square to become again a vibrant open space in the heart of
Cologne.
Conceptual Design
Part one is the conceptual design. Design work is developed in
groups of 2 students. Taking into account the general functional
aims and ideas out of the master plan students define for what
events and what social interaction the space needs to become
designed for. Neumarkt offers a varied program of already
existing uses, a vast field of interesting neighbors ranging from
museums to department stores and churches. Creative treatment of spatial situations and innovative interpretation of urban
conditions will be asked for in this phase of the studio.
Students are asked to try to go beyond common solutions,
the concepts need to react on the site and give new answers
concerning the multimodal use of the area.
The Conceptual Design Review is aiming at deciding for the
www.bilderbuch-köln.de (Foto 84780) (2009)
best way to proceed towards a final design. Students are asked
to offer at least two different possible design variations to be
chosen from.
The work will be presented as a slide show within group order.
Additional media are welcome.
Design Project
Design Project for Neumarkt is based on a 1:500 ground plan
with 1:100 detail plan. Each groups project is depicted in two
perspective drawings. Sections and other drawings are optional.
The integration of functional organization into an overall design
driven by highest landscape architectural quality is the man
challenge. Solutions must show the grand potential of the Neumarkt concerning quality of life, social interaction and beauty of
cityscapes.
The work is presented as a poster presentation and in addition
as slide show within group presentation.
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system Design
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Analysis
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Neumarkt
PLACE DESIGN
Ashley reed
Jennie ryan
Concept
The concept of Anschluss Neumarkt is to produce a conntection between the underground market and Neumarkt. This
is to be done through a ramp that has direct alignment to
the historic landmark of the adjacent Romanesque church.
A seemingly chaotic pattern radiates from the church across
the space creating a cohesive ground plane across the entire
square. Artistically the ramp descends below the square
while raised triangular shapes erupt over the underground
market. Black and white concrete with complementing white
birch trees, grass, and glass panels make up a simple material palette. The pattern is made up of the black and white
Slow Space
The right side of the square becomes a “slower” space where people can sit and enjoy
themselves under the trees on the triangular
mounds and benches. The glass panels
are up-lit frosted glass which helps light
the space at night and create a translucent
connection from the market to the underground. The people above ground can see
the light from the underground market, while
the people below can see the silhouettes of
the people moving around above.
concrete in triangular shapes separated by strips of black
concrete only eight centimeters thick. Only a few interruptions break the pattern across the space including a circular
Circulation
shape outlined in the thin black concrete that represents the
The circulation pattern was changed to
footprint of the Karneval tent placed in the square every year.
accommodate the new design. All rolling
This circle is meant to celebrate the left half of the square
traffic was placed to the south of the
as a flat open space used during Karneval, markets, and
square. This includes vehicular traffic,
Christmas celebrations.
trams, and bicycles. Pedestrians are
free to move about Neumarkt, but the
decumanus axis is left open for the major
throughway of pedestrians.
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Neumarkt
PLACE DESIGN
Amanda clerkin
Teanna johnson
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Neumarkt
PLACE DESIGN
Gates kielty
Kim Sunho
The major goal of this design is to unify
Neumarkt. This is because in its current
state, Neumarkt is an island that is disconnected from its surroundings, and people
have difficulty getting from the island to its
context. To unify Neumarkt, we designed a
diamond shaped datum that is used through
the space as the floor plan to dictate pedestrian flow and the shapes of the spaces.
This diamond shape allows for people to
flow through the space to areas surrounding
Neumarkt that the majority of them wish to
access.
The design allows there to be an open
central space for festival and market activities that go on during different times of
the year. The green spaces help to enclose
this space, but also have programs of their
own that correlate with the character of
the surrounding buildings. The vegetation
and mounds that are included in the green
spaces also help to enclose the space, as
well as continue to unify the space with the
walkway across the street.
On the left is an image of what the water
feature space would look if someone were
sitting at the top of the seating stairs in the
space. This space is meant to be calm, with
plantings that follow a formal character to relate to the surrounding buildings‘ character.
The right shows an image of the space that
has a kiosk within it. This space is meant to
be more chaotic, and so the plantings mimic
this concept. There is more seating available
in this area because there are more cafes
and bakeries in the vicinity. There are also
the staircases to the metros, which many
people go in and out of. This also adds to
the chaotic feel of the space.
