PikoPark
A small, green oasis is thriving in the middle of the Westerfilde district: PikoPark between Kiepeweg and Zum Luftschacht was opened in 2020. Tenants have worked together to create a natural park here. Vonovia has made an area of around 200 square meters available for this purpose. In the PikoPark, children and adults can experience nature through workshops together with NABU Stadtverband Dortmund e. V. and help to ensure that Westerfilde and Bodelschwingh provide a home for bees, bumblebees and the like. The workshops take place approximately every two months between March and October. In spring and summer, wild roses, thistles, mallow, yarrow and mullein bloom in all their glory. In the spring and summer months, Vonovia tries to set up a herb garden in the neighborhood square in front of PikoPark, which everyone is welcome to help themselves to for their own cooking.
The colorful mosaic bench is particularly cozy and invites you to chat and take a comfortable break. Bringing art to the park! The Reinoldi Secondary School and the OGS Westhausen Primary School designed the bench together with Atelier Kaller and the Mosaikbauschule Dortmund. The project was financed by the Westerfilde & Bodelschwingh district fund. If you have an idea for the neighborhood - join in! The district management team can advise and support you with the application process.
Speaking of which - the bench is not the only mosaic area in Westerfilde and Bodelschwingh. You can still go on a journey of discovery here, for example on the façade of the district office, at Westhausen elementary school, at KESS or at Reinoldi secondary school.
By the way, anyone who enjoys gardening is welcome to take part in the PikoPark project. Would you like to join in? Then send an email to westerfilde@vonovia.de!
Further informations (in German)
https://www.dortmund.de/de/leben_in_dortmund/planen_bauen_wohnen/stadterneuerung/projekte_stadterneuerung/sozialestadt_westerfilde_bodelschwingh/stadtteilfonds/index.html
https://www.pikopark.de/index.php/modellflaechen/dortmund
https://www.pikopark.de/index.php/modellflaechen/dortmund/aktivitaeten-dortmund/136-dortmund-vonovia-ermoeglicht-patenschaft-mit-ogs-westhausen
