RWTH Aachen University M.Sc. Transforming City Regions (TCR) Integrated Project I: Climate Change and University Campuses: RWTH Aachen University Course Director: Prof Christa Reicher Course Coordinator: Dr ir Ceren Sezer Course Tutors: Dr ir Ceren Sezer Mr Andreas Klozoris Authors: Mariia Polyakova Safiya ZainabShivaniRahemanHandaWasilaParvezChaudhryWiSe2021 CAMPUS AS A LIVING LAB NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS G-03
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A report on Campus as a Living Lab - Nature Based Solutions drafted for Integrated Design - I Studio for M.Sc. Transforming City Regions at RWTH Aachen University. Winter Semester 2021-22
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This project opens an inspiring new chapter of how RWTH could lead by example in the global race of sustainable university campuses by adopting the framework of a Living Lab. This Living lab, a hub for co-creation and real life experimentation can solve our complex societal issues and improve the validity of our outcomes. In turn, allowing us to replicate and upscale the solutions. It brings together stakeholders from various fields of study, research, and industry to co-work on urgent issues - in specific addressing the issue of sustainability we all face today. The tools used to tackle this are nature based solutions. The project has identified the problematic areas at Campus Mitte that are in urgent need of interventions. Through an extensive research, analysis, and the process of trial and error, we have proposed design solutions for the selected sites. This is followed by the development of a Toolkit, an essential part of a Living Lab, that aims to guide other campuses in creating a sustainable university campus.
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SOLUTIONSBASEDNATURE 4 LABLIVINGAASCAMPUS CONTENTS 1. 1.1.IntroductionSustainable Development Goals 1.2. Aims and Objectives 2. 2.1.MethodologyCourseof Project 3. 3.2.3.1.BackgroundLivingLabNatureBased Solutions 3.2.1. Scale of intervention 4. Site Analysis 4.1. Conceptual Maps 4.1.1. Aachen Green Concept 4.1.2. Green Roof Concept 4.2. Analysed Maps 4.2.1. Climate Analysis 4.2.2. Vegetation Analysis 4.2.3. Morphology Analysis 4.3. Site Survey 4.4. Public Spaces in Campus Mitte 4.5. Potential Stakeholders 5. 5.1.VisionRWTH as a Sustainable Campus 5.2. Strategies - Toolkit 6. Design Interventions 6.1. Masterplan 6.2. Plans - Sections - 3D 6.3. Conclusion 7. Conclusion: Future Steps 8. References
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2. Environment Universities conduct fundamental research that is crucial to understanding how nature and the earth’s ecosystems function. Research produces evidence that is indispensable in identifying developments in climate change and global warming, as well as their impact.
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The Sustainable Development Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030”. The SDGs can be grouped into three broad areas classified by European University
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education is crucial for sustainable development. Higher education facilitates social mobility, empowers people through critical thinking and provides them with the skills needed in a rapidly changing labor market. OECD statistics confirm that people with a higher education degree are less likely to be unemployed thus, better protects against poverty. University hospitals play a key role in the public healthcare system. They train new generations of medical professionals, that helps find innovative solutions to cure or even prevent disease.
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3. Economy Digitalization, automation and globalization are changing labor markets in a rapid and radical way, Hence demand for highly skilled people is increasing and Universities plays a major role in providing lifelong learning. Universities are closely connected to their regions, playing a crucial role in the education, innovation, culture and civic life of their local communities. They are also major employers, making considerable economic contributions to their regions.
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Tofollows:create a sustainable campus that would be an effective influencer in case of climate change crisis, the vision is identified as “Campus as a Living Lab. Nature-based solutions.” To achieve beneficial outcomes for both people and urban nature, including Nature based solutions (NBS) with mainstream urban planning and development. To create urban areas which have a net benefit to native species and ecological communities through the provision of essential habitat and food resources. Enable the campus community to cultivate innovative ideas, research and actions that advance NBS and implementation. Supporting a positive and nurturing relationship between the natural and built environment.
