Planergruppe Oberhausen

THE RE-DESIGN OF THE RAMPART AREA The historic city center of Xanten is surrounded by a 14-hectare city park: the rampart area. As the historical origin was the defence of the boundaries around the city, today the rampart area serve as a recreational and leisure park in the heart of the city. From 2017 to […]

NATIVE AND ORIGINAL, EARTH-CONNECTED AND ARTISANAL The painter Peter August Böckstiegel (1889-1951) got strongly influenced by the nativeness and simplicity of peasant life in his homeland. His groundedness find expression in his works, and thus, the rural environment of his parents’ house – which later was again his private residence – repeatedly became motifs for […]

Full project title: Balance in Diversity – Redesign of the schoolyard of the Albert-Schweitzer-Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium in Marl BALANCE IN DIVERSITY The school grounds of the Albert-Schweitzer-Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium (ASGSG) secondary school in Marl are characterized by a varied stock of old trees. The schoolyard is used by more than 1,000 students, and by a go-kart club on the […]

THE REDISCOVERY OF THE HISTORIC CENTRE The formation of a tree island defines a new area within the historic marketplace, in which the existing trees and also historical elements are integrated. At the same time, the visual relationship with the western border of the Rheinaue is highlighted by restructuring and re-naturation. By reducing the traffic […]

In a prominent location not far from the Cathedral of Münster, opposite the new LWL Museum of Art and Culture, a versatile city square has been created, offering a high quality of stay. The name of the Fürstenberghaus originates from Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg, an important and influential statesman in the prince-bishopric of Münster […]

URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE The new Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences focuses on defining identity to the area. By its open and inviting structure, the new campus gets perfectly embedded in the existing environment. The commonly used buildings center the campus in public, and the different faculties are made accessible from the center via the […]

“There are landscapes in the countryside or in the midst of cities which have been left behind and forgotten – a no-man’s-land where the life of animals and plants remains hidden and people are rare. The landscape of the former Zollverein colliery is situated away from the city, difficult to reach, and secured with walls […]