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'''3/12/08 
Group 3 minutes'''

'''Attending:''' Claudia Houck, Jörg Kappler, Markus Peter, Paul Wilson

== Brief introduction ==

Each participant provided a brief introduction to their case study and responded to questions to help identify cross-cutting-themes and core questions.


=== Jörg Kappler ===
:-	Karlsruhe, East Germany – open space
:-	Lack of funding is primary problem with project
:-	Will discuss reasons why the project doesn’t work
:-	Sponsors, planning authority, architects – which part can we as landscape architects influence?
:-	Supposed to have been a gardening exposition in 2015 but now not sure when funding will be available
:-	How large is area? Several hectares
:-	Rebuilt former castle and slaughterhouse – very different structures, need to find connection between them within same space – find central theme
:-	Castle – was built before Karlsruhe was established, but destroyed several times including during WWII, rebuilt in 1970’s so actually younger than slaughterhouse
=== Paul Wilson ===
:-	Lincoln / NZ planning for expansions
:-	Settlement based on grid
:-	Policy changes affected the structure of the township
:-	Adjacent to University, which impacted how it developed also
:-	Water – half of township is on former lake edge, very wet area
:-	Land ownership – University owns large area of “drier patch”
:-	How did joining the UK change the development?  Markets were lost overnight.  NZ had strong trade basis for meat (especially lamb) and this market was lost when they joined UK
:-	How many people live there and who is involved in planning process?  2,700  residents, not including University (4000-5000) and research facilities (300-400).  Landowners, public, environmental agencies, education groups, health and welfare all involved in process
:-	Formal participatory design process?  Generic process under 2002 local government acts – councils must produce community outcomes and plans.  Issues addressed through structured planning sessions.
=== Markus Peter ===
:-	Green belt Schweinfurt
:-	Structures/fortifications filled and destroyed because of development of war equipment
:-	Walls and ditches filled, department stores and other buildings built there
:-	Idea: make greenbelt around fort
:-	Rhein River – large, major river in Germany
:-	Project goal – to improve living conditions in city
:-	1988 started project, one area completed in 2009, the others projected to finish much later
:-	Tourism? Not a strong component of Schweinfurt at this time, although there is a very important painter of the Romantic period from there – Carl Spitzweg, this could be used to build tourism
:-	Norman fortifications?  Possibly just a copy of the Norman style, structure was for military defense
:-	Industry (garages, etc) will be relocated, but this is a long-term process
=== Claudia Houck === 
:-	Studying connectivity around the river Lagan in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from the standpoint of visual connection as well as physical connection of amenities, greenspaces, city centre, etc.  
:-	Really more about revealing networks, rather  than connecting individual points
:-	Pedestrian connectivity and public space use important
:-	Revealing layers of history
:-	Much of the space along the river is now privately owned – regaining public space as corridor along river is an objective
:-	Framework:  
::-	Overall connections / networks
:::-	Separate objectives within this framework: history, environmental, recreational, functional, etc.

== Collecting and clustering core themes ==
=== Screenshot ===
[[Image:Clustering themes wg greenstructure.jpg|thumb|450px|none]]