VULGARE

Dust storms by Avi abrams

The Leftist Landscape


And the Rightist…

Basketball Court #7 by Harmen de Hoop

BASKETBALL COURT #7 – SØNDERBORG – 1992

A full size (but incomplete) basketball court was painted on a parking lot.

Loen, Kjendalskronebrae
Nordfjord, Norway
Photochrom Prints
ca. 1890-1905

Maintaining green areas on the motorway,Munich, by Narr-Rist-Tu?rk

The Narr-Rist-Tu?rk landscape architects’practice from Marzling developed a maintenance and development plan for the compensation areas set aside in association with the construction of the A 99 motorway near Munich.
The compensation areas are broken down into numerous smaller sections arranged on both sides of the motorway. Different development aims were defined for the individual areas, and their implementation depends largely on how they are cultivated in future. The concept is based on uses like grazing, mowing and timber cultivation. The dry locations will be used for grazing by Merino sheep, and thus will also be maintained. The grazing will continue for 10 years, which secures long-term care for the land. Wet areas and areas near the road are to be mown. This is carried out, according to the nature of the green area, on different rotas. Roadside timber will be cut back, retaining single, well-developed trees. Timber cultivation secures the development of stable, ecological high-quality shrub and timber stocks in the long term. Apart from specialist nature conservation measures, the compensation and landscaped areas also fulfil important functions in terms of recreational use. To avoid conflicts, visitors are positively controlled in busy areas. The planners intend to promote the development of the compensation areas through cultivation measures to as great an extent as possible, so that alongside its transport role the motorway will be able, in future, to assume the function of linking biotopes as well.

Text and illustrations are from « Spielräume – Zeitgenössische deutsche Landschaftsarchitektur » – Éditeur : Birkhäuser Basel

BasketBar by NL Architects