FRIEDRICH-EBERT
SQUARE
DÜREN
GERMANY, 2004
INFRASTRUCTURE
PR–267
This landscape installation transforms the roundabout at Friedrich-Ebert-Platz into a veritable theatre orchestrated by nature.
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PROGRAM
An installation that transforms the roundabout at Place Friedrich-Ebert (75 m in diameter) into a landscape landmark marking the entrance to the city. A composition of conifers and metal mesh carpets creates a dialogue between nature and industry.
DETAIL
Situation
Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, Düren, Germany
Year
2004
Status
Direct commission
Site area
15 000 m²
Client
City of Düren, Düren, Germany
Architect
Dominique Perrault Architecte
Interior designer, design and signage
Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost
DESCRIPTION
In Düren, the GKD factory is a true asset: it generates jobs, mobility, and trade. Stephan Kufferath, its CEO, wanted to offer the town a facility on the roundabout at Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, the largest in Düren, with a diameter of 75 meters. Overnight, a constellation of conifers reshaped the landscape and emphasized this boundary.
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The trees become the protagonists of a verdant scene, transforming the road infrastructure into an open-air theater. The open space offers a wide view, and the gentle slope of the site accentuates the dramatic effect.
At the base of each pine tree, a large mat of metal mesh is installed, as if to protect their roots and bark from the soil. These mats, resembling luminous crowns, reveal a particular brilliance in the mesh. Around them, the grass continues to grow, undisturbed. For motorists, the spectacle is guaranteed: the movement of the car creates a kinetic vision of the mats, which appear and disappear, shining and shimmering in the driver’s field of vision.
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