Feasibility study for the IBA project Desert Oasis Welzow

AppreciationGerman Landscape Architecture Award 2003

Jury verdict: The work goes beyond the classic field of use of recultivated post-mining landscapes and makes the condition of a filled, untreated "intermediate landscape" the starting point of a creative staging and tourist use.

A devastated, previously inaccessible area with extraordinary charms is thus no longer consciously closed to our observation, but as a contrasting alternative to usual landscapes it becomes an asset and fascination of Lusatia. The process character of the design of a desert wandering until 2040 in combination with a specially designed oasis is to be emphasized.