TAYLOR PARC
Mannheim, Germany | 10 ha | 2019
Since 2013, MWS Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft has been developing a redesign concept for Taylor Park, which until 2011 was part of the Taylor site, an active US military base. The urban design by Kéré Architecture and MAN MADE LAND serves as the basis for the development plan and its associated landscape conservation plan. As a connecting link between Käfertal Forest and the Grünzug Nord Ost green corridor, the park establishes connections to the surrounding urban green spaces. A secondary network of pathways extends throughout the park while dividing it into distinct areas. To the north lies the Meadow Amphitheater. To the south, the West Wing accommodates a protected wetland habitat, while the eastern section offers a wide range of sports and recreational facilities. This hybrid landscape, situated between city and countryside, brings together fragments of gardens and parks, the urban fabric, the surrounding cultivated landscape, and remnants of the postglacial natural vegetation. These diverse elements converge to form a new, cohesive whole.
COMPETITION: 2013, 1. PrIze
URBANISM: Kéré Architecture | CONSTRUCTOR: MWS Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH | PHOTOGRAPHY: © Hanns Joosten
