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Fig. 1: Map of the landscape islands
and projects of the IBA Fürst-Pückler-
Land (mesh design, Berlin)
The landscape islands are an informal concept and
supplement the classical regional planning. It can be
compared to a “spatial vision” forming a new picture
for the region, another understanding of landscape and
space beyond the political ways of thinking and the limits.
The concept corresponds to the intermediate position of
IBA GmbH: supported by four rural districts and the city
of Cottbus, the IBA GmbH can mediate as an independent
organisation between the various stakeholders. [2]
The core activities include the initialisation of new ideas,
the communication and shaping of the process, but also
the project and financing management for specific single
projects.
For creating the cultural landscape in this large scale
the concept of the landscape islands in connection with
the management structure of the IBA is an adequate
answer to the complex challenge. A fixed plan is replaced
by a strategy that is supported by projects, provides for
creative processes and prompt results and interacts with
regulations regarding the regional planning. Since the
1990s the new planning approach in Germany requires
actions in the way of “Planning by projects” – off the
conventional plan to the point of strategic statements and
concrete projects (Selle 2000). Three examples are given
to show how IBA works.
navigable canals – “one lake” instead of disconnected
single lakes. Interacting overall concepts for the touristic
and economic characterisation und use as well as a task
force working within the Federal States of Brandenburg
and Saxony laid the cornerstone for the development of
new touristic destinations.
Apart from the active and sporting recreation, floating
houses are to become a hallmark of the Lusatian Lakeland
– the motto is “living on water” and not beside it. In
this way, the shores can be kept free of buildings and the
lakes can already be used during the flooding. IBA was
able to initialize two pilot projects for floating houses,
which were realised in 2006. Another hallmark is represented
by monuments of the industrial heritage – and
one pre-eminent example is a former conveyor bridge,
which has now been rededicated as the Visitor’s Mine
Fig. 2: Water-World Lusatian Lakeland (photo: Radke, LMBV)
For example: Water-World Lusatian Lakeland
After open-cast mining there is always water – certainly
in those places where a “residual pit” is left after the excavation
of the coal, which is transformed into a lake over
a number of years. The concept of IBA directed a new
vision for the future lake district: ten lakes with unique
character each that are connected with each other by
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