Historical Park 公園、紀念園 by Udo Hubert Dagenbach Glada-Berlin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award 金獎 in 園境設計 Competition Category.
金園境設計· 2017
Historical Park 公園、紀念園
by Udo Hubert Dagenbach Glada-Berlin
Client: Glasser and Dagenbach
A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 園境設計 Category
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About Historical Park 公園、紀念園
歷史公園係柏林一個公共公園兼紀念園，坐落喺一座普魯士監獄嘅原址上，該監獄於1842年至1849年間興建。二戰末期，政治犯曾喺呢度被囚禁同折磨，建築物於1958年拆卸，只餘低外牆。透過凸起同下沉嘅草坪同樹籬，重現咗星形嘅監獄佈局。一個混凝土立方體標示住昔日嘅中央瞭望點。經噴砂處理嘅米色混凝土同修復磚牆嘅接縫互相呼應。呢個設計將休憩同緬懷融合喺同一片景觀之中。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 金獎
Historical Park 公園、紀念園是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計Historical Park 公園、紀念園將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Historical Park 公園、紀念園激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。
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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