Forest First

Forest First aims to establish a sustainable forest ecosystem that can be gradually colonised by people over time, and economical possibilities.

• The new development supports ecological functions, by extending the forest onto the project site.
• Wiesbach is restored in a widened riverbed.
• Public transportation network is extended onto the site.
• Energetic cycle can be achieved on the site.

ZONING. The Project Site is divided into 4 zones:

• Forest Settlement – a new image of company housing immersed in a forest. Reffering to Beuys’ 7000 Eichen, the construction starts with overall site afforestation.
• The Common – a district’s civic centre that concentrates services and public spaces along Wiesbach. An intersection of Industrial Park and Forest Settlement serves both of them.
• Industrial Park – a complex of production buildings of the 3C Carbon.  The factory develops inwards. The existing infrastructure is reused, the gross area doubled.
• Energy Park is an inversion to the Industrial Park. Its hybrid space is dedicated to recreation and energy production.

STRATEGY. Forest First is a strategy rather than an ultimate project. The development always tends towards one of two extremes:

(S) “Zero growth”
(XL) “Maximum growth”
(M) In any given point of time the state of the development may be extrapolated from those two ultimate states. Notwithstanding the level of development, its spatial structure is always adapted.