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structures of the region's landscapes will be reinforced and form a foundation
for the new development of settlements. The city woods, located to the south
of the Main river, which are severely fractured and cut off from the infrastructures,
will be doubled in area by afforestation. Insular insertions to be used
for recreation, sport, temporary living, open air cinema, etc. will "urbanize"
the woods. In contrast, a patch-work principle will be the point of departure
for developing the area between the Main and the Taunus region, which is
marked by an agrarian field structure. Each field is given its own use as
well as a landscape or building typology, thereby producing a compact and
complex spread of cities and landscapes.
Lanes of fresh air and bands of landscape create spacious connections and
visual links which are left free of conventional buildings. The existing
infrastructural bands of highways will be developed with specific themes
of program as well as design. By creating radial links, a polycentric network
of public transportation is formed which joins the region's diverse development
structures.
By transplanting activities, the region's programmatic deficiencies will
be cured with a sort of homeopathic autohemotherapy and what had been monofunctional
enclaves will be revitalized.
The transplantation of programs offers the chance for them to be interpreted
anew.
Workshop of the Akademie of the Architektenkammer Hessen | 1998
Philipp Oswalt, Klaus Overmeyer, Anett Eisen-Joppien, Albert Dietz
With: Stephanie von Deister und Bernhard Heidberg
Exhibited in the 'Deutsches Architektur Museum' Frankfurt Main as part of
the Exhibition 'Maßstabssprung' | 1998 - 1999
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