Regionalpark RheinMain A Sense of Landscape - A Feeling for Landscape Sevilla 10.11.2011 Jutta Wippermann
The Metropolitan Area Frankfurt/Rhein-Main Frankfurt / Rhein-Main is considered among the leading european metropolitan areas. The economic area Frankfurt / Rhein- Main has 5,5 million. inhabitants. Frankfurt / Rhein-Main is characterized by high dynamic economy and above national average gross domestic product. The area Frankfurt / Rhein-Main is affected by hard facts like money, banks and the international traffic hub (secondlargest airport in Europe, central motorway and railway lines hub) The area Frankfurt / Rhein-Main is still growing.
Increase of Urban Settlement Shrinking of Open Spaces Settlement and infrastructure areas are increasing at the expense of open spaces. Settlements are not enclosed in the landscape anymore but quite contrarily the open spaces are enclosed in a compressed urban framework.
Urban Landscape RheinMain
Urban Landscape RheinMain
Urban Landscape RheinMain
Urban Landscape RheinMain
Regional Green Corridors Since the 1960-ies regional green corridors are a tool in regional planning to protect landscapes Shortcomings of this concept: - Green corridors are defined negative, they are a tool for prevention. - The regional green corridors stayed unknown for the general public. - nevertheless landscape of the Rhein- Main-Region is shrinking furthermore.
Regionalpark RheinMain: Strategy the polycentric structure of the agglomeration, with its high fraction of open spaces reaching far to the core of the region is to be conserved. high quality ambience directly out off the front doors is an important soft location factor. The Regionalpark RheinMain is the strategy to be used to develop, enhance and thus protect this urban landscape. Regionale Grünzüge in Frankfurt Rhein-Main Frankfurt Rhein-Main 5,3 Mio. Einwohner Ile de Paris 9,3 Mio. Einwohner Groß London 10,3 Mio. Einwohner
Regionalpark RheinMain objectives: Protection of the landscape by aesthetic enhancement and design Ecological enhancement and sustainable development Leisure and recreation options for community members Identification with the Rhein-Main landscape creates local identity Create alliances for free space and facilitate networking of free space protagonists Embed a new positive image of the landscape of the agglomeration Develop landscape as positive soft location factor
Regionalpark RheinMain today Designed routes make the landscape accessible to the general public. These Regionalparkroutes form the backbone for the regional green corridors between the populated areas. - 11 -
History of Regionalpark RheinMain Regionalpark in the regional planning association Association of the outer conurbation area Frankfurt (until 2000) 1.400 km² Planning association Frankfurt/RheinMain (2000-2005) 2.500 km² Regionalpark as non-profit limited company Members of this company: 7 administrative districts, 6 cities, the federal state Hessen, planning association Frankfurt/RheinMain Regionalpark agglomeration RheinMain GmbH (since 2005) 5600 km²
Financing: Investments until end of 2004: 26 million Euro Investments from 2005 until 2010: 14 million Euro European Union 8 % Federal state of Hessen 8 % municipalities 16 % External funding / sponsors, Fraport AG Federal state of Hessen 33,3 % municipalities 33,3 % Fraport AG 29 % Regional planning association 39 % Regionalpark parent company 33,3 % Fraport AG (Frankfurt Airport Company) is the most important sponsor for the Regionalpark RheinMain > 13 million Annual investment costs for projects of Regionalpark ca. 2,4 million Annual aid money for projects of Regionalpark from 2005 ca. 1,6 million
Regionalpark network of routes and -projects Abb. Bender Buch planned network of routes: ca. 1500 km put into practice network of routes: ca. 500 km about 200 attractions and special features
Regionalpark formal principles: Basic structure are Regionalpark routes
Regionalpark formal principles: Formative landscape elements Alleys
Regionalpark formal principles: Opening up for development of forgotten Islands of Tradition
Regionalpark formal principles: Gardens and Parks
Regionalpark formal principles: Ecological enhancement
Regionalpark formal principles: Landscape recounts history
Regionalpark formal principles: Landmarks and look-out towers
Regionalpark formal principles: Point de Vue Frankfurt Skyline
Regionalpark formal principles: Orchestration of contrasts
Regionalpark formal principles: Works of art open up new perspectives
Regionalpark formal principles: Locations for social processes
Regionalpark formal principles: Connecting the rural area
Regionalpark formal principles: Recurring elements
Regionalpark formal principles: Seating-pebbles as a sign
Orchestration of landscape as performance location Safari in the Regionalpark
Landscape at the second glance Exhibition on Urban-Landscape Regionalpark Portal, Weilbacher Kiesgruben in Flörsheim