Munich Heidemannstrasse Urban and landscape planning ideas competition, 1st prize

On the northern outskirts of Munich, the former shooting range area on Fröttmaninger Heide, between 1985 and 1990, a residential area for 3000 apartments was built.

The urban planning concept for Heidemannstraße is diametrically opposed to the guiding principles of the dissolved city practiced until the 1970s, with point houses and rows of apartments, in which the open spaces are reduced to a spaced green.

The model for the urban planning of the building area "Heidemannstraße" was the idea of the garden city with space-forming courtyards and with streets and squares accompanied by avenues and front gardens. The whole around a large readable green space, which opens in a semicircle, according to the basic shape of the neighborhood, in a grand gesture to the north to the nature reserve of the Fröttmaninger Heide.
The beautiful existing pine trees (Pinus Sylvestris) on the site could be preserved.

We received from the measure carrier, the GBWAG, the order for an open space design plan of the public and private open spaces.
This was to achieve a uniform appearance of the open spaces, especially the public space, for the various developers in the area. In the open space design plan M= 1:500 the general heights for the streets and the ground floor heights of the houses were specified. As further contents the planting of the public areas with the avenues and the front gardens, the furniture, the surfacing of the footpaths, the lighting, the spartrassen in coordination with the tree pits were specified.
This plan was binding for the further planning in the areas of the individual developers, because beside us for the open spaces different landscape architects were assigned.
The public spaces are planned so generously: wide footpaths, wide house entrances and places with seats for the stay make a varied use of the open spaces possible.
A network of cycle paths connects green space and residential areas.
The avenues accompanying the streets have wide tree trenches (3m) so that the trees have optimal living conditions.
The main development streets were planted with large-crown avenue trees such as sycamore and Norway maple and plane trees, the side streets with small-crown trees.
The different tree species serve as orientation for the residents: blossoms, leaves, foliage and autumn colouring as well as the scent of lime trees bring the seasons into the residential complex.
The front gardens facing the streets are set slightly higher to protect the ground floor apartments and are planted with clipped hedges.

Quiet residential courtyards alternate with semi-public courtyard areas for pedestrian access, they are planted with clipped hedges and flowering shrubs in front of the ground floor apartments. Fruit trees and a large tree, such as a lime tree, provide shade for the children's play area for young children.
The semi-public courtyard areas for pedestrian development are architecturally designed. Wide sidewalks, playgrounds, benches, and feature a fountain and public art.
Small-crowned trees accompany the paths, important viewpoints or path crossings are planted with special trees such as columnar oak or columnar poplar.

The residential development has adapted to the large pine stands of the former shooting range site.
The site represents a near-natural transition to the Fröttmaning Heath. Children can design their own adventure playgrounds there.

The public space has now become an everyday green living room.

Publications

Garden and Landscape 08/1980
Competitions up to date 08/1982