Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 9
4. Water – spirit of change 10
5. URBAN PLAZAS
6. Civic Square, Seattle 14
7. Water system in Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz 16
8. Town hall square, Hattersheim 22
9. New town square in Gummersbach 24
10. ‘Water-traces’ in Hannoversch Münden 28
11. Heiner-Metzger Plaza, Neu-Ulm 32
12. Exemplary water management at DWR Headquarters, Amsterdam 37
13. Water management for a research centre near London 38
14. Center of Excellence, Sindelfingen 42
15. Light and water installation Breiteweg, Barleben 44
16. Public participation 46
17. URBAN PARKS
18. Tanner Springs Park, Portland 48
19. Toppilansaari Park in Oulu 55
20. Queens Botanical Garden, New York 58
21. Rainwater retention on the Kronsberg in Hanover 62
22. Scharnhauser Park in Ostfildern 66
23. Green roof for Chicago City Hall 70
24. Cities moving toward sustainability 72
25. MASTER PLANNING
26. Central watershed and Bishan Park, Singapore 74
27. Transformation of a city district, Taipei 78
28. Conversion of Fornebu Airport, Oslo 83
29. Dubai Business Park 86
30. Restoration of Emscher River, Ruhr Valley 90
31. Think global, act local 94
32. RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
33. Arkadien housing estates near Stuttgart 98
34. Rainwater management in Coffee Creek, Indiana 103
35. Solar City, Linz 104
36. Neighbourhood community, Tianjin 108
37. Housing estate in Echallens near Lausanne 110
38. Sewage treatment plant at the Wörme farm community in Handeloh 112
39. RIVER RESTORATION
40. Daylighting of Alna River in Hølaløkka, Oslo 114
41. Scheme for the banks of the Volme, Hagen 116
42. Rainwater for the bears in Zurich zoo 120
43. Three Rivers Master Plan, Pittsburgh 122
44. Water as an open system 126
45. INTERIOR DESIGN
46. Interior courtyard of an old people’s home in Stuttgart 129
47. The climate in the Nuremberg Prisma 131
48. ART AND FOUNTAINS
49. Fountain sculpture in Immenstaad 137
50. Festival des Jardins, Chaumont-sur-Loire 141
51. Open space for a residential development in Ittigen, Berne 142
52. Sonnenhausen estate in Glonn 144
53. Water playground in Pforzheim 147
54. Water phenomena in the Gelsenkirchen cooling tower 148
55. From the idea to the finished object 152
56. Technical data 164
57. The authors 172
58. Illustration credits 174
59. Backmatter 176