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Image Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Universities are going towards sustainable approaches in the designs of their campuses. The UN Sustainable Development Goals define the need for campuses to be sustainable to promote wellness, environment and economy. One way of approaching a sustainable campus is through low emission and greener campuses that are developed by a team of students, faculty and participating Theorganizations.primaryobjectives of this project are as
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The project development was conducted through a series of phases. First phase of any project is to look for inspiration. And inspiration comes in many forms, our primary source was literature on sustainable campus designs. We studied the Sustainable Development Goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030”. This was followed by collecting literature on the relevant subject matter. The living lab concept is supported through nature based solutions that are the urgent need for sustainable campuses of the future. In the next phase, site analysis was conducted through both digital and physical means. These findings drew out the problematic areas around the campus that needed design interventions. All of our proposed solutions were designed with NBS (nature based solutions) in mind. The next phase was to create a framework that would allow the replication of design interventions in other campuses as well. This phase of the project shaped the NBS Toolkit. It is classified into possible design interventions in the category are then listed that have been implemented in our design to speed up the process of replication.
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Living Labs are nothing like our typical physical confined laboratories. The real life setting and co-creation is what sets them apart. They’re best described in the report The University Campus as a Living Lab for Sustainability A Practitioner’s Guide and Handbook by TU Delft “Living Labs (LLs) are new ways of innovation and are defined as user-centered, open innovation ecosystems based on a systematic user co-creation approach integrating research and innovation in real life communities and settings” (Bossert and Verhoef 2019). In simple words, living labs solve complex problems, that require urgent solutions such as sustainability in our case. They require real life testing and experimentation to reach a result, this means that the results are easy and faster to replicate. Living labs include actors from different domains of science, business, government and civil society, and this is the essential component for innovation.
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3.1.BACKGROUNDLivingLab
Universities are the hubs for knowledge, education, and innovation in various fields. They also have connections with the industry and community around the campus. But due to limitations of time and space, a lot of the knowledge and ideas are rarely ever put to practice. Living lab can bridge this gap since an essential part of it comprises of stakeholders - these include organizations, offices and governmental actors. This brings together various actors from number of fields which is the heart of a living lab. Once a complex problem is identified, a stakeholder analysis will identify relevant interested parties. The knowledge from different departments of the university can then be funded by them, resulting in coresearch and co-creation. This sets the stage for effective real-life testing and experimentation. It also speeds up the entire process of innovation. This in turn increases the validity of the outcomes and improves the impact for replication and upscaling.
Green public spaces provide an optimal setting for outdoor social gatherings - people are more inclined to go out for walk, exercise or play. It further bridges the gap between communities through activities such as communal gardening. They contribute to aesthetics, which reinforces the sense of place. Other than social benefits, there are tenfold environmental benefits of nature based solutions. Planting more trees and flowers increases the biodiversity of our surroundings - this in turn leads to ecological resilience. It also has a great deal of effect on our climate - maintaining the temperature can reduce the risk of flooding. Another aspect is the heat island effect. Nature based solutions can greatly reduce the risk of developing this
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Nature based solutions are defined as actions to protect, manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems, that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. With the help of the living lab, we bring together all the actors interested in creating a sustainable campus through the application of nature based solutions. The benefits of nature based solutions are long-term. For instance, they improve the air quality through additional green and blue infrastructure. They also act as a sustainable buffer against noise pollution. This in turn can enhance our lifestyle, and provide us with numerous psychological benefits.
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The smallest scale is the details and materials. This includes furniture, paving and lighting. You see these interventions throughout the design in each of the chosen site since these can be considered the building blocks of any basic good urban design. The medium scale is the facade and interface. This includes green walls, green roofs and solar power. This scale primarily defines the relationship between buildings and the street. These interventions are applied based on the effective vegetation and climate analysis for optimum results. This scale is also reflective of promising new technology and innovation in Thedesign.largest scale takes in the streetscape and landscape of the campus into consideration. It includes planters (mainly modular), community gardens and green corridors and pockets. This scale’s aim is not only to improve the connectivity of the campus buildings itself but also the connectivity to the surrounding city. These connections are vital for the effective mobility of pedestrians and bicycles that reduces the load of cars.
