The Bavarian capital of Munich wants to protect and strengthen the city-wide network of green spaces in the long term. One of the measures to achieve this is the concept of so-called ‘Park miles’. Urban open spaces of different types – parks, sports areas, cemeteries, allotments and agricultural and forestry areas – are considered holistically. …
Continue reading...Wuhletal biotope network – nature conservation and recreation
The “Biotope Network Wuhletal” is one of six flagship projects of the so-called first pillar of Berlin’s overall urban compensation concept (“Gesamtstädtische Ausgleichskonzeption“, GAK). Together with the Berlin Landscape Programme, the GAK forms an essential basis for our city’s green services of general interest.
Continue reading...Metropolengespräche: Ideas 2070, pt. 6
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Greater Berlin, the Architekten- und Ingenieurvereins zu Berlin-Brandenburg is holding several events to shed light on the past, present and future of the Berlin metropolis. In addition to the international urban planning competition “Berlin-Brandenburg 2070” and the current exhibition “The Unfinished Metropolis”, urban development …
Continue reading...100 Years Greater Berlin
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the city of Berlin, the Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin-Brandenburg opened the exhibition “Unfinished Metropolis: 100 Years of Urban Development for Greater Berlin” on 30.09.2020. The exhibit shows exemplary places, projects and plans which have shaped and changed the metropolis in the last hundred years.
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...Cemetery Development as a New Thematic Area
Our development concept for the main cemetery of the City of Gransee represents a new thematic area for us. The City of Gransee has engaged us to develop the concept in light of an aging society and new trends in burial culture. Based on a thorough analysis of the current status, the concept defines …
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