Revitalisation of spoil tips and socio-economic polarisation – a case study of Ruhr area (Germany)

Chmielewska, Marta; Otto, Marius

doi:10.1515/environ-2015-0037

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“…Slag heap Haniel, in Germany, adopted a more naturalistic approach. It is the highest elevation in the Ruhr region [59], and it appears camouflaged in the surrounding landscape, resembling a natural hill of the territory. This heap is treated as an integral part of the landscape and not as an extraneous object to contemplate.…”

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The Reuse of Waste Heaps from Extraction Sites: An Architectural Methodology

2020

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Nowadays, the rehabilitation of quarries is a widespread practice. It stems from the most significant environmental concern in the management of non-renewable resources. However, reusing quarry waste in the process of regeneration represents the aspect less prevalent. This procedure results from the non-commercialized material, accumulated in huge piles of waste, that constitute invasive elements of the landscape. Because of the intense industrial activity, the wastes further contribute to the degradation of the sites. The result of the waste abandonment could be reversed if this discarded material is considered as a product in the landscape requalification process. Mixing theoretical concepts with practical examples, this article proposes an application methodology to reuse the waste material in the landscape and architectural domains. This new contribution highlights the importance of considering scrap accumulations as an integral part of the architectural project, filling the existing gap in both architectural and theoretical domains. There is not any similar schematization in the literature and the idea of dealing with the mounds of wastes has been only slightly approached until now. The reached outcomes are demonstrative of the possibility of working with the waste heaps in architecture, creating a solid basis for further investigations not documented yet.

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The Reuse of Waste Heaps from Extraction Sites: An Architectural Methodology

2020

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“…An increasingly common version of the landfill-to-greenspace conversion is the mine-tip park, facilities built on the sites of mine and steel production waste residues. This kind of park is widespread in the Ruhr area; Chmielewska & Otto (2014) identified at least 96 mine tips in the Ruhr agglomeration, 87 of which they noted had been revitalized into some form of public open space. The largest of these is Halde Hoheward in Recklinghausen, which is 152 metres high and covers an area of 175 hectares [Figure 5.13].…”

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Transformation in Composition

van der Velde

2018

Architecture and the Built Environment

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This study enlarges on the notion of composition in landscape architecture. It builds upon the ‘Delft method’, which elaborates composition as a methodological framework from its sister discipline architecture. At the same time takes a critical stance in respect to this framework, informed by recent epistemological developments in landscape architecture such as the site-specificity and process discourses. The notion of composition is examined from a historical and theoretical perspective, before turning to an examination of the brownfield park project realised in the period 1975-2015. These projects emerge as an important laboratory and catalyst for developments in landscape architecture, whereby contextual, process, and formal-aesthetic aspects emerge as central themes. The thesis of this research is that a major theoretical and methodological expansion of the notion of composition can be distilled from the brownfield park project, in which seemingly irreconcilable paradigms such as site and process are incorporated. By extension, the study elaborates on the disciplinary specificity of landscape architecture as distinct to its sister disciplines architecture and urbanism, propositioning a ‘radical maturation’ of the foundations of the discipline in the period 1975 – 2015, via the brownfield park project. A metaphor for this process is offered by the phenomenon of ecdysis in arthropods (such as the blue swimmer crab), whereby the growth from juvenile to adult takes place in stages involving the moulting of an inelastic exoskeleton. Once shed, a larger exoskeleton is formed, whose shape and character is significantly different to its forebears. The research sketches the contours of a similar ‘disciplinary ecdysis’ in the period 1975-2015, whereby an evolution of design-as-composition praxis in landscape architecture takes place. In the slipstream of these findings, the research sheds new light on the shifts in the form and content of the city itself in this period, and the agency of the urban park in the problematique of the contemporary urban realm. In the cases studied, the park typology has been able to address problems that much of the traditional apparatus of spatial planning and design has failed to do. By extension, the study reveals that many of the paradigms of urban planning and design are in need of major review in the context of deindustrialization. The urban park typology – in its guise as the brownfield park – also appears also able to shape and qualify larger urban regions. As such, the research highlights the rise of brownfield lands and their impact on the fabric of the city, the life of their inhabitants and the paradigms that dominate urban cultures, in turn fundamentally revising the definitions and agencies of notions such as city, nature and landscape.

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“…Pamer et al [4] stated that approximately 50 mtpa of colliery discard was being stored above ground in dump heaps. Chmielewka and Otto [5] mentioned that the Ruhr district of Germany has 104 dump tips, where the large majority are from coal mining activity. One thousand three hundred coal tailings have been identified in France [6].…”

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Assessment of advantages and limitations of installing PV on abandoned dumps

Heib

2022

Górnictwo Odkrywkowe

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The feedback of international practice shown that the installation of photovoltaic (PV) parc on the dumps is one of the best environmental and economic solutions. However, the number of projects is still very limited comparing to the identified potential. This paper addresses site selection criteria for landfill PV installation, particularly in relation to mining hazards. For installing the PV, different environmental, technical and economic criteria should be respected. The slope of the dumps appears as the main constraint for the installation of photovoltaic panels. In addition, specific foundation systems should be considered to ensure long-terms safety and security. The paper presents several examples of installation of photovoltaic panels on coal-lignite dumps in France.

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Revitalisation of spoil tips and socio-economic polarisation – a case study of Ruhr area (Germany)

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

The Reuse of Waste Heaps from Extraction Sites: An Architectural Methodology

The Reuse of Waste Heaps from Extraction Sites: An Architectural Methodology

Transformation in Composition

Assessment of advantages and limitations of installing PV on abandoned dumps

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