Collaborative Green Infrastructure Design Group D

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Green Infrastructure potential for the Former US military hospital in Heidelberg, Germany

Name	Conversion zone: Former US military territories/US Hospital
Location	add location
Country	Germany
Authors	Erika Jureviciute, Marklen Nakuci, Teodora Koos-Morar, Tabea Crecelius


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Landscape and/or urban context of your case

Heidelberg is a town situated on the River Neckar in south-west Germany. The fifth-largest town in the State of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Mannheim and Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg is part of the densely populated Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region. Heidelberg is in the Rhine Rift Valley, on the left bank of the lower part of the River Neckar in a steep valley in the Odenwald. It is bordered by the Königsstuhl (568 m) and the Gaisberg (375 m) mountains. The River Neckar here flows in an east-west direction. Since Heidelberg is among the warmest regions of Germany, plants atypical of the central-European climate flourish there, including almond and fig trees; there is also an olive tree in Gaisbergstraße.

The US Hospital is located in the south of Rohrbach at the Karlsruhe street. It was the hospital for the army people and their families living in Heidelberg, Mannheim, Worms and Karlsruhe. The US Hospital is the smallest conversion area in Heidelberg for redevelopment having only 1,8 ha built up. The basic structure and functionallity of the buildings are mostly directed with the hospital operations. Two buildings on the east, the former sporthall and theater are buildings to be conserved. The area is very easilly accessible with the individual and public transport. Currently the area is accessible from Karlsruhe, Freiburger and Kolbenzeil streets.

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What are the overall objectives of your design? What are the specific objectives for enhancing green infrastrucutre?

Currently the area is a dead zone. Nobody is allowed to enter in it. The buildings are in bad shape needing demolition and improvement interventions. Considering these issues, the main objective is to turn the area in a vital zone that will serve the city and its residents. The interventions and the changes should be done according Green Infrastructure principles. Therefore connectivity, multi-functionality and sustainability are the 3 main goals. New roads will penetrate the zone in order to connect and integrate it with the city. Thus this zone will not be anymore an island in the city but will be part of it. The area contains historic values that need to be retained and reinforced. To keep the cultural heritage of this areas we propose to transform one of the buildings into a museum and some of the buildings will be adapted to contain new functions. Functions like dormitory, housing, cinema, sport facilities, museum connected through green areas will characterize the zone in order to fulfill the multi-functionality aspect of Green Infrastructure. The green spaces and the park that we propose in the zone will create a sustainable environment.

Analytical drawings

Analytical Drawings
Location within Germany Tabea Crecelius
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Analytical drawing Teodora Koos-Morar
Analytical drawing Marklen_Nakuci
Analytical drawing Marklen_Nakuci
Open green spaces_Erika
Bicycle routes_Erika
Building levels_Erika
Transportation infrastructure_Erika

Projective drawings

Please add four projective sketches/drawings (or montages/schemes), of course with an emphasis on green infrastructure aspects. Every group member needs to contribute at least one drawing representing his/her individual ideas.

Projective Drawings
Projective drawing Marklen Nakuci
Projective drawing Marklen Nakuci
Projective drawing Marklen Nakuci
Projective drawing Teodora Koos-Morar
Projective drawing Erika Jureviciute
Projective drawing Erika Jureviciute
Projective drawing Tabea Crecelius

Design Synthesis

Please analyse the individual approaches presented so far and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses (you may use the SWOTanalysis model). Try to create a synthesis and represent it with a plan and some sketches. You can still use drawings/sketches.

Design Synthesis Drawings
synthesis drawing SWOT_Marklen_Nakuci
synthesis drawing SWOT_Marklen_Nakuci
synthesis drawing SWOT_Marklen_Nakuci
synthesis drawing SWOT_Marklen_Nakuci
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synthesis drawing 2
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synthesis drawing 3
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synthesis drawing 4

Summary of the collaborative process

Please reflect on your collaborative design process. Which potentials have you encountered? What was most difficult? What does collaborative design mean for you? (approx 150 words).