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Maxwan en LOLA win design competition in Hannover, Germany Hannover, 15 th of June 2010 - In the international competition HannoverCity2020+ the design team of Maxwan architects and urbanisist and LOLA landscape architects won first place for the development area of the Marstall square. What is now a parking lot will in the future be transformed into an multifunctional square smartly defined by the careful placement of two new buildings at both ends of the square. This year the plan will be implemented in the master plan of HannoverCity 2020+. The Marstall location will probably be developed as one of the first sites, due to its strategic position in the urban setting. According to the jury: “Maxwan and LOLA from Rotterdam won competition for Marstall because of the design of the public square and the convincing integration of the building volumes and spatial relations within the existing urban tissue. […] The project thereby makes a significant contribution to the inner city development of the coming 10 to 15 years.” The plan The placement of the buildings is strategic and unorthodox. One building links to the riverside and finalizes the inner city riverfront façade. The other building is a stepping stone between the posh shopping street and the flourishing nightlife north of the Marstall. The created space will have the proportions of the Piazza Navona in Rome. A gradually sloping topography in the square design creates a stage at one end and a basin at the other end of the space. Year round the square is suitable for activities such as concerts, ice-skating, water fun and of course a biergarten. Refined and simple gestures transform the parking lot of the Marstall into a logical and lively square in the inner city of Hannover LOLA landscape architects | www.lolaweb.nl Als Rotterdamse bureau voor landschapsarchitectuur onderzoekt en ontwerpt LOLA aan de permanente ontwikkeling van het Nederlandse maar ook internationale landschap, zowel in de stad als ook het platteland. In 2010 publiceert LOLA een onderzoek naar de landbouwontwikkelingsgebieden van Nederland en realiseert het een geluidslandschap langs de nieuwbouwwijk Wilgewende in Dordrecht. Maxwan architects and urbanists | www.maxwan .com Hannover City2020+ (D) | http: / / w w w.hannover.de/han2020/
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