Historical Park Erkî Sereke: Park, Bîrgeh by Udo Hubert Dagenbach Glada-Berlin

Historical Park Erkî Sereke: Park, Bîrgeh by Udo Hubert Dagenbach Glada-Berlin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn in Plansaziya Peyzajê û Dîzayna Baxçeyê Competition Category.

ZêrDîzayna Peyzajê· 2017

Historical Park Erkî Sereke: Park, Bîrgeh

by Udo Hubert Dagenbach Glada-Berlin

Client: Glasser and Dagenbach

Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn Winner in Dîzayna Peyzajê Category

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The Design

About Historical Park Erkî Sereke: Park, Bîrgeh

Deqa Pirtûkê: Parka Dîrokî parkeke giştî û bîrgeheke li Berlînê ye, ku li ser cihê girtîgeheke Prûsî hatiye avakirin, ku di navbera salên 1842 û 1849 de hatibû çêkirin. Girtiyên siyasî di dawiya Şerê Cîhanê yê Duyemîn de li wir hatin girtin û îşkence kirin, û avahî di sala 1958 de hatin hilweşandin, tenê dîwarê derve ma. Plana girtîgehê ya bi şêweyê stêrkê bi zeviyên çîmen û çiperên bilind û nizm tê bîranîn. Kubek betonî nuqteya çavdêriyê ya navendî ya berê nîşan dide. Betona kesk-zerî ya bi qûmê hatî kutan bi dirzên dîwarê kerpîçî yê nûvekirî re li hev tê. Sêwiran vergerandin û bîranînê di yek peyzajê de yek dike.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn

Historical Park Erkî Sereke: Park, Bîrgeh xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn e, nasîneke pir bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên pola yekem, ecêb û berbiçav re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zêrînê afirandinên pir nûjen, dûrbîn û geş in, yên ku jêhatîbûn, şehrezayî û hêza sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Historical Park Erkî Sereke: Park, Bîrgeh vedîtineke pir hatiye pesindan, trendsazker û mezin be ku nirxeke bêhempa peyda dike. Ev sêwirana bi Zêrînê serketî projeyeke ecêb û hêja ye ku sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê fireh dike. Historical Park Erkî Sereke: Park, Bîrgeh daxwaza xurt çêdike, coşê şiyar dike, afirînerîyê teşwîq dike û me heyirî dihêle.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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