Quartiersplatz Theresienhöhe, Public square and park in Schwanthalerhöhe and Sendling, Munich, Germany
The Quartiersplatz Theresienhöhe is a 16,800-square-metre public square and park in Munich's Schwanthalerhöhe and Sendling districts, built on a 50-metre-wide, 300-metre-long concrete deck above railway tracks and a former exhibition garage. Its design by Catherine Venart, Topotek1 and Rosemarie Trockel features grass hills up to three metres high, a dune landscape with trampolines and rope structures, and a basalt-splitt promenade.
The project emerged in the early 2000s through an international design competition that selected a team including Catherine Venart, Topotek1, and Rosemarie Trockel. The transformation converted an industrial wasteland into a modern neighborhood park.
The square serves as a gathering place for the neighborhood, connecting different residential areas. Visitors find specially designed play sculptures and landscape elements that encourage people to spend time here.
The square is crossed north-south by footpaths at Johannes-Timm-Straße, Fritz-Endres-Straße and Max-Hirschberg-Weg, the last also carrying a bike path. Surrounding paths and plaza surfaces are step-free. The small children's playground was moved to a triangle beside the concrete bridge at Max-Hirschberg-Weg, away from the power lines running beneath the deck.
The square sits on a 50-metre-wide, 300-metre-long concrete deck over the former exhibition centre's underground garage and the Munich–Rosenheim and Munich-Laim–Munich South railway lines. Because the deck carries limited weight, the modelled landscape uses lightweight materials, and large trees grow only where the ground is natural.
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