“在乡村和城市中，存在着一些被抛弃和遗忘的景观，尽管人迹罕至，它们仍然是许多动物和植物赖以生存的家园。

该场地原本是Zollverein煤矿厂的所在地，距离城市较远，且外部由围墙和栅栏环绕，因而很少有人踏足。在短短的数年间，煤矿厂和焦化厂之间形成了一个公园，尽管曾经在结构上有所变化，但并未有过景观设计师和园艺师的介入，这使得公园景观呈现出一种完全由自然产生的独特感觉。废弃的工业园区内出现了多样化的开放空间——有小树林、深色灌木、湖泊、开阔的视野，可以看到树影斑驳的小径。”

“There are landscapes in the countryside or in the midst of cities which have been left behind and forgotten – a no-man’s-land where the life of animals and plants remains hidden and people are rare.

The landscape of the former Zollverein colliery is situated away from the city, difficult to reach, and secured with walls and fences. Zollverein Park emerged over just a few years amidst collieries and coking plants. Admittedly, there were structural changes, but landscape designers with their teams of gardeners did initially not take part in it. Despite or even because of this, everything is ever so magnificent and at the same time strange. A multifaceted open space arose in the immediate surroundings of a unique industrial monument – a park with light forests, dark scrub, lakes, and open, wide spaces for sighting the tree-shaded paths.”

▼废弃的工业园区，the abandoned industrial site  ©Claudia Dreysse

▼煤矿厂和焦化厂，collieries and coking plants  ©Thomas Mayer

以上文字描绘了Zollverein公园在 1994 年时的景象。随后，Zollverein公园得到了迅速的发展，并开始向公众开放。2005年，设计师团队参加了Zollverein公园改造的建筑竞赛，其概念为：将两种不同的景观相结合，既强调这片被遗忘景观的原有特征，同时又为新活动提供新的基础设施。

▼项目整体规划，site planning  ©Planergruppe Oberhausen

This has been our view on Zollverein Park in 1994. Subsequently, the area of the Zollverein colliery and coking plant took a rapid development. The Zollverein Park was made accessible and visitors were allowed to enter the unexplored site. The concept with which we took Zollverein Park into architectural competition in 2005 linked two different views together: carefully emphasizing the existing characteristics and qualities of a forgotten landscape, and making available necessary new, multifaceted and robust infrastructure for new activities at Zollverein.

▼强调现有特征，emphasizing the existing characteristics  ©Thomas Mayer