Sommerstraße Am Kosttor

As part of Munich's "Summer Streets", part of the square Am Kosttor was turned into a traffic-calmed area and spatially structured and designed by numerous plant troughs.

 

Location
Project location: Munich; Old town; Am Kostor
street segment: sidewalk, lane
Project dimension: 275m2

Time
Project period: several months (30.06. - 14.09.2022)
Project frequency: once (2022)

Actors
Initiators: City administration (mobility department), city politics (district committee)
Project initiators: City administration (mobility department, building department), professionals (StudioStadtRegion)

Construction type
space elements: Furnishing, vegetation, barrier equipment
Material: plant troughs (concrete), chairs (metal grid), information material, signs
Planting: flowers and perennials in troughs

Use
Access: permanent, public
Target group: residents, passers-by
Program: stay

Financing
Planning: own contribution (mobility department), contract (mobility department)
Production: own contribution (building department) 
Material: own funds (building department) 
Operation: own contribution (building department) 

Approval format
Sommerstraße (traffic-calmed area)

Planning context
Thematic planning context ★★★★
Location-specific planning context ★★☆☆

Research sources
Own recordings of the authors

Authors
Felix Engel, Eva Raischl, Hannah Reiter, Theresa Zierer

Editorial revision
Felix Lüdicke, Gero Engeser, Katharina Dropmann

Publication/Status
06.12.2022