ARCHITECTS AUTHORS:
MEDIOMUNDO ARQUITECTOS. M.Pelegrín+ F.Pérez; FISCHER architekten. J.Fokken + D. Wirtgen.
PROJECT: New residential development the Park on the railway tracks. Stuttgart. International Competition
PROGRAMME: Urban planning, development of 400 dwellings, hotel, tertiary and office buildings, kindergarten, parking and reuse of buildings.
LOCATION: Stuttgart, Germany
DATE: 2022.International Competition by Invitation. Two Phases. Selected. Second Prize.
Surface area: Approx. 30.000m2
Promoter. ISARIA GMBH.
Consultants: CLUB L 94 Landscape architekten Flor
Collaborations: Architect Fabio Orizia. ATrece Architects. A. Babio.
DESCRIPTION: “meeting in the park”.
On the southern site of the Rosenthaler Hill, to the south-west of the future park above the underground railway line, the developer Isaria is calling for a competition for the design of a new neighborhood of housing and facilities on a site of 30.000m2, which is developed on the hillside of the neighborhood.
As urban planning of MEDIOMUNDO and FISCHER architects we propose as a concept, a set of buildings that are arranged as “a meeting in the park”: a garden on two levels, to save the steep slope, and a grouped set of free-standing buildings, pondering the transversality of the existing neighborhood towards the new park on the tracks, and generating a “meeting of neighborhoods”. The most singular and tallest buildings are located in the south-east, towards the crossroads of streets and public accesses to the neighborhood and the park, and in the north-west corner, replacing the existing building of the shopping center and cinemas, which are now obsolete, and reforming the existing car parks for their use. In these buildings of greater volume and uniqueness, offices, tertiary and educational facilities such as kindergartens are located nearby.
The residential buildings have an average height of VII floors, favouring the creation of small neighbourhood communities, which are surrounded by gardens, also on a medium scale, with children’s play areas, sports areas and guaranteeing a stroll and the creation of a neighbourhood identity. The 2, 3 and 4-bedroom homes include top-floor penthouses with generous terraces overlooking the park and the city, taking advantage of the sunshine. Above the buildings with offices and apart-hotels, there are landscaped roof gardens and public spaces, guaranteeing access and enjoyment for the neighbourhood.
Sustainable construction is proposed, minimising the impact on the ground, optimising sunlight and cross ventilation throughout the complex. On the basis of a landscaped car park, a low-rise building is built with a mix of wood and concrete, prefabricated facades, with extensive landscaping on them, and designed with sustainable systems that guarantee the use of local resources. In this way, a good understanding is proposed in this neighbouring “meeting of buildings”, the basis for building a neighbourhood identity in the future.
