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Historical Park 公園、記念施設 by Udo Hubert Dagenbach Glada-Berlin

Historical Park 公園、記念施設 by Udo Hubert Dagenbach Glada-Berlin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award 金賞 in ランドスケーププランニング・ガーデンデザイン Competition Category.


金ランドスケープデザイン· 2017

Historical Park 公園、記念施設

by Udo Hubert Dagenbach Glada-Berlin

Client: Glasser and Dagenbach

A' Design Award 金賞 Winner in ランドスケープデザイン Category

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The Design

About Historical Park 公園、記念施設

ヒストリカル・パークは、1842年から1849年にかけて建設されたプロイセン時代の刑務所跡地に整備された、ベルリンの公共公園兼記念施設である。第二次世界大戦末期には政治犯が収容され拷問を受けた場所であり、建物は1958年に解体され、外壁のみが残された。星形をした刑務所の平面計画は、隆起および沈下させた芝生と生垣によって想起される。コンクリートの立方体が、かつての中央監視点を示している。サンドブラスト仕上げのベージュ色のコンクリートは、修復された煉瓦壁の目地と調和している。このデザインは、憩いと追悼をひとつのランドスケープの中で結び付けている。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金賞

Historical Park 公園、記念施設は、まさに素晴らしく傑出した第一級のデザインに授与される、計り知れないほど権威ある評価である A' Design Award 金賞の受賞作品です。金賞の受賞作品は、きわめて革新的で、先見性に富み、きらびやかに輝く創造物であり、デザイナーの天才性、叡智、卓越した技量を映し出しています。Historical Park 公園、記念施設は、最も称賛される、流行を牽引する記念碑的な発明であり、前例のない価値をもたらすことが期待されます。この A' Design Award 金賞を受賞したデザインは、壮観で尊敬されるプロジェクトであり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に大きく寄与し、それを前進させます。Historical Park 公園、記念施設は、強い欲求を生み出し、情熱を呼び覚まし、創造性を促し、私たちを引きつけます。

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The Prussian prison was constructed from 1842 to 1849 in Berlin. At the end of World War 2 political prisoners have been captured and tortured there. In 1958 the buildings, except the outer wall, have been destroyed. After the political reunion of the two parts Berlin, the city contracted the Glasser and Dagenbach with the planning. The star shaped buildings are conveyed through a series of elevated and sunken grass sections and hedges. The prisons once central observation area is symbolized by a concrete cube as center of an architectural garden with elements of Land and Minimal Art.
Dimensions & Packaging
The whole park area has a size of roughly 2,8 ha. About 330 m of the old prison wall was restored. It is about 4 to 5 m high.
To block the view against existing buildings from the 1970ies we planted many oevergreen pine trees.
In a prison cell a sound installation is started when you enter the cell. Poem from prisoners and knocking sound codes can be heard about 5 minutes. A poem from a former prisoner during the Nazi Period is written on the inside of the prison wall.
Tags
historical park, Berlin, Geschichtspark Moabit, Moabit Prison, memorial
Production Technology
The parks architectural elements are made out of sandblasted, beige coloured concrete. The concrete has the same colour like the the joints of the old remaining brick wall which is left from the former prison. The existing trees are left as visible layers of time which covered this place throughout the postwar time until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Red leafed book trees as hedges show the former prison cell structure. Column like growing Junipers replace the former yard birds walking in the triangular shaped outdoor yards.
Design Challenge
Only prison walls where left . The prison as building and its historical context was not visible any more. The story of the prison is transcripted in a public park through land and minimal art, without a didactic approach. You can receive just as much information as you like. The design completely relies on the impression of the architectural and vegetative elements. We avoided any mannerist attitude; it took a lot of energy to reject political influence from outside and to keep the neighbors and interested citizens informed.
Research
A long process of both public and internal discussion in the team developed the design direction. The client wanted to reach a combination of both recreational park and memorial. This has not been realized before. It took a long time of thinking what means will be used to tell the history of the prison and yet provide a recreational landscape.
Inspiration
This project shows a way how to combine the design for a recreational park with a memorial. With means of land art, and minimal art the story of the historically meaningful space is told by forming an architectural garden that allows both recreation and memory.
Project Duration
The project started 1990 and was finished after 17 years in 2007 in Berlin.
The planning process started with a research contract and then extended to a planning contract. The construction took 3 years.
Operation Flow
The prison park is locked daily at night for security purposes. So the prison function stays somehow alive. The park needs some protection at night as the central station is close by.
It has 3 entrances, on each entrance information pannels are installed, explaining the historical and architectural story of the park.
Patents
all copyrights belong to Udo Dagenbach, glasser and dagenbach, 2006
Team Members
Architect: Alexander Khomiakov
Landscape Architect: Martina Levin
Landscape Architect:Volker Roehrs
Landscape Architect: Sabrina Schroeder
Landscape Architect: Katania Schulz
Drafts women: Marina Kanzler
Landscape Architect: Andreas Steiner
Landscape Architect: Leighton Pace
Landscape Architect: Sabine Linke
artist for sound installation and choice of poem: Christiane Keppler
artist for inclusion of neighbourhood kids: Serge Petit
artist for inclusion of neighbourhood kids: Gabriele Roßkamp
artist for inclusion of neighbourhood kids: Bärbel Rothaar
Image Credits
image 1: Udo Dagenbach, topview,2007
image 2: Udo Dagenbach, panopticum,2007
image 3: Udo Dagenbach, entrance, 2007
image 4: Udo Dagenbach, entrance 2, 2007
image 5: Udo Dagenbach, layout plan, 2007

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