Piazza Metallica
Originally a controversial project to develop square formations, public spaces in the blast furnace. Today the fear of toxic contaminated sites has given way to a calm acceptance of the old structures. Up to 50,000 people can be found at festivals on these squares, where green trees interweave with structures of the blast furnace.
foto "Michael Latz"
Project description
| City | Duisburg |
| Number of inhabitants | 498,6 T |
| Location | northern part |
| Title | Piazza Metallica |
| Building | Thyssen Meiderich steelworks |
| Address | Park Duisburg Nord |
| Date of origin | 1901 |
| Monument | industrial heritage |
| Original function | industrial production |
| Owner | city of Duisburg |
| Usable space | yard |
| Kind of contract | zero phase of revitalization |
| Tenant | Latz + Partner |
| Date of launch | 2002 |
| Temporary function | public square |
| Pattern | impulse |
| Architecture | activation |
| Construction | paving from metal plates of blast furnaces |
| Urbanism | urban revitalization |
| Future | landscape park |