This year‘s office outing was dominated by new anthropogenic follow-up landscapes. The first destination of the hike in summery temperatures led from Berlin-Buch through the Bogenseekette and Lietzengrabenniederung nature reserve to the former Hobrechtsfelde sewage fields.
Continue reading...Exhibition Berlin-Brandenburg 2070
2020 marks the 100th anniversary of Greater Berlin. The two-stage international urban planning ideas competition offers the opportunity not only to look back on a century of urban planning history but also to develop an idea for the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region in 2070.
Continue reading...Successful first phase of the competition in Meerbusch
In the competition for the Böhler 2 site in Meerbusch-Brüderich (NRW), the contribution by FUGMANN JANOTTA PARTNER and Christoph Kohl Stadtplaner Architekten is one of the four selected ideas for further processing.
Continue reading...Berlin Gropiusstadt Integrated Green and Open Spaces Concept
In 2017, the federal government and the states of Germany launched a new joint program called “Zukunft Stadtgrün” (City Green Future). During the seventies, a green and open spaces system was developed. Using the existing support program, we now have the possibility to implement this system as new demographic trends have emerged, climate adaption and …
Continue reading...Schönhauser Allee 9 in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg – NEO
After commencing the preliminary planning of Schönhauser Allee 9 in February 2019, we were granted the building permit for the NEO project in December that same year.
Continue reading...380-kV-overhead power line Pulgar-Vieselbach – Power Line Corridor Designation Procedure completed
On 20 December 2019, the official power line corridor designation procedure for the 380-kV-overhead power line Pulgar-Vieselbach was completed as the Federal Grid Agency took its decision regarding the western segment pursuant to §12 of the German Power Grid Expansion Acceleration Act.
Continue reading...Fountain at Lipschitzallee operational again
On July 11th, 2019 the fountain at Lipschitzallee was ceremoniously reopened with large attendance of citizens. After 20 years of downtime, the fountain as an important factor for the identity of the Gropiusstadt residents was renovated in cooperation with ifw Berlin. Now, Gropiusstadt has its striking 5 m high fountain back.
Continue reading...Successful Desilting
At the end of 2016, the former school pond in the area of the outdoor lab in Berlin-Zehlendorf was thoroughly desilted as part of landscape conservation measures. After the redevelopment, nature is recapturing the pond and less than a year later there are clearly visible transformations. The school pond can now serve again as a …
Continue reading...Moabit Freight Station Memorial opening
On 11 June 2017, the Moabit Freight Station Memorial was opened in Berlin-Moabit between Quitzowstraße and Ellen-Epstein-Straße. The site commemorates the deportation of more than 30,000 Jews from the former Moabit freight station to the extermination camps. The preliminary competition was won by the Berlin artists’ collective Raumlabor. The design provides for a grove of …
Continue reading...German Landscape Architecture Award Ceremony
On 29 September 2017, the BDLA German Landscape Architecture Award was presented at the Allianz Forum, right next to the Brandenburg Gate. Together with the project manager of the Botanischer Volkspark, Isabel Keil, we were proud to accept the award in the category “Nature Conservation and Landscape Experience”. Our project Botanischer Volkspark Blankenfelde in Berlin-Pankow …
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