At more than 18 hectares the Merian Gardens represent the largest public garden of its kind in the Basel conurbation. They are a blend of very different but nevertheless connected outdoor spaces: in the east, around Br\u00fcglinger Hof, there are agricultural spaces, while there is an \u2018English-style\u2019 landscape park in the west; the north, in Vorder Br\u00fcglingen, features generous gardens with scientific plant collections of international character. The gardens, owned by the Merian Foundation, took their first steps from landscape space to public garden as a location for the Gr\u00fcn 80 exhibition. Now the foundation is looking for a guiding principle for the gardens in Vorder Br\u00fcglingen that will carry the spirit of the place into the future.<\/p>\n
The design put forward by the Fontana Landschaftsarchitektur team weaves the history and stories of Vorder Br\u00fcglingen into a design narrative that shows off the gardens\u2019 visual and substantive wealth to those with an interest in botany and those searching for relaxation. The opening of the gardens to the outside is expressed in an inversion: from scientific garden with an aesthetic value to an inviting park with a scientific foundation. For the neighbouring districts the gardens will become meeting places and breathing spaces, while remaining undiminished in their scientific role. This co-existence works thanks to a reduction and simple optimization of the organization and the sub-areas. The implementation of the first part of the concept \u2013 the redesign of the centre of Vorder Br\u00fcglingen \u2013 is to start as early as the beginning of 2018.<\/p>\n
Team Fontana:
\nFontana Landschaftsarchitektur
\nStefan Rotzler, Consulting Landscape Gardener, Gockhausen
\nClaudia Moll, Garden Historian, Zurich
\nurbanID GmbH, Outside Space Acoustics, Zurich <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fontana Landschaftsarchitektur has won the study project for the further development of the Merian Gardens in Basel. Formerly a country estate, the Merian Gardens are today surrounded by the city; they are now in need of the right form and function \u2013 a blend of scientific plant collection and public park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9294,"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\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n