Backnang - Germany

In order to capture the best from the site, to undertsand its potential and to anticipate the future needs, topio teamed up with a UK architectural practice (studioort) and a local German collective planning office (AG-urban).

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Our strategy ended up to emphasise the river identity, becoming not ony the shaping element of the land, but also for the public realm and its communities.

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Built around the kept industrial buldings, we allowed collaborative appropriable spaces for makers and local craft industries.

This scheme provide a great combination work and live, along with doorstep play & community area.

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The river park enjoys a serie of natural morphodynamic processes and erosion, leading to meandering ecosystems within the open spaces, connecting people to the river through public realm.