that grille Independent landscape architects

Die Grille is an open cooperation of the independent landscape architects Dipl. Ing. Harry Dobrzanski and Dipl. Ing. Hannes Kraus, who have dedicated themselves to the design of open spaces in the form of the die-grille network since 2003.

As a small office with a high level of personal commitment and dedication to the project and location, we work on individual, tailor-made and therefore sustainable solutions.

For us, a strong attitude in design is not expressed in a stylistic determination, but in taking a back seat as planners to the elements of the location, the people and their requirements. Nevertheless, we are the advocates of the whole, the totality, the combination of many demands and functions into one form. We are the specialists for this "general".
The cricket - At the beginning of our independence, we were fascinated by the idea of juxtaposing our own name with an abstract, interpretable symbol to which we could link ideas and ideals. We associate the cricket with free, carefree, emotional, agile, powerful, but also simply with memories of summer cricket concerts.



In landscape architecture, engineering expertise is a prerequisite; of course, it must always solve a number of practical problems and fulfill functions. But that is not the reason why landscape architects are "needed", which is where our justification lies.

What is the "function" of an open space? Is it just the damage-free drainage of rainwater, the most colorful flowers possible or the ideal mounting for everything that rolls?



The idea of open space in Europe is a vision - accessible, public, non-restrictive, designed and open to interpretation. A space of possibility that has not yet been replaced by digital space and that our society needs as a res publica.



Our contribution to society and for our clients now lies in delivering a kind of added value, more usability, but also more friendliness, hospitality and longevity. This added value is created through design, through connection, through combining many functions, less through optimizing all individual interests, through a concept that can reconcile concrete individual functions with a higher public demand for a space as the center of society, or the compatibility of our lifestyle with sustainability.



This tangible quality in the result is the result of an unbiased approach to the task. A professional, rational approach does not preclude the creation of an emotionally touching, warm and welcoming place.



These goals are achieved in the design process. In our opinion, there is a distinct craftsmanship in this. It expresses itself in the knowledge of things, the structural feasibility, but also in the knowledge of perception, space and the mechanisms of how spatial impressions can be formed and created.



We live in an age of highly developed expertise.

We are also experts, specialists in form - in other words, in despecialization, in the whole instead of individual solutions and fragmentation into separately optimized parts.

This is our core competence, we are responsible for the appearance, the character of the open space.

We are designers. We like design better than "design" or "style" - we try to plan in a site-specific way without repeating formal styles. Designing implies thinking about people's requirements of a space in its fundamental nature, in their humanity, and thus more than just shaping, as well as the conception, the finding of rules for the built and living elements, right down to the concrete shaping of individual parts. It is only in the interaction with us humans that the potential of the place is revealed.

In this respect, the design process is always a new challenge that we face with joy and curiosity. A solution is only possible in this one place at a time.



We see ourselves as a point of contact when a well-developed, appropriate, restrained, sustainable solution is sought.

We avoid gimmicks and "trendy" planning.



Good planning appeals directly and gives the impression that this is the only way it can be - and it offers scope for rediscovery or repurposing over a longer period of time. The simple does not have to be ordinary or boring.

We are happy to discuss planning approaches and alternatives and are usually good at explaining why a solution is appropriate and where its potential and limitations lie.



Ideas are visualized in a comprehensible way beyond plans in order to have a good spatial idea in advance and to be able to optimize them further.

The proof of a concept is in its realization.

The proof of a successfully realized space is in its use.

We are looking for a dress that fits and offers space for both people and nature.

Staff

Marliese Höfer, M. A. Landschaftsarchitektur, Mitarbeiterin

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