New waterscapes : planning, building and designing with water / edited by Herbert Dreiseitl, Dieter Grau ; [translation into English: Michael Robinson].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dreiseitl, Herbert.

Grau, Dieter, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water and architecture.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

176 pages : many illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 29 x 24 cm

Edition:

Expanded and revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, 2005.

Summary:

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 watercourses into the built environment, the incorporation of water elements in urban areas for climatic purposes or the creation of oases of tranquillity or drama such as pools or fountains - these matters are not just of interest to architects and town planners, but also attract a lot of attention from the public. Intelligent rainwater management concepts are often part of avant-garde architecture these days, and the daylighting and rehabilitation of rivers has become a topic for a general audience, not least because of the flood desasters of recent years. In this publication, distinguished experts discuss a whole range of aspects of working with water. Many international projects exemplify the wide variety of creative use of water in the city, in art, the landscape and architecture. Amongst the works documented are a large new city park in Portland, Oregon, a new concept for Queens Botanical Garden in New York, the conversion of a former airport in Oslo or the park for a new residential area in Oulu, Finland.

Contents:

Water in landscape / Robert Woodward 10

Tanner Springs Park, Portland 12

Town hall square, Hattersheim 18

Water features in an hotel foyer near Neuchatel 22

Water course at Herne-Sodingen Academy 24

The new town square in Gummersbach 30

Integrated water design for ING Bank, Amsterdam 36

Open space for a residential development in Ittigen, Berne 38

Water is universal / Herbert Dreiseitl 42

The water system in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz 46

The climate in the Nuremberg Prisma 53

Wind- and water-wheel at the Owingen primary and secondary school 59

New Park Concept for Queens Botanical Garden, New York 60

Solar City Linz 62

Rainwater for the bears in Zurich Zoo 66

Conversion of Fornebu Airport, Oslo 69

Sonnenhausen estate in Glonn 70

Housing estate Arkadien Asperg near Stuttgart 72

Festival des Jardins, Chaumont-sur-Loire 75

Rainwater management in Coffee Creek, Indiana 77

Think global, act local / Wolfgang F. Geiger 78

Rainwater retention on the Kronsberg in Hanover 82

The Scharnhauser Park in Ostfildern 86

Toppilansaari Park in Oulu 91

Sewage treatment plant at the Worme Hofgemeinschaft in Handeloh 94

Scheme for the banks of the Volme, Hagen 98

Green roof for Chicago City Hall 102

The Lanferbach at the Schungelberg estate in Gelsenkirchen 105

Housing estate in Echallens near Lausanne 108

Rainwater management in Krems Business Park, Austria 110

Water as an open system / Wolfram Schwenk 112

Water phenomena in the Gelsenkirchen cooling tower 114

Daylighting of Alna river in Holalokka, Oslo 118

Fountain sculpture in Immenstaad 121

Water management for a research centre near London 124

Center of Excellence, Sindelfingen 126

The Pearl of Hangzhou water garden, Hangzhou 128

Towards a new water culture / Detlev Ipsen 130

'Water-traces' in Hannoversch Munden 134

Interior courtyard of an old people's home in Stuttgart 139

Heiner-Metzger Plaza, Neu-Ulm 140

Exemplary water management at DWR Headquarters, Amsterdam 145

Restoration of Emscher river, Ruhr Valley 146

Water playground in Pforzheim 151

From the idea to the finished object / Dieter Grau, Alexander Edel, Gerhard Hauber, Herbert Dreiseitl 154

Technical data 166.

Notes:

Expanded and rev. ed. of: Waterscapes: planning, building and designing with water.

ISBN:

3764372451

OCLC:

62462032