2nd prize, 2005, competition related to the German Federal Garden Show (BUGA)
with Andreas Dittrich and Felix Lüdicke
The Lenbach Square constitues an important element of Munich's Altstadtring, the circular raod around the historic centre.
However, today this space is disturbed and split into fragments by elements of infrastructure and traffic.
What remains are hardly comprehensible traces of space - and the question "is there still a square?"
The project carves out spaces of quality on the square. It redefines them by changing perception, offering new impressions to pedestrians.
The concept follows the idea of reducing disurbing effects from enclaved spaces in order to change the experience they offer.
Thereby the projects integrates the BUGA's leitmotif for changing views not only on public space, but also on the work of the landscape architect.
Using mobile walls, plants, and most of all the pink color concept of BUGA 2005, parts of spaces are seperated from the square, and transformed into small spacial entities with real entrances. The lost qualities are carved out and put back into place like this. Again, areas around the fountain of Maximilian, around the tram stopp, and on grass invite the pedestrian to dwell and linger.
