Landschaftspark
by Mike Falkner
Landschaftspark is the modern incarnation of a large abandoned steel mill. The mill consists of two large blast furnaces and the massive supporting infrastructure. The park is largely intact as the mill has been converted into a public park highlighting the industrial aspects of the immediate site and indeed the history of whole region in which it resides.
The mill was closed and 'abandoned' in 1985. It has since been converted into a public park located in Duisburg Nord, Germany. It was designed in 1991 by Latz + Partner, with the intention that it work to heal and understand the industrial past, rather than trying to reject it. The park closely associates itself with the past use of the site: a coal and steel production plant (leaving the area significantly polluted) and the agricultural land it had been prior to the mid 19th century.
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