The best of both worlds: urban flair and rural proximity. Kronsrode combines an urban atmosphere with direct access to high-quality open spaces to create a family-friendly urban quarter.
CLIENT
Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Fachbereich Planen und Stadtentwicklung
PLANNING PHASE
2016-2017
SIZE
53 hectares / 451.000 sqm GFA
SERVICES DELIVERED
Urban planning expert procedure for design development,
Functional planning and support of the B-Plan procedure, Design guidelines,
Detailed structural planning of individual areas (e.g. special typologies, noise protection development, neighbourhood centre with retail trade)
COLLABORATION
WEST 8, Rotterdam (NL)
SHP Ingenieure, Hannover (DE)
PHOTOCREDITS
ASTOC / WEST 8
The city of Hannover is facing the challenge of creating a large number of new housing in the foreseeable future. One of the possible planning areas is an area on the Kronsberg in the south of the city, as this area has already been anchored on the regional planning level as an urban expansion area. Therefore, in January 2016, the planning offices West 8, ASTOC and SHP as a team of experts were commissioned with the design and planning for the urban expansion called Kronsrode.
In the course of Expo 2000, Kronsberg was developed as an urban expansion area with different uses such as event areas, exhibition grounds, commercial and residential uses. To date, various mixed urban quarters have been created on the hills of Kronsberg, which are extremely popular because of the landscape park that surrounds them. Kornsrode is therefore not a completely new development, and rather closes a gap in the existing urban fabric on the south-eastern outskirts of Hannover.
The central element of Kronsrode is a crescent-shaped landscape park, which divides the 50-hectare area with about 3,500 flats into three clearly defined quarters and at the same time connects them with the surrounding natural spaces. Each of the three quarters has a small square in its centre, around which city blocks are grouped that consist of small-scale compositions of apartment buildings and town houses. The mix of building types within the blocks creates the conditions for a diverse social mix and a multifaceted cityscape.
