Urban riverbanks are attractive locations and highly prized recreational environments. However, they must meet the requirements of flood control, open space design and ecology at the same time, often a challenging task for the designer in very confined spaces. The book, the result of a study lasting several years, subjects more than 60 exemplary projects to a comparative analysis. The result is a systematic catalogue of strategies and innovative design tools. The designer and planner thus obtains an overview of the range of design possibilities.
Eight new case studies from China, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland were selected and added for the enlarged edition of this reference work on riverbank design.

About the Author

Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski, born in 1967, studied landscape architecture at TU Berlin. DAAD scholarship at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Ph.D. thesis on 'Complex landscape design'. From 2003-008 he was assistant professor in 'Theory of contemporary landscape architecture', and became a full professor for 'Designing urban landscapes' at Leibniz University Hanover in 2009.

Professor Antje Stokman, born in 1973, studied landscape architecture at Leibniz University Hanover and at Edinburgh College of Art. From 2005-2010 she was assistant professor in 'Ecosystem design and watershed management' at Leibniz University Hanover and from 2010-017 she was full professor and director of the Institute of Landscape Planning and Ecology at Stuttgart University. Since 2017 she is a full professor in 'Architecture and Landscape' at HafenCity University Hamburg.

Susanne Zeller, born in 1972, studied landscape architecture at Leibniz University Hanover and worked for the landscape design practice H+N+S Landschapsarchitecten in Utrecht, the Netherlands, where her focus was on designing riparian spaces. Since 2008, she has been a researcher within the project 'Process-oriented design of urban river spaces' at Leibniz University Hanover, and other water-related international research projects. Since 2010 she has been a lecturer at Leibniz University Hanover, at the department for 'Designing urban landscapes'.

Daniel Stimberg, born in 1977, studied landscape architecture at the TU Berlin. In 2006, he was one of the founding partners of the practice TH treibhaus landschaftsarchitektur in Berlin. From 2008-2010 he worked as a researcher within the project 'Process-oriented design of urban river spaces' at Leibniz University Hanover. Since 2010 he has been working for Hafner/Jimenez Landscape Architects, Berlin.

Hinnerk Voermanek, born in 1970, is a civil engineer with a focus on water bodies; he studied at TU Braunschweig. In 2002, he co-founded the office aquaplaner - engineering practice for water, environment and waste water management in Hanover. From 2008-2010 he worked as a researcher within the project 'Process-oriented design of urban river spaces' at Leibniz University Hanover.

Katarina Bajc, born in 1983, studied visual arts education at University of Ljubljana and landscape architecture in Ljubljana, Leibniz University Hanover and TU Munich. She worked in art galleries, landscape architecture and urban planning offices in Germany, Portugal and Slovenia from 2005- 2015. In 2015 she was a research scholar at Berkeley College for Environmental Design at University of California. Since 2016 she has been teaching and researching at Institute of Landscape Planning and Ecology at University of Stuttgart.

Nengshi Zheng, born in 1981, studied landscape architecture at Leibniz University Hanover and was guest student of EAWAG, ETHZ. From 2008-2018, he worked for Atelier Dreiseitl, Ramboll and Wasser Hannover on various international water-related projects. Since 2019, he has been working as a consultant and providing blue-green infrastructure consultancy services to international banking institutes (e.g. Asian Development Bank), design firms and engineering companies, with a focus on naturebased solutions and urban river rehabilitations.

Herbert Dreiseitl, born in 1955, is a sculptor, water artist and landscape architect. After his studies, he set up his office, Atelier Dreiseitl, in Uberlingen on Lake Constance in 1980 (today DREISEITLconsulting GmbH). He has realised numerous projects in the fields of stormwater management, water art and landscape architecture. He is teaching at international Universities such as NUS Singapore. He is a Loeb Fellow at Harvard GSD, active in lecturing worldwide and his work is widely published. He is the author of the seminal book Waterscapes: Planning, Building and Designing with Water, first published by Birkhauser in 2001 and released as a second and third expanded edition in 2005 and 2009.

Book Information
ISBN 9783035625240
Author Martin Prominski
Format Hardback
Page Count 356
Imprint Birkhauser
Publisher Birkhauser
Weight(grams) 1738g