I am extremely glad that I had the experience of traveling abroad while also learning. This study abroad trip was extremely intense in the sense that we did a lot of physical activity such as walking and touring places everyday. I am extremely grateful for learning and absorbing everything while in the presence of amazing […]
Design Charette
During our 4th week in Germany we have dedicated this time to do our design charette. The project site we are working on is Westpark, in Bochum, Germany. It is a post-industrial site that was dedicated to the steel industry. This site is a functional public space with recreational lawn, a restaurant, and a large […]
Birch Tree Data!
This day we went back to Landschaftspark and did some fun field work with the birch trees. On the way to the sites, we stopped by a garden that displayed different uses in railroad ties and tracks. It was really interesting to see how a garden could be made from a post-industrial site on a […]
Visiting Emschergenossenshaft!
While in Essen, we were able to visit one of the sites that the public water board Emschergenossenshaft was working on. When we first arrived we were greeted by a man who worked with the company. He gave us a presentation of the work they were doing such as remediating the Emscher River (former above-ground […]
Landschaftpark
This is a great post-industrial site. I have visited here previously so it was really interesting to me to see this site again but from a different perspective. We entered the park from the agricultural area which I had never been to before. There is a 4H-like program there for kids to experience farm work, […]
Week 2 Berlin
This was the last week of our stay in Berlin :[ Honestly Berlin is a great place to be and I’ve been really contemplating if this is a place that I would like to move to in the future.. and the answer is YES. This week we did a lot of walking and saw some […]