In Germany, the Landscape Park Duisburg Nord designed by Peter Latz is a pioneering example of how post-industrial sites can become open to all — where nature, leisure, and heritage conservation can COEXIST. Formerly a working-class neighbourhood of factory workers from all over Europe, the old steel plant site has been converted into campuses, art centres, housing, ponds, and gardens. The Renzo Piano Building Workshop’s Le Albere district in Trento is more than just a former brownfield site turned into a residential area. It has become a genuine social and economic engine by virtue of the MUSE Science Museum. As one of the most visited museums in Europe, it has added a cultural offering to the list of Le Albere’s attractions, making Winner of the World Building of the Year Award 2008, Bocconi University in Italy arose from the combined creativity of Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara. They won the Pritzker Prize in 2020 and curated the last edition of Venice’s Architecture Biennale. Photo by Federico Brunetti. 9 architecture for the people EXCERPT
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