Herbert Dreiseitl

Herbert Dreiseitl was born in Ulm, Germany, and founded the firm Atelier Dreiseitl in 1980. He trained as an artist and works as a landscape architect designing water sculptures and urban space. The firm places a special importance on the management of rainwater (surface water runoff) in a sustainable manner. As much as possible of the water which falls on roofs and on the ground is collected and biologically purified by storing it in a pond with a diverse flora and flora. The structures which duct and contain the water are modeled in the studio at a 1:1 scale before being cut in stone. The technique is innovative, for a landscape design office, and profoundly creative. Dreiseitl's best-known project, but not necessarily his best project, was for Berlin's Potsdammer Platz. It uses rainwater for flushing toilets, irrigation, floodwater protection and temperature moderation. The reed-planted embankment forms part of a biological and chemical water-purifying system.He has also worked on the Prisma in Nuremberg and and on Solar City in Linz. His book, Waterscapes: Planning, Building and Designing with Water was published by Birkhauser Verlag AG in 2001 - and should be on the shelf of every landscape architect concerned with urban design projects. New Waterscapes: Planning, Building and Designing with Water  was published in 2005 and  Recent Waterscapes was published in 2009, containing details of a wide portfolio of international projects.

CV Bio Biography of Herbert Dreiseitl

Herbert was born in Ulm, Germany. He trained as an artist and did apprenticeships in England, Norway and Germany. His period of  civil service as was spent as an art therapist working in  the drug rehabilitation center “Sieben Zwerge”. Atelier Dreiseitl was founded. The firm collaborates with local craftsmen and with international design practices. His professional memberships include:
Member Architektenkammer NW (L 41 560)(German Architects Association)
Member ASLA · (American Society of Landscape Architects)
Member VBKW · (Württemberg Association of Visual Artists)
Member BBK · (Professional Association of Visual Artists)
Member ATV-DVWK · (German Association for Water Management, Wastewater and Waste)