Louis-Häfliger-Park
47°24′45″N 8°32′2″E / 47.41250°N 8.53389°E
The Louis-Häfliger-Park in
Zurich, covers 5,000 m2 (53,820 sq ft) and is embedded between the Regina-Kägi-Hof co-operative settlement, the existing production buildings for Oerlikon-Contraves AG, and new service buildings. It is a neighbourhood park allowing people who live or work here to relax and meet. The park is named after Louis Häfliger (1904–1993), "Saviour of Mauthausen". He saved the lives of about 40,000 inmates of the Mauthausen concentration camp
.
Design
The project drafted by the project team Kuhn Truninger, Zurich / P. Wiedemann, Chur and C. Schubiger, Zurich and Hans H. Moser, Zurich was defined in a study assignment with preselection in 2000. Construction was started in 2002. Louis-Häfliger-Park was handed over to the population in an opening ceremony in 2003 after 10 months of construction.ground water level, which is only about 80 cm below the surface.
Eight grass
ball games and a timber stage.[3]
Notes
- ^ Medienmitteilung der Stadt Zürich vom 25. August 2003
- ^ Ein Patchworkgarten fürs Quartier. Suzanne Kappeler in : Grünzeit, 2003 (6), p. 8-10
- ^ Bunte Multifunktion. Der Nachbarschaftspark Louis Häfliger. Waltraud Aberle in : Der Gartenbau, 2003 (17), p. 6-7
References
- Yvonne Aellen, Ella Kienast: Parkanlagen in Neu-Oerlikon. Office of Parks and Open Spaces of Zurich, 2005. 22 p.
- Claudia Moll: Zürich, ein Begleiter zu neuer Landschaftsarchitektur. Edition Garten + Landschaft. ISBN 3-7667-1680-8
External links
- Louis-Häfliger-Park in Oerlikon, official Website of the City of Zurich