Tilla-Durieux-Park Landscape architecture as land art

The Henriette Herz Park and the Tilla Durieux Park together form a green and at the same time urban link between the historic Tiergarten and the future park on the Gleisdreieck.

The Tilla Durieux Park consists of a lawn sculpture that is 450 metres long, up to four metres high and has slopes of up to 35 degrees. It rotates around its own longitudinal axis, so that the highest points at each end shift from the east side to the west side.
There is a notch in the middle. Here, as a reminiscence of the kindergarten playground formerly required at this location, is a square with long seesaws. This square also provides a connection to the Bernburger Treppe and the city quarter behind it. At both ends there are forecourts. To the sides, the sculpture is accompanied by promenades with trees (lime trees) and benches.
After opening in the summer of 2003, the completed park won over many a skeptic, especially since it was immediately well received and intensively used. The clear form provides a pleasantly calm contrast to the diversity of the surrounding buildings. When walking around or along the ridge, a variety of spatial experiences arise.
Unfortunately, the sculpture was sometimes walked on in places that were not intended for it, especially on the steep sides. This leads again and again to damage.