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Barracks architecture traditionally has little in common with the quality of life. The buildings are arranged and developed from a purely functional point of view, and people are not inten – The original barracks and ded to feel particularly at home. And the topographical structure. at the time the people who commission ed them were scarcely concerned to address the ecological consequences of building. The Allied Forces have been Topography and urban leaving Germany and going home for structure of the area years now. Quite frequently they leave as a whole run-down military accommodation behind, often extensive sites that had little money spent on them and that are usually more of an inherited problem than a welcome gift. But these sites also have their own potential. They certainly take pressure off the town to provide new building land. But a new estate is only likely to succeed if the planners are creative and the barracks site meets modern requirements both inside and out. As in the case in the Scharnhauser Park near Ostfildern. This project involves 150 hectares, and is the largest urban development scheme in the Stuttgart area in the early 21st century. The 2002 regional horticultural show is at the heart of the site, and thus high on the list of regional priorities. Horticultural shows are increasingly inclined towards Even a one-in-100-year innovative approaches to town plan- storm event was handled ning, and so it was clear from the begin – without problem. ning of the planning process that rain water would have to be treated in a new way as well. Two systems of streams flow below the site, which is on a south-facing slope, and the Scharnhauser Park surface water is useful to these. The Korsch, for example, often threatens to dry up in summer. Additional water would sustain the valuable biotope structure that is the only network worth speaking of in this region for sustaining flora and fauna. On the other hand, to avoid floods, the planners have settled for a different strategy of discharge reduc- |
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