Prize
“Weather Change in Duisburg – a New Climate in the City Centre”
Anna Lerch und Mavie Lakenbrink, TU Dortmund, Faculty of Spatial Planning
Connecting the Duisburg inner harbour with the adjacent city centre and creating a new climate in the public space – these are the most important aims of the concept awarded the 1st prize. In its concept, this contribution plans a gradual extension of the existing pedestrian zone to the inner harbour; the aim is to create new attractive places, and to make the existing traffic useful for diverse activities. A new culture of cooperation should be allowed to develop in the strongly regulated traffic spaces which are organized in a hierarchy. These hierarchies dominate and thus critically determine the visual public life in the city. In its realization part, the contribution therefore proposes a temporary experiment of the following principle: A part of the inner ring road is planned to become a “shared space” for a short time. It will become a public traffic system which is shared equally by all road users – pedestrians, cyclists or vehicles. By implementing the temporary “shared space” – so the ideas of the authors – additional activities and campaigns can take place which make the “new climate in the city centre” visible for the citizens in a manifold manner.
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Recognition
„Collective Memory Wall“
Sinem Qymak and Eser Ergün, Bilgi University Istanbul
Serkan Sinmaz and Neval Birol, Yildiz University Istanbul
This contribution awarded a recognition not only tackles the present inadequate connection between the today’s city and the harbour, but also has the intention to recall the history of this city into the collective memory. A temporary and striking “Collective Memory Wall” is to be built along Salvatorstraße, thus connecting the Burgplatz and Alter Markt – two significant places in the medieval plan of the city. The Burgplatz and Salvator-Kirchplatz – at the time being seen as an interrelated public space – will become again two independent squares during the temporary installation – as it would comply with the historic situation. The aim is to connect this Collective Memory Wall planned in the historical city centre with the two other city spaces – inner city and inner harbour. Therefore, this contribution plans to erect a series of cube-like pieces of street furniture which undertake various functions. These installations will be spread over the city space, and their appearance will reconnect to the wall’s appearance.