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Neumarkt
PLACE DESIGN
Megan prickokis
elliot shibley
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Neumarkt
PLACE DESIGN
salvatore aquilina
luke zeller
Neumarkt is an integral square within the greater city of Cologne. It functions as a convergence for the residents of Cologne. The square
holds important city events and functions,
ranging from a winter markets to carnivals.
The square is adjacent to the Roman axis, the
Decumanus. A large underground market also
exists beneath the square, with connections to
the metro. There is a large amount of activity
focused around this square, our design aims to
capitalize on this activity to create a destination
for Cologne.
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Neumarkt
PLACE DESIGN
Michael humes
CHRIS MAURER
RYAN WALKER
Concept
As a central part of Köln, both physically and historically, Neumarkt has a
high degree of importance to the city. The concept for the redesign of Neumarkt focuses upon three important historical aspects of the square:
1. Neumarkt’s location along the Roman Decumanus 2. Its spatial openness
and proportions throughout Köln’s history, and
3. Its ability to transform into a functional public open event space.
Our concept is to create a dynamic public space that facilitates these three
historical aspects as well as creating new peripheral spaces within the site
that offer a variety of activities available to visitors to the site. The predominant pedestrian use of the site was a key element that was taken into
account for the layout of new spaces. A large central plaza is maintained
for large acti- vities, the Decumanus is highlighted and made into a large
pedestrian thoroughfare and shop- ping area, an extension of Koln’s Schildergasse, Neumarkt’s relationship with adjacent public transportation is supported through the design of a new underground entrance that doubles as a
green roof/terrace for people to sit and lay on, and a small plaza is created
as an area of rest or relaxation.
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Neumarkt
PLACE DESIGN
GRIFFEN GALANTE
RICK HAMMOND
Concept
This design reveals the folds of history within the fabric of
Neumarkt. It shows the timeline of the past, present and
future. The design acts as a sculptural space that creates an
abstraction of the history of Neumarkt. The folds, while acting as the timeline of the past, become functional amenities
in the present. At regular intervals, Ipe wood and grass lawn
create uniqueresting and gathering spaces that break up
the concre- te folds. These interjections show the potential
versatility of the folds as a future space.
As well, the design is not a static project
but has a dynamic dexterity, allowing it to
be used within any season, at any time of
day. It achieves this through addressing
the need for event space in Neumarkt.
Located at the center of the design
lies a unique water feature that is used
throughout the seasons. During summer,
the center is flooded and becomes a
place for kids to play and enjoy in a safe
atmosphere. In winter, this flooded area
becomes a functional ice rink adjacent to
the Christmas market that is held within
Neumarkt.
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International student workshop
AIB / Penn State University & university of applied sciences, cologne
design project: Brücken kopf - Bridgehead
Köln severinsbridge
The Student Workshop is held in coopera-
The final presentations are given in front
tion with students of Städtebau NRW. The
of the groups and instructors on April 10.
site is a challenging infrastructural inner city
Grading strongly considers team spirit and
area. The mode of operation is group work
communication as well as the quality of
in groups mixed of both institutions. Work
design.
Johannes Böttger
thomas knüvener
Professor andreas fritzen
consists of model making and conceptual
design. The workshop lasts from April 8 - 10.
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international
student workshop
international
student workshop
Salvatore aquilina
Francois Bernabei
Megan Prickokis
Laura Siebert
Christian Wabbel
amanda clerkin
Leonie Hoffmann
teanna johnson
Felix Leifeld
chris maurer
Nina Vollmann
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international
student workshop
international
student workshop
gates kielty
Cagdas Doyan
Johannes Roderer
RICK HAMMOND
Arzu Uzunpinar
luke zeller
Sonja Kaufmann
Franziska Oltrogge
ryan walker
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international
student workshop
international
student workshop
Isabell Brand
michael humes
Manuel Rede
ashley reed
Grazyna Wawrziniak
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Adrian Misczuk
Barbara Richter
jennie ryan
Tatjana Schlegel
kim sunho
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international
student workshop
Lea Erdmann
griffen galante
Anne Heidorn
Burcu Özdemir
elliot shibley
Impressum
Akademie für Internationale Bildung (AIB) gGmbH
Adenauerallee 7
53111 Bonn / Germany
www.aib-studyabroad.org
info@aib-studyabroad.org
Ture Petersenn
Program Director Landscape Architecture, AIB
Johannes Böttger
Thomas Knüvener
Adjunct Professors
Elias Schley
Teaching Assistant
Im Juni 2013
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