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Tempelhofer
Feld
A field of possibilities
Berlin, Germany, 2010 – 2017
Photo: Michael Jungblut
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There is a 355-hectare green space in the centre of Berlin that was once the city’s main airport. Laid out in the 1930s, Tempelhof Airport was decommissioned in 2008 and the site remains as-yet undeveloped. Now on summer days the vast runway is scattered with skateboarders, the airfield crammed with family barbeques and the air dotted with kites rather than planes.
The former airfield, Tempelhofer Feld, is bigger than New York City’s Central Park. Long term plans are to build housing, offices, sports fields, commercial space and a new city library on the site, but in 2010, as an interim solution, the city granted permission for “pioneer projects” to take over set areas for limited time periods. One of the most successful of these has been the Allmende Kontor, a ramshackle sprawl of community gardens near the eastern entrance. These unfenced plots are packed with ad hoc structures, self-built furniture and garden devices. Despite the fact that each plot is privately managed, the gardens are collectively used; anyone is welcome to wander, lounge, or lend a hand. p (ew)
Image: Tempelhof Projekt GmbH
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