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Visions for the River Röder Grossenhain, Germany 2003 |
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Invited to propose solutions for public space in a flood plain, Jackie Brookner conceived a plan for a multifunctional wetland park that will serve aesthetic, recreational, cultural, ecological, and agricultural needs--with walking and bike trails, restored habitat areas for amphibians and birds, and wetlands, meadows and sculpted berms to absorb floodwaters. The spiraling wetlands and walkways will surround demonstration sites for wetland agriculture that will provide resources for sustainable textile products. These demonstration sites will provide research for sustainable wetland agriculture for the adjoining two and a half mile flood plain. Renewing the area’s long and now defunct textile tradition will help reduce the region’s staggering unemployment. |
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