Scale of Intervention Graphics: Author Chaudhry, Zainab (WiSe 2021-22) Integrated Project - I Campus design is addressed through the lens of three different scales to maintain uniformity throughout. We classified the scales into three categories - Details + Materials, Facade + Interface, and Streetscape + Landscape. All of theses provide design solutions focusing on nature based solutions. Such categorization helped us create clear cut design strategies and apply them according to the context whilst maintaining the same language throughout the project.
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The research on various aspects of Sustainability and Campus Designs led us to analyse our site based on Natural Elements and areas for potential Nature Based Solutions. The different departments of Sustainability and some potential stakeholders were aalso visited . The site study also includes a survey that was filled by various users of the campus. A google form was also floated for the same to get opinions from students and faculty members about their experences of the campus. 4.1. Concept Maps 4.1.1. Aachen Green Concept
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The Green Concept considers the pedestrian accessibility in the city as a main feature and shows RWTH Campus Mitte as an important node, located on the prime pedestrian path from the city centre. Also, the “Green crown” divide green infrastructure of Aachen into 4 “Pearls” - Small scale green 2.interventionsGreen“Bands” - water channels, green “Jewellery”- Big green parks, green roofs, and gardens Green “Rows”- Green corridors on the city The research on various aspects of Sustainability and Campus Designs led us to analyse our site based on Natural Elements and areas for potential Nature Based Solutions. The different departments of Sustainability and some potential stakeholders were also visited. Analysis was started with Municipal Blue Infrastructure Map shows the existing water channels on the site which are underground and in the future can be resurfaced as an element in the Urban Setting of the city of Aachen. Image Aachen Municipality 4.2. RWTH Aachen University - Context Seher Ulusoy, Sustainable University Campuses: Transformation of Public Spaces through NBS aRWTH Aachen
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Based on these concepts the analysis of RWTH was started regarding the accessibility, which showed that the Campus Mitte territory is the closest and the most accessible area of the RWTH for pedestrians and bicyclists from the city centre. After general analysis we analysed the pedestrian accessibility of university buildings in 5 min radius walk (400 m grid), that also depicts that the Mitte part is the most saturated and accessible area. -
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Regarding this analysis we selected 4 cells of each part of the RWTH, that represent 4 different accessibility level (from the most accessible to the least). During the comparable analysis it was identified that still Mitte is the most accessible area, but has the most dense and complex structure, big amount of parking lots and less vegetation. Analysis
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The vegetation is not effective in the campus Mitte i.e, Vegetation is not enough to reflect UV light as well as to produce oxygen. After both of those analysis potential green roofs were identified, as a possibility of changing the microclimate situation. After analysis the Campus Mitte area was selected for further development and interventions due to its challengeable current situation and vital location for the city.
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The main component of a Living Lab are the Stakeholders. Contributing the interaction between internal and external stakeholders is a goal for a living lab.
Action Plan for stakeholders: 1st Step is to define possible stakeholders of both sides. 2nd Step is to organise the collaboration with internal stakeholders. Currently we are in process with AStA Team. 3rd Step is to suggest scenario for a sustainable collaboration
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The vision of this project is to create a sustainable campus that would be an effective influencer in case of climate change crisis, the vision is identified as “Campus as a Living Lab. Nature-based solutions.” The design ideologies have been segregated based on the level of interventions and categorised into the categories shown in the figure below. The focus areas of design are clearly mentioned in the diagram.
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In addition to water management and cooling, they provide amenities to building residents—opportunities for gardening, exercise, sunbathing, relaxation, and socializing. They provide habitats for attractive species, birds, bees, and other pollinators.
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Facade-bounded greening is a type of green wall using technology for irrigation and special substrates for reducing the weight of green facades (Eisenberg and Polcher 2020).
