• Open space planning and urban development realization competition
  • Kiel, Germany
  • Landeshauptstadt Kiel
  • 11,6 ha
  • completed, 2022
  • 2232-KUK
  • Urban design & open space planning competition
  • Oliver Seidel, Imke Hullmann, Tim Kohne, Lukas Hegele
  • NSP Landschaftsarchitekten

New Kiellinie

The Kielline connects the southern center of Kiel along the Förde with the northern district of Wik. It stages the impressive scenery of the Kieler Förde and is - especially during Kiel Week - a hotspot for events and tourism.

The Kiellinie is an important place of Kiel's identity as a city by the sea. In order to strengthen this identity, the new Kiellinie represents a connecting open space on all scales for Kiel. It combines city, landscape and water to form an ecosystem. The result increases the well-being of Kiel's people as well as the biodiversity of the flora and fauna of the Förde coast.

The Kiellinie is divided into three sections with different atmosphere, use and design. In the north, the „Förderküstenbiotop" renaturalizes the shore edge and offers local recreation areas for residents from the neighborhoods. The middle section stages a panoramic view of the water and the opposite neighborhoods. The pulsating mile represents the tourist center and lively heart of the Kiellinie. The different sections are held together by common design elements and form the identity of the Kiellinie. The defining element is the new stone of the shore edge, which continuously stages the topographical edge between water and land. The Kiellinie adapts to the different spatial and programmatic requirements and yet forms a recognizable identity in Kiel's urban space.

  • Open space planning and urban development realization competition
  • Kiel, Germany
  • Landeshauptstadt Kiel
  • 11,6 ha
  • completed, 2022
  • 2232-KUK
  • Urban design & open space planning competition
  • Oliver Seidel, Imke Hullmann, Tim Kohne, Lukas Hegele
  • NSP Landschaftsarchitekten

Concept diagram