Natur Park Schöneberger Südgelände and the Berlin's Urban Nature. International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens 2022

He 32nd International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens is dedicated to Natur Park Schöneberger Südgelände and to 'Berlin's urban nature'. Located just south of the S-Bahn ring, the park is the result of the abandonment of a vast railyard and its radical reclaiming by nature: a unique condition recognised for its ecological and social value and informed by the concurrent interaction of residents' voices, landscape culture, art and ecology.

Open to the public since 1999, Natur Park Südgelände has been an experimental case study and catalyst, inseparably linked to Berlin's history and to the existence of a 'school of urban ecology,' which has stimulated and guided both the design perspective and the widespread awareness of the landscape that have given rise to an idea of 'urban nature' in this city.