park moabiter werder, berlin* - vogt la moabiter werder_e.pdf · blossoms, leaves, and autumnal...

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Client Deutsche Stadt- und Grundstücksentwicklungsge-

sellschaft, Berlin

Work stages Two-step federal competition with international

tender, Step 1: first prize (ex aequo) 1990;

Step 2: first prize 1991; all work stages

Period 1999–2002

Area of design 45‘000 m2

The riverside walk along the Spree provides the spine

of the entire park and links its two parts. Along the

Spreewiesen, the embankments and meadows on

the Spree, a four-row avenue is developed with the

help of different species of trees. The rows then

dissolve into a more informal arrangement of trees.

The species richness of the tree stock was designed

in the sense of a specific garden typology, that of an

arboretum. The existing collection of plants was

spatially condensed into thematic plant exhibitions.

The oval clusters of trees are composed of several

individuals of a plant species each – Aceretum,

Moretum, Magnolietum, Prunetum – in order to

create live herbaria. A co-ordinated play of

blossoms, leaves, and autumnal hues, of scents and

fruits, of leaf textures and trunk structures evoke the

changing moods of the seasons.

The staggering of the tree clusters is typologically

based on variety, contrast, and surprise to suggest

an exactly defined landscape that may actually be

walked on.

* A Project by Kienast Vogt Partner

Park Moabiter Werder, Berlin*Collection and Exhibition

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