The judging criteria for the award have shifted in recent years. In addition to high-quality design the three panels \u2013 all made up of five judges \u2013 are interested in social relevance as the overarching aspect. The Sch\u00fcssinsel did well in both regards: in an interview with Roderick H\u00f6nig in Hochparterre 12\/17, one of the judges, landscape gardener Rainer Zulauf, said: \u2018The Sch\u00fcssinsel in Biel for example is the result of town planning and fiscal processes that do not initially have anything to do with landscape design. However, these processes have created a new public space \u2013 an island that draws its strength from landscape design. It is a project that does not reduce landscape design to formalism or design elements.\u2019 The judges expressed particular praise for how the design was tailored to its relationship with its users; however, the procedural approach was also lauded: the design incorporates the idea that flooding can and should change the island. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A new animal species has conquered the Sch\u00fcssinsel in Biel: the Golden Rabbit award issued by Hochparterre. The architecture magazine issued its awards in the categories design, architecture and landscaping on 5 Dec 2017. Fontana Landschaftsarchitektur received the highest award in the latter category for designing the park island in Biel. We are very pleased!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n