Kleine Wallanlagen | Sievekingplatz Planten un Blomen

At the beginning of the 19th century, the city fortifications of earlier centuries were dismantled. The now available areas were transformed into spacious green spaces, from which the popular Hamburg park Planten un Blomen emerged.

The park, surrounded by large streets and representative administrative buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries, is located on the northwestern edge of Hamburg's inner city. The park, which is surrounded by large streets and representative administrative buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries, is located on the north-western edge of Hamburg's city centre and is today mainly characterised by the garden shows of the post-war period (1953, 63 and 73).

The typical landscape architecture of the time is particularly evident in the Kleine Wallanalagen: in addition to a variety of water features, natural stone walls and terraces alternating with generous watercourses dominate the image of the park. In some areas, it has been possible to preserve and restore former national gardens (e.g. the Moroccan Garden).

Our office set itself the goal of preserving the formal characteristics of the IGA 63 through deconstruction and redesign measures, and of restoring and elaborating important elements of the design at that time.