Underground Landscapes
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| Name | Underground Landscapes, Karlsplatz Station, Munich | |
| Location | Munich | |
| Country | Germany | |
| Authors | Milkana Mladenova, Natalia Vergara | |
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48.140089, 11.566404, Karlsplatz (Stachus) Karlsplatz (Stachus), Munich, Germany </googlemap> | ||
Short Introduction to the Area of Study
Karlsplatz is one of the busiest stations in Munich as in 2009, 351 million passengers rode the U-Bahn. This is why it is one of the most important landmarks in Munich and therefore an everyday landscape both for locals and tourists. Since its construction in the early 1970s it developed as a “city within the city “. It houses a shopping center, bank, food courts and ticket counters in 5 levels underground, differentiated by color and texture in order to make the experience of the travelers an easier and better one, as well as in above ground it connects to the main tourist’s attractions and the shopping district. Its importance is emphasized by the fact that all public transport lines intersect in this point, making it a very known place by the people that pass through it every single day and somehow do not consider it as “their everyday landscape”.
Exercise 1: Sketching the Landscape
Time frame: October 25 - November 15, 2011
Student activities:
- Creation of analytical drawings and sketches
- Presentation of results
Please upload a selection of your drawings/sketches/mental maps and add them to the image gallery
A waiting place
Underground Textures
Everyday paths
Perception + Everyday Paths + Activities
The first floor's plain white space is made visually interesting through the forms in the ceiling.
A stop of the S-Bahn after the train passes through- an empty space, even if thousands of people use this stop.
Karlsplatz underground level 1
All public transport lines pass through or near Karlsplatz station.
Exercise 2: Landscape Layers
Time frame: November 15 - 29, 2011
- time based changes and 'landscape biography', and/or:
- topography, open spaces, built, green, traffic and water structures on different layers. *Definition of zones with coherent character
- Description of this character.
Underground levels at Karlsplatz
Ground Layers "What Meet the eye"
Layers "Public transportation System"
Surrounding
Activities, movement patterns, stores and levels inside Karlsplatz Station.
Time Line Karlsplatz
Please publish your findings here
Exercise 3: Behaviour Patterns
Time frame: December 6 - 20, 2011
- How do people behave in this area? How do they use the space? What is important for them?
- Observation of study area, interviews with local people and mapping of use patterns.
- Preparation of short presentation
Please publish your findings here
A waiting place
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Underground Textures
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Everyday paths
Exercise 4: Communication Concepts
Time frame: December 19, 2011 - January 17, 2012
- Based on the different landscape assessment approaches students will develop a communication concept for their area of study
- Which measures would be necessary for enhancing the awareness for the area?
- Students are free to choose their method.
Please publish your findings here
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References
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