page_title: Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord / Design
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die Hochöfen 2 und dahinter 1 im Landschaftspark Duisburg, gesehen von der oberen Ebene von Hochofen 5 This image shows a heritage building in Germany, located in the North Rhine-Westphalian city Duisburg-Meiderich/Beeck&#160;(no.&#160;506).
context_page_description: Landschaftspark is a public park located in Duisburg-Meiderich, Germany.
  It was designed in 1991 by Latz + Partner, with the intention that it work to heal and understand the industrial past, rather than trying to reject it. The park closely associates itself with the past use of the site: a coal and steel production plant and the agricultural land it had been prior to the mid 19th century.
context_section_description: The park is divided into different areas, whose borders were carefully developed by looking at existing conditions (such as how the site had been divided by existing roads and railways, what types of plants had begun to grow in each area, etc.). This piecemeal pattern was then woven together by a series of walkways and waterways, which were placed according to the old railway and sewer systems. While each piece retains its character, it also creates a dialogue with the site surrounding it. Within the main complex, Latz emphasized specific programmatic elements: the concrete bunkers create a space for a series of intimate gardens, old gas tanks have become pools for scuba divers, concrete walls are used by rock climbers, and one of the most central places of the factory, the middle of the former steel mill, had been made into a piazza. Each of these spaces uses elements to allow for a specific reading of time.
  The site was designed with the idea that a grandfather, who might have worked at the plant, could walk with his grandchildren, explaining what he used to do and what the machinery had been used for. At Landschaftspark, memory was central to the design. Various authors have addressed the ways in which memory can inform the visitor of a site, a concept that became prevalent during Postmodernism.
caption: Light installations by Jonathan Park
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