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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

During this trip we went to the city Dusseldorf. This a city that provided me a lot of good memories. And this a place that makes me feel like my hometown. Short introduction of Dusseldorf: “It is the capital and second largest city of the most populous German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne(WIKI)”. […]