The Louis-Häfliger-Park in Oerlikon, Zurich, covers and is embedded between the Regina-Kägi-Hof co-operative settlement, the existing production buildings for Oerlikon-Contraves AG, and new service buildings. It is a neighbourhood park allowing people who live or work here to relax and meet. The park is named after Louis Häfliger (1904–1993), "Saviour of Mauthausen". He saved the lives of about 40,000 inmates of the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Design

The project drafted by the project team Kuhn Truninger, Zurich / P. Wiedemann, Chur and C. Schubiger, Zurich and Hans H. Moser, Zurich was defined in a study assignment with preselection in 2000. Construction was started in 2002. Louis-Häfliger-Park was handed over to the population in an opening ceremony in 2003 after 10 months of construction.Medienmitteilung der Stadt Zürich vom 25. August 2003
/ref> The design concept was based on the abolition of borders between the park, industry, and residential areas. The proposal by

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s Kuhn Truninger is therefore based on dissolving the boundaries between these elements. Similar to a patchwork quilt composed of different pieces, the various fields meet and are united into one whole.''Ein Patchworkgarten fürs Quartier.'' Suzanne Kappeler in : ''Grünzeit'', 2003 (6), p. 8-10 Different fields generate a diverse space. The park refers to its

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in its materialization, form, and size. The surprising proximity of the fields and the wingnut trees create locations with a special character. In heavy rain, precipitation water temporarily dams up above the flat retention hopper and builds reflecting surfaces. This indicates the high ground water level, which is only about 80 cm below the surface. Eight grass pyramids in the lawn reveal aspects of the local history. They form the quasi pro-turbances of the conspicuous lawn funnels of the former

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huts. The park’s patchwork is complemented with a band of play equipment for toddlers, a blue sports pitch for ball games and a timber stage.''Bunte Multifunktion. Der Nachbarschaftspark Louis Häfliger.'' Waltraud Aberle in : Der Gartenbau, 2003 (17), p. 6-7

Notes

References

* Yvonne Aellen, Ella Kienast: Parkanlagen in Neu-Oerlikon.

Oerliker Park The Oerliker Park is a public multi-purpose district park covering in Oerlikon, just to the north of Zürich. The Oerliker Park was created by the Grün Stadt Zürich in 2001 as part of the regional development project "Zentrum Zürich Nord" a ...

MFO-Park The MFO-Park is a public park in the Oerlikon quarter of the Swiss city of Zürich. The area to the north of Zürich Oerlikon railway station was once home to the extensive works of ''Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon'' (MFO), as site that has now been ...

, Louis-Häfliger-Park,

Wahlenpark The Wahlenpark is a public park in New Oerlikon in the northern part of Zurich. The park covers 139,931 ft². It was created in 2005 as part of the regional development "Zentrum Zürich Nord", as the last of four parks. The architects en ...

, Gustav-Ammann-Park. 2nd edition Zurich: Office of Parks and Open Spaces of Zurich, 2005. 22 p. * Claudia Moll: Zürich, ein Begleiter zu neuer Landschaftsarchitektur. Edition Garten + Landschaft.

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: Georg D. W. Callwey GmbH & Co. KG, 2006. 78 p.

External links

Louis-Häfliger-Park in Oerlikon
official Website of the City of Zurich {{DEFAULTSORT:Louis-Hafliger-Park Parks in Zürich