The 50-metre tall residential building of the M6B2 Tour de la biodiversité project rises from the urban landscape of Paris. The tower was exempted from the Parisian 37-metre building height restriction, on the condition that it would be ‘green’. The […]
Projects
4.8 Natur-Park Schoneberger Südgelände
Nature Park Schöneberger Südgelände is a good example of spontaneous nature on an industrial location. The former railway yard (from 1890) in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district had been left to nature in anticipation of a new destination since the 1950s. When […]
4.3 Prinzessinnengärten, Berlin
In Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, a group of residents took over a remote part of public space. Along with friends, activists and neighbours, Nomadisch Grün cleaned up a wasteland and laid out the Prinzessinnengärten (Princess gardens) with a flexible and temporary […]
3.2 Fledermausturm
A change of function for buildings that have become obsolete is no exception nowadays. But reuse of a residential building as a flat for bats is unique. The German town of Meiningen was home to a colony of approximately six […]
3.5 Beeline, Rotterdam
A ‘beeline’ is a chain of initiatives to help bees survive. They can now be found in many Dutch cities. Its length of more than 3 kilometres makes the beeline in the north of Rotterdam a special one. The […]
3.2 Bat Bridge
The Vlotwateringbrug, popularly called the ‘bat bridge’, is part of the Poelzone, a new green recreational corridor with nature-friendly banks and spawning grounds for fish. Because the bridge is located on the flight path of different bat species, it was […]
3.5 Insect Hotel
These objects, both beautiful and insect-friendly, can be found in several city parks in London. Insect hotels come in many shapes and sizes, and these ones prove they can be very appealing to people and insects alike. For this insect […]
4.6 Floating gardens, Promenade des Berges de la Seine
Along the pedestrian-only promenade on the left bank of the Seine between Pont de l’Alma and the Musee d’Orsay, five floating gardens were realized. The gardens raise the awareness of the biodiversity of Paris. Although the city has a surprisingly […]
4.9 Emscher Landschaftpark
When biologists visited the abandoned parts of the large, industrial Ruhr region in the 1980s, they found special biotopes in the heavily polluted parts. Despite the heavy metals and thick layers of coal, resilient habitats had evolved, sometimes with rare […]
4.2 City garden Kempkensberg
The garden of the government office Kempkensberg in Groningen is not only there to enjoy for the approximately 3,000 employees of the Education Executive Agency and Regional Tax Office, but for all the people in the city. Covering an area […]