Recent Waterscapes
Planning, Building and Designing with Water
3rd Edition
Published on 8. May 2009
Book
Hardback
175 pages
978-3-7643-8984-0 (ISBN)
Description
After decades of being banished from residential areas, water is now becoming an increasingly significant feature in urban design. Whether it is the integration of natural water courses into the built environment, rainwater management, the incorporation of water elements in urban areas for climatic purposes or the creation of oases of tranquility or drama such as pools or fountains - all these aspects are not only encountering renewed interest among architects and urban planners, but they are also greeted with appreciation by the general public. This book reveals the wide variety of possibilities for using water as a creative element in the city, in art, in the landscape and architecture. The works are organized in seven categories and encompass large-scale masterplans, urban plazas and parks, river restaurations but also interior design schemes and art objects. Amongst the works documented are the landscape design for Dubai Business Park, a river restauration in Bishan Park in Singapore, landscaping for a new town in Tianjin, China, the schemes for Telecom Park, Taipei and Vuores Central Park in Tampere, Finland, and the design for Civic Square Seattle.Herbert Dreiseitl, born in 1955, is a sculptor, water artist and landscape architect. After his studies, he set up his office, Atelier Dreiseitl, in Überlingen on Lake Constance in 1980. He has realised numerous projects in the fields of stormwater management, water art and landscape architecture. He is active in lecturing worldwide and his work is widely published. Dieter Grau, born in 1963, gardener and landscape architect, has been working for the Atelier Dreiseitl since 1994. In 1996 he became head of the landscape architecture department there. He is involved in planning projects around the world and lectures frequently.
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Edition
3rd, rev. and expanded ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
480 farbige Abbildungen
480 col. ill.
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 23 cm
Weight
1129 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7643-8984-0 (9783764389840)
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Planning, Building and Designing with Water
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Persons
Herbert Dreiseitl, Bildhauer, Wasserkünstler und Landschaftsarchitekt; Dieter Grau, Gärtner und Landschaftsarchitekt.
Content
Contents PrefaceRobert Woodward Water in Landscape Urban Plazas Seattle Civic Square Town hall square, Hattersheim The new town square in Gummersbach Integrated water design for ING Bank, Amsterdam "Water-traces" in Hannoversch Münden Heiner-Metzger Plaza, Neu-Ulm Exemplary water management at DWR Headquarters, Amsterdam Water playground in Pforzheim Breiteweg in Barleben, Germany ((?))Mittelstraße, Gevelsberg, Germany Center of Excellence, Sindelfingen Herbert Dreiseitl Water is universal Urban Parks Tanner Springs Park, PortlandVuores Central Park, Tampere Bishan Park, Singapore Green roof for Chicago City Hall Queens Botanical Garden, New York Rainwater retention on the Kronsberg in Hanover The Scharnhauser Park in Ostfildern The water system in Berlin s Potsdamer Platz Toppilansaari Park in Oulu Rainwater for the bears in Zurich Zoo The Pearl of Hangzhou water garden, Hangzhou Wolfgang F. Geiger Think global, act local Residential ProjectsHousing estate Arkadien Asperg near Stuttgart Rainwater management in Coffee Creek, Indiana, USASolar City Linz Tianjin Zhanjiawo New Town, Tianjin, China Housing estate Winnenden, GermanyHousing estate in Echallens near Lausanne Wolfram Schwenk Water as an open system River RestaurationDaylighting of Alna river in Hølaløkka, Oslo Water management for a research centre near LondonScheme for the banks of the Volme, Hagen The Lanferbach at the Schüngelberg estate in Gelsenkirchen Sewage treatment plant at the Wörme Hofgemeinschaft in Handeloh Lugegardsvann, Bergen, Norway ((?)) Masterplanning Conversion of Fornebu Airport, Oslo Telecom Park, Taipei Business Park, Dubai Restoration of Emscher river, Ruhr Valley Detlev IpsenTowards a new water culture Art Fountain sculpture in Immenstaad Festival des Jardins, Chaumont-sur-Loire Water phenomena in the Gelsenkirchen cooling tower Interior design Water features in an hotel foyer near Neuchâtel Interior courtyard of an old people s home in Stuttgart The climate in the Nuremberg Prisma Dieter Grau, Alexander Edel, Gerhard Hauber, Herbert DreiseitlFrom the idea to the finished object Technical data The authorsIllustration credits