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Parks in Neu Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland: MFO Park, Wahlen Park, Oerliker Park

Name	Parks in Neu Oerlikon
Place	Zürich
Country	Switzerland
Topic	Public space
Author(s)	Yvonne Keller, Lars Wolfer
Completion	2005
Client	Grünstadt Zürich
Project costs	Wahlen Park: 6 750 000 sfr (4 400 000 €), Oerliker Park:


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In the north of Zurich a new quarter developed: Neu (new-) Oerlikon. The planned urban development proceeded not as the foreseen 10 years. It has been allready realized in 5 years. That quarter is considered as a pioneer project. Large-scaled architectural competition was arranged for fastidious buildings and internationally considered places, partly already realized. Although the quater is international advertance, its inhabits deplore the missing life, anonymity, too few meeting places, the coldness of architecture and the too perfect parks.

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Landscape and/or urban context

Neu Oerlikon is in the north of Zurich and developed on a former industrial area. 12,000 new jobs and domiciles for 5,000 new inhabitants developed. There are three new main parks: Oerliker park, MFO park and Wahlen park. The organization of the parks reminds strongly of the former industrial use. orthogonal and geometrical alignments are coining for these. In the context of the rearrangement of zones of the industial zone in trade and apartment zone, a large pressure developed on the planners . They had to fulfill the edition to sufficient green area to create. Thus three different park types with special uses developed. The Wahlen park had to fulfill still the task of a schoolyard. The Oerliker park had to have the qualities of an accomodation park and besides an urban place character to obtain. The MFO park should have the multi-functionality of an event hall and besides offer free space for employed persons.

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