Eisenstadt- shifting to connect

Hin zum Landschaftsgarten

The engagement with the famous Palace Garden of the nobel Esterházy family its connection and embedment to the city of Eisenstadt lead me to the decision to take an even closer look at its history and relevance nowadays. What fascinated me in the design of the garden was how it was planned to build bridges to the surrounding landscape, the woodlands in the north and the included views of the plains arround the city. The so called “borrowed landscape” is a main feature in the dramaturgy in the park and as I know about the spatial design problems of the city of Eisenstadt I decided to continue this idea to make the park and the importance of designed outdoor spaces, for residents, and to tourists alike, more visible in the cityscape. Therefore I laid out the design concept of the road, connecting the palace garden with the sourrounding countryside via the cityscape. This concept contains the extension of the parks boundaries and the shifting of areal elements to connect the different spatial aspects of the areas the target road is crossing. This concept I called ‘The Park Lane/ Eisenstadt- shifting to connect”. Designing the landscape means to work with movement, with views and progress (seasons) and with interpretation and perception. The Park Lane is an efficient concept to extract public spaces of the already existing city scape. Eisenstadt is a growing city. Therefore the problem needs to be contemplated to ensure a better basis for future city development. As the Schlosspark is currently the only concepted public space, a new, modern integration is crucial. Extending the existing spaces instead of popping up new ones at random strengthens the citys identity and emphasizes the impact on the city scape, whereas new concepted external areas would devide the city and lead to a lacking connection between public spaces. This concept contains the creation of new public spaces and connects them along the Park Lane. By clearing the interface situation of park and city, using the concept of areal shifting, the historical garden is put into a contemporary context with the city and its future usage fore residents.

Schriftlicher Teil der künstlerischen Abschlussarbeit

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