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Brikettfabrik Witznitz: specific indeterminacy – designing for uncertainty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Florian Beigel and
Philip Christou
Florian Beigel
Affiliation:
Architecture Research UnitUniversity of North London6-40 Holloway RoadLondon N7 8JL, United Kingdom
Philip Christou
Affiliation:
Architecture Research UnitUniversity of North London6-40 Holloway RoadLondon N7 8JL, United Kingdom
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Abstract

A two stage international landscape and urban regeneration design competition was held last year for the site of a former Brikettfabrik at Witznitz near Borna in the south Leipzig region of Germany. The design of the winning entry was based on architectural, urban and landscape design strategies developed over the past five years. This paper opens with an introduction to these ideas and related theoretical precedents. There follows a description of the project's context and of the design itself.

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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , Winter 1996, pp. 18 - 39
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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