Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl is one of the leading landscape architecture practices of Germany specialising in the integration of

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, urban hydrology,

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, and

landscape architecture Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic design and general engineering of various structures for constructio ...

within an urban context. The practise was founded in 1980 by the German landscape architect

Herbert Dreiseitl Herbert Dreiseitl (born 1955) is a sculptor, artist, landscape architect and interdisciplinary urban planner. He founded the firm Atelier Dreiseitl in 1980 with a vision to develop liveable cities inspired by a deep understanding of water. In 2013, ...

with a goal to promote sustainable projects with a high aesthetic and social value. Today it has offices in

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and

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. In May 2013, Atelier Dreiseitl was rename
Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl
GmbH and became a partner within the international engineering consultancy, the Ramboll Group A/S, based in

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Profile

The multidisciplinary practice seeks to raise awareness of the social and ecological value of water in

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. The scope of the practice's work includes strategic catchment-based urban masterplans, urban parks, rivers, civic space and water playgrounds. Over the past 40 years, it has accumulated experience in technical water systems, including water storage, treatment and reuse, retention and infiltration techniques, grey and black water systems, climatisation and green roofs. The consultancy was described in 2012 in

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as “a kind of hidden champion of the German design scene”.

Projects

Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl are responsible for the waterscape on

Potsdamer Platz Potsdamer Platz (, ''Potsdam Square'') is a public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag (German Parliament Building), and close to the southeast corne ...

in Berlin. Water was central to

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and Christoph Kohlbecker's original design, but it was Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl that conceived and developed the scheme for rainwater recycling and created the many opportunities for public engagement with water. The scheme is one of the largest urban rainwater harvesting projects in the world and in 2011, it became one of the first city quarters to be retrospectively awarded the DGNB Certificate of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) in silver. Another major project in Germany is Arkadien Winnenden, the ecological city design which was named winner of the Green Dot Award ‘Build’ category in 2011. The firm turned the abandoned factory site into an eco-friendly development which combines dense layout with green space, includes permeable paving and waterways which provide natural flood control and a lake which filters rainwater. In 2018 Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl was awarded the

German Design Award The Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the official design award for Germany presented by the German Ministry for Economics and Technology. The award was given for the first time ...

in the category "Urban Space an Infrastructure" for their design and planning of the project ''Hafen Offenbach'' in

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, Germany. Studio Dreiseitl has transformed the initial urban plan by reconnecting public open spaces with their scenic context, creating a liveable as well as ecologically enriching neighbourhood. In Asia, projects include the blue

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in the Tianjin Cultural Park near Beijing and the water strategy for the central catchment for the city of

, together with the engineers CH2M Hill, as well as the design of the 60ha

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park or Bishan-AMK Park, (formerly known as Bishan Park) is a major park in Singapore, located in the popular heartland of Bishan, Singapore, Bishan. Serving the residents of Bishan, Singapore, Bishan, Yishun and Ang Mo Kio, the ...

. The rehabilitation of the previously concreted Kallang River (which became a dangerous torrent in the rainy season) employed techniques of water collection and flood control which were entirely new to Singapore. Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl built a test area and held workshops to explain the concepts. The designers gave the river gentle banks and recycled the concrete from the old drainage channel to create stairs. Now Bishan Park is one of the most popular parks in Singapore, where people can have a new and direct connection to nature. In 2012, the design was awarded the Presidents Design Award Singapore and the

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“Landscape of the Year”.

Project listing

*Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park – Singapore *Potsdamer Platz – Berlin, Germany *Arkadien Winnenden – Germany *Tianjin Cultural Park – China *Holalokka – Oslo, Norway *McLaren Technology Centre – London, UK *Pforzheim Water Playground – Germany *Tanner Springs Park – Portland, USA *Lanferbach – Gelsenkirchen, Germany *Maybach Centre of Excellence – Sindelfingen, Germany *River Volme Renaturation – Hagen, Germany *City Hall Green Roof – Chicago, USA *Heiner-Metzger-Platz – Neu-Ulm, Germany *Residential and commercial complex Prisma – Nuremberg, Germany *Hafen Offenbach – Offenbach am Main, Germany

Selected awards

2012 German Urban Planning Award – BUGA Koblenz, Germany 2012 President's Design Award – Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Singapore 2012 WAF Landscape of the Year – Kallang River Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Singapore 2011 Green Dot Award Ecological City – Arkadien Winnenden, Germany 2011 LivCom Environmental Best Practice Eco Quartier – Pfaffenhofen, Germany 2011 LivCom Award for Liveable Communities – Pfaffenhofen, Germany 2011 BCA Greenmark “Platinum” Award for New Parks – JTC CleanTech Park, Singapore 2011 DGNB Silver Sustainable City District – Berlin Potsdamer Platz, Germany 2002 ASLA Merit Award – Chicago City Hall Green Roof, USA 2001 Earth Society Foundation “Environmental Award” – Solar City Linz, Austria 1989 United Nations “Best Practice Award” – Solar City Linz, Austria

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