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Auf dem Dach des Baus befindet sich ein Nutzgarten. • On the roof of the building is a crop garden.

Die Rasterung des Überwerfungsbaus wird stets fortgeführt. • The grid of the flying junction is always continued. Den Hochpunkt des Ensembles bildet der Wasserturm. • The water tower is the high point of the ensemble.

O ur master thesis, supervised by Professor Markus Allman and Professor Alexan- The “Nouvelle Orangerie” as a meeting point of all the social classes
der Schwarz at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at Stuttgart Uni-
versity is about reconditioning the southern flying junctions at the Stuttgart Gleisbo- Unlike in the 19 century, the new orangery gives the cultivation and the presenta-
th
gen. The topic is based on the design idea of the winner of the first prize in the 2018 tion of plants the same importance and makes both sections accessible to the pu-
competition “Rosenstein – Ideen für den neuen Stadtteil”. The winners, asp Architek- blic. In future, desirable exotic plants will no longer be reserved for a specific social
ten, suggests a new park in the heart of the district. This would mean smoothing the class and thus play a special role: they are not part of a hierarchy but conciliatory
topographic edge between the railway tracks and the lower castle garden. The former and uniting. The new orangery extends along the southern flying junction and thus
flying junctions would be preserved and revitalized with new areas intended for sub- produces an additional axis. As a graduated object with different heights, the new
cultures. As a result, the historic Rosensteinpark would be reconstructed towards the building is to produce a flowing transition between Gleisbogenpark and Schloss-
north and given back some of its former dimensions. The southern flying junction is park. The building is given its unique character due to the elongated, elegant form
the link between the Stuttgart castle garden and the newly to be established Gleisbo- with a high point – the water tower – at the end of the axis. The construction is clearly
genpark. The three-level bridge originally served for rail traffic and minimized the divided into three segments: the exhibition greenhouse and the crop greenhouse are
crossings of the trains arriving at Stuttgart central station. The construction consists horizontal constructions whereas the water tower is the high point of the ensemble.
of reinforced concrete and this solid building method now makes a conversion pos- The fourth component is the cultivation section and the base of the three other con-
sible. The close to 400 metres long structure is to be uncovered in the course of dis- structions and overcomes the height difference to Gleisbogenpark. With new beds
mantling the track field. The aim is to preserve this unique appearance, to treat it sen- on the roof of the southern flying junction, the newly established Gleisbogenpark is
sitively and to strengthen its architectural look with a new use. Our answer to the extended. A strict grid of connecting footpaths traces the architecture of the existing
question of how to use the southern flying junction is a type of orangery in the castle construction below. The vegetable garden, as an additional expansion of the biodi-
garden. In combination with the striking, southern flying junction, an attractive place versity to the Mediterranean plants of the orangery, mainly serves to grow native
in the Stuttgart castle garden is to be designed that offers a unique botanical experi- plants. The building ensemble is flanked by vines. The latter produce a natural, flo-
ence, especially during the cold months with the sheltering greenhouses. wing transition between the different green spaces.

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