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Extensive green roofs consist of several horizontal layers— bioengineered growth medium; membranes to support and control plant roots; buffers to collect, filter, store, reuse, or discharge water, as well as structural and insulation layers.
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Ground-based green facades are a type of green wall with climbing plants rooted in ground planters.The plants extract water and nutrients from soil at ground level and can grow very tall, and adjust to climate fluctuations and different lighting conditions.
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Raised bed farming is a low-cost technique in urban areas. In areas with limited sun, beds can be tilted to maximize the exposure for plant growth. In cold months beds can be covered or converted into greenhouses
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Pocket parks Pocket parks are small open spaces distributed throughout the urban fabric. Pocket parks serve the immediate population of a neighborhood and provide a wide variety of small scale recreation possibilities, such as playgrounds, dog parks, workout stations, water fountains, vegetable and flower planters, and other props for neighborhood recreation. Street tree canopies Tree canopies circulate rainwater, create local microclimate, absorb pollution, provide shade, and attenuate heat. Heat reduction translates into lower cooling bills for buildings.
Green avenues Green avenues and boulevards are among the most attractive urban typologies, functioning as environmental corridors from the start, they are instrumental in climate adaptation. Tree canopy efficiently mitigates urban heat, provides shade and shelter for small species, and promotes walking Raised Beds
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Bioswales and rain gardens are shallow, densely vegetated ground depressions, with a variety of trees, shrubs, and grasses. During storms, they become flooded and facilitate ground infiltration and cleaning of stormwater simultaneously. Gutters and ditches Gutter are a wide shallow simple form of channels which are above ground that carry the storm runoff. Ditches are depression created to channel water to manage storm water and improving water quality.
Aquaponics In combining aquaculture and hydroponic systems, aquaponics capitalizes on their benefits and eliminates the drawbacks of each.
Green roof canopy It aims to reduces negative environmental effects of high transportation systems like noise and air pollution.
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Turf/green mounds It aims to provide space for resting for students and faculty as well as the community. It also is a Nature based solution.
This NBS is designed to reduce the traffic noise that arrives at the homes on thestreet. On the one hand, the green noise barriers have a specific geometry that favors sound reflection and on the other hand, they have a vertical garden modules with a specific substrate that favors sound absorption.
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5. Worms are beneficial to soil and can be used for composting, recycling, and helps soil to loosen up.
4. Eco-library is a mobile and modular intervention where people can exchange and read books while sitting on the seating provided with a green element.
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1. Facility to breed bees to increase pollination rate, develop local agriculture and organise educational program.
3. A living space created by natural material (mainly wood) to create a refuge space for insects, bees and butterflies.
5. Twitter tree uses a technology called Tree Watch which is a module that reads the various data of the tree, water retention, leaf life level, tree health etc. and reports it on Twitter.
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2. Significant impact of the sanctuary is to protect species and creating label systems and monitor their movements.
1. Sustainable Lamps that use a dynamo or solar panels to produce electricity from mechanical or solar energy. These lamp poles also have a provision of sockets for charging 2.points.Solar Panels on roofs of the bus station could provide a provision for charging points as well as could light up the street lamps in a sustainable way.The green panels on the side can be planted with seeds by people for community awareness and 3.interaction.Watercollection to the roots of the trees could be done through ecological fountain. This can also be used as a shade with benches for the people to relax during heat or rain.
4. A pocket park design solution dedicated to attract butterflies by planting plants and creating a natural habitation within cities.
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At the beginning the concept for a bigger scale was developed, which main aim is to connect the campus Mitte with the city via green and blue infrastructure. To achieve that goal, important nodes in the area were identified. Next step was to improve pedestrian and bicycle connectivity as well as to integrate the whole area through unified elements and naturebased solutions. In order to enhance the overall connectivity of the Mitte area green corridors were identified. Green corridors are the respond to the climate and vegetation analysis.
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Aquaponics is a technology that integrates aquaculture and hydroponics into one production system.
