Hello! It’s been a while since I’ve returned to the United States. School has started again, and as I’m starting my classes, I’m reminded of the experiences I had and the things I learned in Germany. We recently submitted the remainder of our work for the trip. We had to submit a research paper in […]
Landschaftspark and the Last Days of the Trip
Day 32: Today was our first day at Landschaftspark, one of the most popular industrial parks in the world. Historically, it was a coal and steel plant. Now, it is a large public park that protects the remnants of the site’s industrial use, while also respecting the natural process of decay as it occurs. Overall, […]
The Parks of Essen
Day 29: Day 29 started with a visit to Benrath Castle. Benrath Castle is a small castle located on a large area of land called Benrath Castle Park. We received a tour of the castle from a local student studying art history, which I thought was a cool opportunity for the castle to provide students […]
Studio Week – Part 2
Day 26: Day 26 was entirely dedicated to working on our design project. We decide to focus on a couple key components for our re-design of the park. The first thing we focused on was phytoremediation, which is the process of directly using living green plants to remove contamination in the soil. This was important […]
Studio Week – Part 1
Day 24: Day 24 was the official start of our studio week. For this week, we were focusing on West Park in Bochum. West Park is a post-industrial park that, for the most part, has been redeveloped. However, one section of it remains untouched. Somewhat behind the park are several train tracks, of which […]
First Days in Essen!
Day 20: We began the day by visiting a residential community in Berlin that was built 20+ years ago. While also aiming to be an affordable, welcoming living community, one of the main goals of this community was to be sustainable. This was done in the community through retention and detention basins to manage stormwater runoff, […]