Last updated: October 2021
The Park Killesberg serves as the green centre of the newly constructed district in Stuttgart and continues the long history of the area as a garden show site with a contemporary expression of landscape architecture and as a model for interconnected green spaces. The design is the result of a collaborative process with the local authorities, citizens and neighbours (1).
Landezine
http://landezine.com/index.php/2015/11/park-killesberg-development-towards-an-urban-environment/
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
- Green playgrounds and school grounds
- Parks and urban forests
- Large urban parks or forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
- Green corridors and green belts
- Blue infrastructure
- Lakes/ponds
Key challenges
- Water management (SDG 6)
- Flood protection
- Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity conservation
- Green space creation and/or management
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social interaction
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Enabling opportunities for physical activity
- Improving mental health
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Transformation of previously derelict areas
Project objectives
1. To create a forward-showing concept for the extension of the green space in the new neighborhood (2)
2. To combine ecology and economic benefits while developing new areas (2)
3. To create a new topography for the former industrial landscape of the neighborhood (ex. man-made quarries) by means of nature-based solutions (2)
4. To create new recreational facilities for the newly built neighborhood (2)
5. Generate new living environments (both for flora and fauna) in the neighborhood (2)
6. Create a transition space interconnecting the adjacent residential areas (1)
7. Create sustainable rainwater management system in the neighborhood (3)
8. Protect the historical identity of the area (the former industrial site, the former exhibition grounds) while proceeding with reconstruction (1)
Implementation activities
Creation of the pocket park assumed:
1. Creation of grass-pillows and sunken paths on the basis of the post-industrial topography of the area (2)
2. Creation of the sustainable drainage system for water management (1)
3. Organization of the citizen involvement system for the preliminary evaluation and further development of the project (1)
4. Creation of water channels running through the park (2)
5. New trees planted (2)
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity conservation:
- Protect and enhance urban habitats
- Promote environmentally-sound development in and around protected areas
- Create new habitats
- Reduce negative impacts and avoid the alteration/damage of ecosystem
- Protect species
- Undertake specific measures to protect species
- Means for conservation governance
- Biodiversity offsets
- Raise public awareness
- Create and use scientific knowledge for conservation
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Government-led
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
- Dissemination of information and education
- Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Project was initiated by the Stadt-Stuttgart. Landscape Architect: Rainer Schmidt Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH;
Landscape Associate Architect: Pfrommer+Roeder Landschaftsarchitekten;
Contractor: ARGE Link- Seidenspinner.
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Yes
(Region Landscape Park is being implemented throughout Germany (1). The country-wide project encourages co-finding competition to support municipalities in the design, implementation, and funding of green infrastructure projects.)
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(Region Landscape Park project master plan for Stuttgart region was co-produced by local citizens and community groups involved in a collaborative design process (7) The project of the Killesberg Park was implemented within the frame of this wider NBS project.)
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
Source(s) of funding
- Public regional budget
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
- Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Environmental quality
- Improved soil quality
- Water management and blue areas
- Increased protection against flooding
- Improved stormwater management
- Green space and habitat
- Promotion of naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development
- Increased green space area
- Increased conservation or restoration of ecosystems
- Increased number of species present
- Increased ecological connectivity across regeneration sites and scales
Economic impacts
- Reduce financial cost for urban management
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved social cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Increased opportunities for social interaction
- Health and wellbeing
- Improved mental health
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Protection of historic and cultural landscape / infrastructure
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No
References
1. Park Killesberg. (2015). Landezine. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th September, 2020.
2. Parkextension Killesberg- ‚Green Joint‘, Stuttgart. (2014). Rainer Schmidt Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH, Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th September, 2020.
3. Park Killesberg 'Grune Fuge', (2016). Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th September, 2020.
4. Park Killesberg. (2017). Tripadvisor. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th September, 2020.
5. STUTTGART: COOL Source link. Dac&Cities. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th September, 2020.
6. Stuttgart Region Landscape Park. (2017). Oppla. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th September, 2020.
7. Der Landschaftspark Region Stuttgart. (2015). Verband Region Stuttgart.
2. Parkextension Killesberg- ‚Green Joint‘, Stuttgart. (2014). Rainer Schmidt Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH, Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th September, 2020.
3. Park Killesberg 'Grune Fuge', (2016). Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th September, 2020.
4. Park Killesberg. (2017). Tripadvisor. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th September, 2020.
5. STUTTGART: COOL Source link. Dac&Cities. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th September, 2020.
6. Stuttgart Region Landscape Park. (2017). Oppla. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th September, 2020.
7. Der Landschaftspark Region Stuttgart. (2015). Verband Region Stuttgart.