Aquaponics relies on the food introduced for fish, which works as the system’s input. Afterward, the water (now ammonia-rich) flows, together with uneaten food and decaying plant matter, from the fish tank into a biofilter.
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1) Concept - first ideas based on the impressions for improving the area; 2) Plan - final design proposal; 5) Karman Auditorium; 6) Maschinenbau Plaza. By connections in this Masterplan are considered pedestrian, bicycle, green and blue connections, which create the holistic pedestrian- and eco-friendly urban system. 3) Further details - sections, schemes. Furthermore, interventions areas have common not only the structure, but also the design principles. Thus each design shows tools from the NBS toolkit as well as sustainable development goals. Hence green corridors connect small existing green pockets and make the area more resilient to the climate change. The Blue infrastructure connection is made by adding new surface water streams as well as collecting surface runoff to the existing underground channel. In addition, various aquaponic installations are proposed at the special nodes.
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The Master plan is a general plan of all connected nature-based solutions interventions, that are located on six areas of interventions: 1) Mensa Academica; 2) C.A.R.L. Auditorium; 3) Talbot Parkplatz; 4) Miscellaneous; Each area of interventions is designed in order to tackle with challenges, found during the analysis process. The structure of design consists of several steps:
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1) Covered outdoor seatings; 2) Raised bed vegetable garden (garden boxes used to grow small plots of vegetables). They are easy to make, cost friendly and also eco friendly;
3) Urban rooftop farming followed by green roof and solar PV system.
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1st area of interventions is Mensa, which is being chosen because it serves food to community and has space for gathering and a good footfall of people. Hence through these NBS it can produce its own herbs and serve organic food. Also it will raise social awareness and encourage people to experience it. Therefore it will be providing local work, connecting communities and food security.
To enhance character and livelihood to this major node, the transformation of this underutilized areas of roadway into public spaces is proposed by using low cost ma terial such as paving, movable planters to add more green spaces and flexible and modular eco urban seatings.
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This is the nodal point where Aachen city meets campus. Right now one cannot distinguish between city and campus. In order to enhance character and livelihood to this major node, we are proposing to transform this underutilized areas of roadway into public spaces by using low cost material such as paving, movable planters to add more green spaces and flexible and modular eco urban sittings.
Existing e-bike sharing station to be retained. Parklets are proposed alongside Pontwall strasse. This will bring more social interaction to this urban fabric and reconfigure and revitalize intersections that might otherwise be underutilized. Raised crosswalks maintain safe travel speeds and reinforce the university nature of the street.
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2nd area of interventions is C.A.R.L. Auditorium, one of the newest part of the Mitte Campus. Despite the fact that the territory is modern, many problems have been identified during the survey and analysis. Neat but precise naturebased solutions will help to transform the space into a more pedestrian and bicycle friendly, sustainable and green place.
For CARL are introduced: 1) Bicycle connection; 2) Eco friendly parking lots; 3) Water streams; 4) Green roofs as well as green walls; 5) Biodiversity or Insect friendly meadows; 6) Eco-urban furniture.
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Planters: 1.8x1.2 - 47 1.2x1.2 - 53 Vertical: 0.3x1.8 - 10 0.3x1.2Plantation5area is 185.08 m2 Selected Plants: • Spinach • Lettuce • Cherry Tomato
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Cherry tomatoes are a garden favorite for their delightful miniature fruits, perfect for eating right off the vines. They grow exceptionally well in small gardens and even produce a good crop in containers and hanging baskets. Cherry tomato can produce over 300 one-inch bright red tomatoes on each plant. A survey of the industry indicated an average yield of around 9 to 14.5 kg per plant.
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This is the first recognisable Mitte area on the way from Aachen West train station. Currently the area looks grey, empty and many students on this area mentioned how uncomfortable to come here by bike, also the add that area is grey and not comfortable for a long stay. To enhance the microclimate comfort and to make this space more lively several NBS are proposed. Connecting CARL to the overall bicycle infrastructure will make the area more accessible and bring more people to the space. The parking area is reorganised with addition of green elements. To break the monotonous grey colour comfortable green islands are designed with addition of multifunctional designed eco urban furniture.
