WISMAR UNIVERSITY

The structural open space concept for the Campus design is the overlapping of thematic "layers." These elements include:  two lowered lawns  in the central campus area, which is a free accessible zone with a special stone paving. The two lawns remain open and treeless, but are framed with rows of poplar trees.  The main axes are accentuated by different tree species and various materials: in the Southern part of the site an unsymmetrical alley of columnar trees and blooming trees with wide tops. In the North stands an alley of lime trees.  A curved wooden walkway connects the Architecture and Design Building and the Cafeteria, as it winds through tall reeds and willows embedded in gravel.
Topographically formed and densely planted “fissures” act as the transition zone from the campus edge to the open landscape. A new thematic campus identity of a “home clod” is created in this transition zone.” Rows of poplar trees spring over its edges and connect the campus with the Horticultural Garden.

Photography: LA.BAR