Motorway Service and Landscape Park Moselle View, Zeltingen-Rachtig

The landscape along the Moselle is characterised by centuries of careful use and shaping into an ‘ideal’ vineyard landscape between valley and plateau level. In the vicinity of the Hochmosel bridge spanning the Moselle valley, a plateau rest area is to be built on the B50 motorway. An analysis of the topography of the existing plateau forms the basis for weighing up spatial interventions. Three sub-areas are differentiated: The flat entrance, the gentle slope and the wide plateau level. The rest area is organised compactly on the largely flat surface. The observation tower is located on the topographically exposed south-western edge and is therefore easily accessible and intuitive to find. The refuge required for community and club use with surrounding leisure facilities forms the south-west-facing counterpart opposite the tower. An extended circular path forms the framing framework for the extensive ‘park in the landscape’ and connects with short links to the network of paths on the plateau and in the vineyards.