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Hence, with introduced nature-based solutions this area will consume less solar radiation that means, that CARL will become more climate resilient and comfortable. Proposed water streams are integrated in overall blue infrastructure and create the synergy with green infrastructure, enhancing biodiversity. 6.3.3.1
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The entire system can be installed in a matter of days, at half the cost of concrete, and requires less specialized equipment and labor.
7) Insects and invertebrates, such as bees, butterflies, ladybugs, centipedes, and wasps, perform many essential ecosystem service functions, such as pollinating many of our flowers and crops, or controlling unwanted pest species. Hence, this will be an initiative to sustain native pollinators and promote biodiversity within the campus.
3) Green roof and solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are two technologies that could contribute to sustainable building development and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. When they are combined together on the building roof, it can enhance their functions and effectiveness by cooling and shading effects. Green roofs serves multiple purposes such as rainwater retention, biodiversity and garden roof.
4,5) The grass paver system also helps to safeguard the water supply by returning rainwater.A grass paver system can be a cost-effective way to create parking areas that are both attractive and durable. Urban Hives
Talbot parkplatz is one the largest parking area in campus Mitte. The concept introduces several interventions:
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2) An environmentally friendly car parking. There the greenery is integrated into the design and taking a big part of the parking lots. The main goal is to reduce the heat by vegetation, to lower the temperature.
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6) Open sitting space/arid garden for people to sit, relax. It encourages social cohesion for community. In order to provide barrier visual barrier from car parking, green wall screening is introduced. This space will have benches and detachable modular furniture’s made up of recycled/up cycled materials, which encourage and support community engagement and lively neighborhoods. Introduction of Public space will reduce the amount of hard surface, Planters, grass and green pavements will result in the reduction of urban heat island effect.
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Urban Hives designed by Natahlie Harb in Beirut in 2018, seeks to reintroduced the urban garden into these parking lots, and potentially into other public, hard-surfaced spaces. Urban hives is conceived as a module that raises above 2 cars. Modules can be multiplied or reduced to suit the site and easily assembled and disassembled for maximum flexibility. Thus, the parking lot retains its commercial use, but is also transformed into a site for communal gardening and food growing activity.
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Talbot development is planned in 4 phases: In Phase I, Reiff Museum is connected to Seminar Building. Urban hives are added on one side, while other side has surface Inparking.Phase II, One more connection is created between Reiff Museum and Seminar Building. Followed by green lawn and gentle reduction of car parking. In Phase III, addition of more green space and urban hives. Also, temporary study rooms are shifted on the roof of Aerodynamics institute and a new space for surface parking. In Phase IV, Talbot parkplatz will be transformed into a recreational space for social interaction and for multiple activities. Vertical car parking is also proposed.
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For the traffic island severla intervantions are proposed:
1) Claiming back the WÜLLNERSTRAßE by blocking the junction and part of the street for any vehicular access. The streets are accessible for pedestrians and cyclists.
2) The junction will consist of small green pockets, Ping pong and chess tables and eco-urban furniture.
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The bicycle stand will be re-arranged on the 3)periphery.Agreen cover belt is introduced to divide the street for pedestrians and the cyclist. Water is collected from the roof of the buildings and connected with the surface water channel.
We tried to integrate these two spaces to create a new recreational space. The bicycle stands are moved to the periphery and the soft colourful pavers were added. Ping-pong tables, chess tables, moveable eco urban furniture are also added here.
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As the master plan showed, vehicular circulation is restricted in some part of the Wüllnerstrasse. This junction of 3-4 roads became an important. Currently there are 2 separate seatings spaces separated by the road and bicycle stand.
