ADOLF BLATT

„Neckar – area to experience“ relies on permeable pavers

The Swabian metropolitan city of Stuttgart was originally located on the Nesenbach, a small creek that has been covered almost completely in the meantime. The city got its largest and oldest district by the merger with Cannstatt in 1905, hence it came closer to the Neckar river. The river has always characterized the landscape both in terms of the area and the culture. Commercially used properties, streets, and industrial facilities reach up to the water in many areas, so that the river banks of the Neckar are not open to the public there. The areal structure mainly used for commercial and...

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