State horticultural show, Löbau
German Landscape Architecture Award 2013
A new landscape has emerged on the site of the former Löbau sugar factory. As the reuse of an industrial wasteland, the project not only fits in with a series of respectable predecessors, but also sets its own standards. And these are developed from the concrete location, from the topographical tension between the valley of the Löbauer water and the higher area of the old factory.
The basic motif of contrast dominates the themes of the design in an impressive way, whereby above all the open spaces along the watercourse develop a quality all of their own. It is precisely here that the potentials offered by the post-industrial landscape become clear, without being subjected to a striking "renaturation".
