World Experience of Landscape Design of Post-Industrial Environment

Abstract

The world experience of revitalization of former industrial territories with introduction of recreational functions is covered. The relevance of this study lies in two important aspects. The first aspect is utilitarian. It comes down to the need to eliminate sources of danger in abandoned industrial areas and their environmental rehabilitation by giving them "new life". The second aspect is aesthetic. It is manifested in the return of attractiveness to the former industrial territories, increasing their artistic and aesthetic characteristics.
 The current directions of recovery of the post-industrial environment are presented. They consist in preserving the industrial function through memorialization or technological improvement, partial refunctionalization through reconstruction and preservation of the most favourable characteristics of the object and full refunctionalization by preserving the industrial architecture as a monument and landscaping and landscaping of disturbed areas for their ecological rehabilitation.
 On the basis of foreign and domestic experience, examples of the formation of a modern harmonious landscape environment with pronounced individual features and "industrial memory" were identified. The landscape design of the post-industrial environment is most pronounced in those sites that have been transformed into recreational areas. Examples include beautiful Park Zollverein (Essen, Germany, 2001-2012), Landscape Park Duisburg-Nord (Duisburg, Germany, 1994), Park Parco Dora (Turin, Italy, 2011-2015), Park complexes Parc Andre Citroen (Paris, France, 1992) and Parque Fundidora (Monterrey, Mexico, 1988), Amusement Park Wunderland Kalkar (Calcare, Germany), Park Clichy-Batignolles – Martin-Luther- King (Paris, France, 2004-2007), Park Shipyard (Zhongshan, China, 2001) and Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek (Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2006).