Westpark in Bochum, open space high above the city
Sonnenuntergang an der Erzbahnschwinge, Radwegebrücke in den Grünzug © 2010 Danielzik+Leuchter Landschaftsarchitekten ja
Rohrleitungssysteme, genutzte Infrastruktur im Park © 2012 Danielzik+Leuchter Landschaftsarchitekten ja
Stahlwerksplateau, Blick auf den Stählernen Wetterunterstand © 2010 Danielzik + Leuchter Landschaftsarchitekten ja
Joggingrunden im Innenstadtnahen Stadtpark auf der Hochebene © 2009 Danielzik+Leuchter Landschaftsarchitekten ja
Pilze im Park © 2010 Danielzik+Leuchter Landschaftsarchitekten ja
Wiesenhochplateau mit Blick auf die Jahrhunderthalle © 2010 Danielzik+Leuchter Landschaftsarchitekten ja
Wasserturm im Zentrum des Parks © 2012 Danielzik + Leuchter Landschaftsarchitekten ja
Fahrradfahrer auf der Hochebene © 2012 Danielzik + Leuchter Landschaftsarchitekten ja
Rampentreppe mit Rotdornblüte © 2012 Danielzik + Leuchter Landschaftsarchitekten ja
Kühlwerk, Wasserlandschaft © 2012 Danielzik + Leuchter Landschaftsarchitekten ja
Frühlingsstimmung im März 2013 © 2013 K-H Danielzik erteilt
bewegte Topogafie im Zentrum des Parks © 2012 K-H Danielzik erteilt
Westpark im Schnee, Schlittenfreuden in Innenstadtnähe © 2011 K-H Danielzik erteilt
Zugang zur Jahrhunderthalle Bochum © 2004 K-H Danielzik erteilt
Lichtszenario im alten Kühlwerk, Lichtkonzeption Uwe Knappschneider, Wuppertal © 2009 Danielzik + Leuchter Landschaftsarchitekten ja
WESTPARK BOCHUM - a park above the city
With WESTPARK BOCHUM, one of the last large areas of Bochum's heavy industry has been returned to the city. Iron and steel were smelted at this site until the mid-1980s. After the works were closed down, what remained was an industrial wasteland terraced with railway embankments and slag heaps. Retaining walls and slag heaps planted with spontaneous vegetation dominated the landscape. The design of the park sharply defines the topography. On the uppermost level of the park, vistas are created outwards to the city quarters and to the landmarks of the region. On the inside, the view is directed towards the park centre: the "Jahrhunderthalle". It was converted into a concert hall for the Ruhrtriennale (architects: Petzinka, Pink und Partner, Düsseldorf). The park can be experienced on a 1.5 km long circular path. Pioneer trees such as birch and robinia have grown into sparse groves and dense bushes. Butterfly bushes and shrubbery complete the wilderness in the city. Accepting them as "industrial nature" and preserving them as far as possible was a guiding goal of the design.
The further construction phases for the completion of the Westpark were started in spring 2004, until about the end of 2014 the last areas of the park should be finished.
Patrons: NRW-URBAN (LEG Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft) North Rhine-Westphalia and the City of Bochum
Planning:
Danielzik Leuchter , landscape architects, Duisburg, LP 1-8 overall park
Heimer Herbstreit, environmental planning, Bochum, Lp 1-8 from 2nd BA subareas
S.K.T. urban planners / architects, Bonn LP 1-5
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Planning offices
Danielzik Leuchter + Partner Landschaftsarchitekten mbB
Duisburg
Employees
Friederike Marwede, Sonja Pütter, Katrin Velmans, Claus Heimann
Project period
1997
- 2014
Size
ca. 35 ha
Client
NRW-URBAN, Dortmund und Stadt Bochum
Address
Alleestraße 144
44793 Bochum
Deutschland
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