Biosphere Reserve Swabian Alb – Beutenlaye recreation park in Münsingen community

My main project is about setting a recreation park in the biosphere reserve.
First, I tried to know what is the meaning of a biosphere reserve because I have never heard such a term and probably also because I have an architectural background.
After achieving this, I explored and inspected through researches, meetings, visits and questionnaires; the type of projects and solutions that I can bring as a landscape architect in order to contribute to the sustainable development of this Biosphere reserve of the swabian albs.
That was how my idea of recreation park came as a project.
Hence, after identifying the best suitable location for setting such a park with the use of GIS software, I have used the method of framework for alternative future studies developed by Carl Steinitz (1990, 1993) which I learned in the “Planning and Design methods” course to break down the problems from a larger to a small scale. It also gave me a clear framework of the different steps that I have to follow during the project.
I used a diplomat thesis on Beutenlaye park in Münsingen community to answer some of the questions that were left unanswered by that study. This really helped me to come up with a clear landscape position about what I intend to do as response to the drivers of the landscape mechanism. Therefore I resolved to further my work to more smaller scale through the design of the Beutenlaye recreation park.
while working in smaller scale for designing the park, I have used the technique of photo- collage in combination with photoshop and sketchup softwares to come up with a conceptual plan and 3D illustration of our idea.
I also tried to draw up a development plan for the type of park that I have proposed.

  • English Title : Biosphere Reserve Swabian Alb - Beutenlaye recreation park in Münsingen community
  • University : Nürtingen-Geislingen University, DE
  • Project was done for Course Unit : IMLA Schwerpunkt-Projekt I - 2010 ( IMLA Main project I - 2010 )
  • Coordinates - Longitude: : 9.539415836334229000
  • Coordinates - Latitude: : 48.416441588522190000
  • Academic Year : 2010 / 11
  • City : Nürtingen
  • Project Language : German
  • Supervisor : Prof. Dr. Roman Lenz, Prof. Dr. Christian Küpfer, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Werner Rolf
  • Location of project : Germany
  • Image Title : Student Projects 2010 - Biosphere Reserve Swabian Alb