Malteserstraße x Wüllnerstraße: Final Plan
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Since karman auditorium plaza is used as a space for various functions, movie screening and other such activities, we have used modular flexible furniture. Apart from that, a water feature and green roofs. The main concept of Karman
auditorium is to change the monotony of red brick colour on the walls and the ground so we have used sustainable concrete pavements. And green elements like turf mounds, Landscaped Stairs, Eco urban furniture and a water feature
Karman Auditorium: Final Plan
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For the many programmes that are held here, the space needs to be flexible in use. and by adding landscape elements, as well as green roofs, green walls and a water feature, the space becomes lively. We have also designed Landscape elements for the stairs leading to Plaza on top. For ease of navigation, we have named the plazas plaza 1 on top and plaza 2 on the bottom near the Language Center Plaza.
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Karman Auditorium is a hotspot for students since its location is in front of the main Super C square. By changing the monotony of colours and adding landscape elements, as well as green roofs, green walls and a water feature the space becomes lively.
Design Elements
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6.3.6. Institut fur Maschinenbau Plaza
Graphics: Author Chaudhry, Zainab and Parvez, Wasila (WiSe 2021-22) Integrated Project - I
6.3.6.1 Concept Institut fur maschinenbau area has 2 potential public spaces that are currently encroached by cars. However, there’s a vacant area which has been informally used as parking - it has been rearranged with supporting infrastructure for green parking and proper waste disposal for surround buildings. The existing infrastructure such as the green benches are repeated throughout to create an identity for this area.
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The landscape is redesigned to stop cars from encroaching the plaza in front of maschinenbau. The public space is created around the exiting street infra (benches) and it is then repeated in the next plaza to create an identity in this area. The new parking lot is arranged and recycling bins are placed for departments to dispose their waste in a sustainable way. The pedestrian path then crosses the historic landmark, leading to the language center plaza and on the other end to pontstrasse.
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In our meeting with AStA, we discussed about the various possibilities of intervention of Nature Based Solutions that can be implemented around the campus, and the timeline of the course or phases of these projects to be done on actual sites. We discussed and decided to implement the small scale interventions to begin with and if in future there is a possibility to extend the design actualization, we will be in collaboration with AStA and try to make the campus more lively and climate-friendly through the designed green spaces. We also plan on participating in the upcoming summer school and take the opportunity to work further on our interventions.
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Safiya Raheman Safiya holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture and has graduated from School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, India in 2021. She has done an internship at RMA, Architects, Mumbai for 6 months. Safia has participated and been nominated for several competitions and has achieved the best thesis award for her bachelor’s thesis.She has a passion for graphic design and illustration, and loves to visualise spaces and concepts in interesting ways.
Mariia Polyakova Mariia has a Master’s degree in Urban Planing from Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture & Civil Engineering from Ural Federal University, Russian Federation. Currently, Mariia is working as an academic assistant at RWTH. She completed several internships in architecture and is passionate about research in urbanism as well as urban planning.
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Shivani Handa Shivani completed her bachelor’s degree from Institute of Environmental Design in 2019 and since then she is practicing architecture in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. She did her internship in Localground, Pune. After graduating she did some freelance work with a SARVA developer group and worked as a junior architect in studio KAIROS. Her practice is most inspired by cultural & ecological conditions of south Asian contexts, manifesting in unique people-place-materialrelationship.
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Wasila Parvez Wasila holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture, graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi in 2017. She has worked for 3 years in ADP architects and has worked in several fields like landscape, hospitality, architecture and interiors. She has a vision to make this world a better place to live. She has interests in sketching, designing, crafting, traveling and exploring. Zainab Chaudhry Zainab completed her bachelor’s in Urban Planning and Architectural Design from the German University of Technology in Oman, in 2019. During her studies, she has been to numerous study excursions to Germany and wrote her thesis at Hochschule 21 in Buxtehude – all of these were conducted on DAAD scholarships. She has worked as a teaching assistant at her former university for 1.5 years, and worked with AĞIRBAŞ EITTORF FRIENDS for 3 months in between.
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