LANDSCHAFTSPARK

DUISBURG NORD _ GERMANY

 
partners, L. (n.d.). Duisburg-Nord - Water park. [online] Latzundpartner.de. Available at: https://www.latzundpartner.de/en/projekte/postindustrielle-landschaften/duisburg-nord-bahnpark/ 

partners, L. (n.d.). Duisburg-Nord - Water park. [online] Latzundpartner.de. Available at: https://www.latzundpartner.de/en/projekte/postindustrielle-landschaften/duisburg-nord-bahnpark/ 

 

site CONTAMINATIon and remediation

When the former steel works closed in 1985 the site incorporated different vegetation patches based on the soil type. These were in early stages of vegetation succession and were dominated with pioneer species. Six vegetation communities were identifies by Latz + Partners as being important.

A number of different procedures and methods for the treatment and securing of contamination have been incorporated into the design. They however do not utilise purposeful phytoremediation.

partners, L. (n.d.). Duisburg-Nord - Sinter park. [online] Latzundpartner.de. Available at: https://www.latzundpartner.de/en/projekte/postindustrielle-landschaften/duisburg-nord-bahnpark/ 

partners, L. (n.d.). Duisburg-Nord - Sinter park. [online] Latzundpartner.de. Available at: https://www.latzundpartner.de/en/projekte/postindustrielle-landschaften/duisburg-nord-bahnpark/ 

Design agenda for Landschaftspark duisborg nord

The site for Landschaftspark is 570 acres (230 ha) and was formally Meiderich Ironworks, a coal and steel production plant. It began operating in 1903 and by 1985 the last of the blast furnaces was shut down, leaving the site abandoned and significantly polluted. The owner at that time, Thyssen wanted to hand over the site, including its contamination to public authorities but demolish all the industrial structures in order to collect revenue by selling the scrap. IG Nordpark, a citizens group argued for its conservation as an industrial monument. The City of Duisburg made the site part of the Emscher Landscape Park within the International Building Exhibition. The site then passed into the ownership of North    Rhine Westphalia (the property fund of the federal state), which held many industrial sites in trusteeship for their future development (Ganser,K. 2016).

partners, L. (n.d.). Duisburg-Nord - The Blast Furnace park. [online] Latzundpartner.de. Available at: https://www.latzundpartner.de/en/projekte/postindustrielle-landschaften/duisburg-nord-bahnpark/

partners, L. (n.d.). Duisburg-Nord - The Blast Furnace park. [online] Latzundpartner.de. Available at: https://www.latzundpartner.de/en/projekte/postindustrielle-landschaften/duisburg-nord-bahnpark/

monitoring, maintenance & effectiveness

The Western Ruhn Biological Station monitors the vegetation within Duisburg Nord and extensive material is published online (in German)! The park has become a refuge for rare and endangered plants and ecology is returning to the site. The Biological station continues to monitor spontaneous growth of vegetation on the site. Although the project did not focus on phytoremediation as a contamination strategy, it is a rigorous and detailed example of how ex-industrial sites can be meaningfully restored to contribute effectively to public amenity and local ecologies