Green Roofs - Living Architecture Monitor - Winter 2017 - 17
POTSDAMER PLATZ -
REVISITING INTEGRATED GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE PERFECTION
IN BERLIN, GERMANY
CASE STUDY:
BY STEVEN W. PECK, GRP, HONORARY ASLA
LIVINGARCHITECTUREMONITOR.COM
After WWII, the
downtown of Berlin was
destroyed by air raids
and artillery - covered
with building debris,
unexploded bombs
and rubble. Out of
these ashes emerged,
almost 60 years later,
an outstanding 60
acres of commercial
development featuring
19 buildings, which to
this day exemplifies
the best in integrated
green infrastructure and
stormwater design and
development.
I
t's early morning and the mists from
the 1.2 hectare lake, the centerpiece
of Potsdamer Platz are still swirling
about, as Herbert Dreiseitl, Executive
Director of Ramboll Living Cities Lab
and lead designer of the project escorts
a few colleagues on a rare tour of this
enormous place. We are in Berlin attending the 10th Annual World Green
Infrastructure Congress and we rise early
to see this project with its lead designer -
a special treat.
"The lake is designed to rise and fall
from 12 to 30 centimetres to adjust to
varying levels of stormwater flows", said
Herbert as we stand by the mirrored
surface of the lake. "The buildings on the
site also have over 12,000 square meters
of extensive green roofs, and there are
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