PLATFORM OF FREEDOM unbuilding walls
SOPHIE HENGEVELD
PLATFORM OF FREEDOM unbuilding walls
SOPHIE HENGEVELD
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SOPHIE HENGEVELD JANUARY 2018
COMPLEX PROJECTS Faculty of architecture and the built environment TU Delft
SUPERVISORS: Lars Krückeberg (Graftlab) Wolfram Putz (Graftlab) Thomas Willemeit (Graftlab) Henri van Bennekom (TU Delft) Kevin Battarbee (TU Delft)
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01 INTRODUCTION
02 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
03 CURRENT SITUATION
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05 BUILDING PROPOSAL
06 PROJECT SUMMARY
07 FINAL WORD
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UNBUILDING WALLS
Walls are a symbol for division, a manifestation of power, a form of exclusion and inclusion, but also of protection. Walls are often built as a final resort, when all other options and any kind of communication fails. In the age of globalization and increasing connectivity throughout the world across nations, cultures and continents, the physical borders seem to diminish, yet we have to acknowledge the emergence of structures that divide people from each other. As mankind should be realizing that it can only solve its problems together, nations extend their walls or build entire new ones. The physical existence of a wall has a long lasting urban echo, even after it has been overcome and
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disappearance. This is especially exemplified in the Berlin Wall as next year it phases an interesting mirroring effect: the wall be gone 28 years – exactly the time that it existed. History can teach us that the spatial mark of a wall endures longer than its existence. The disappearance of the Berlin Wall left an unprecedented linear freespace in the center of the German capital. In the intelligent creation of communicative public spaces lies the power to heal wounds that are still decipherable in the fabric of Berlin. We want to categories these projects, analyze their methodologies and build a catalogue of criteria of success or failure of these interventions. We will than apply the found principles on a specific and well known open site in Berlin that is still looking for the right use and urban answer. We will design a project that will define open and built space, combine past and future, form the free space into a new architectural thesis of connectivity (Course Syllabus, 2018).
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THE ASSIGNMENT
The Complex projects studio promotes
urban landscape. One of the locations
broad
independent
will be chose to become a catalyst for an
thinking. Collective work with the aim of
intervention of re-interpretation and urban
positioning architecture into a broader
healing.
speculation
and
social, cultural, political, and economic context.
As each proposal plays on different scales and maybe typologies, the final products
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Eight sites along the former Berlin wall
are project depending and their exact
were selected. Students will perform
efficiency for the design will be developed
a thorough urban research in order to
in dialogue with the teacher. Next to
understand the area’s and site specific
graphic material, models play a key role in
pecific history and context, and to identify
the development and presentation of the
the urban concept of each researched
design. Through the various final products,
project. The research zooms in from the
it should be visible how the research led
large scale of the (divided – re-connected)
to the narrative and how this in its turn is
city itself, to the medium scale of each site
translated in the design (Course Syllabus,
to the architectural scale of a building or
2018).
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1 BERNAUER STRASSE 2 KREUZBERG 3 ZIMMERSTRASSE
4 REGIERUNGSVIERTEL 5 CHECKPOINT CHARLIE 6 MAUERPARK AND PARK AM NORDBAHNHOF 7 POTSDAMMER AND LEIPZIGER PLATZ 8 THE GERMAN GREEN BELT
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REGIERUNGSVIERTEL
The government district is located in the
lie the Reichstag building in which the German
Berlin districts Tiergarten and Mitte. Berlin’s
Bundestag is based, and the Federation’s ribbon
government district is the area in which the
in the Spreebogen with the Federal Chancellery
most important institutions of the executive and
and the deputy offices and meeting rooms of
the legislative branch have their headquarters.
the Bundestag in the Paul-Löbe-Haus and the
At the heart of the political center of the capital
Marie-Elisabeth- Lüders house.
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1938-1941 | Welthauptstadt Germania. In Hitler’s plan for a “world capital Germania”, the
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“Great Hall” in gigantic scale was
upper bourgeoisie. Due to its central location,
planned to be built in the location
especially after the building of the Reichstag,
of Alsenviertel.The houses of
many members of the government,
the Alsenviertel were largely
parliament and diplomacy settled here and
demolished in 1939-1941.
the district got the character of a well-known residence and embassy place.
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1945 | Raising a flag over the Reichstag. After very bloody and fierce combat within its walls, the Soviets finally captured the Reichstag on 2 May 1945, drawing closer to the end of World War II.
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11 November 1989 | Fall of the Wall
1992 | International urban design competition for Spreebogen The winner of the first Prize was “Band des Bundes” by Berlin Architects Axel Schultes and Charlotte Frank.
13 August 1989 | Erection of the Wall
2001 | Opening of MarieElisabeth-Lüders-House
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1991 | Capital city resolution. German Bundestag decided on June 20, 1991 to move its headquarters from Bonn to Berlin.
2001 | Opening of Federal Chancellery and Paul-Löbe-House
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A city of monuments, avenues, grand buildings, fountains and statues.
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A district destroyed by bombings and demolition for Albert Speer’s Welthauptstadt.
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Reconstruction stagnated during negotiations of the cold war
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Demolition for the wall and reconstruction in both East and West (mostly housing).
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Reconstruction of the reunified Berlin according to Schultes’ plan.
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For Berlin, the 20th century had a prosperous start for the city had become the capital of the newly united Germany in 1871. The industrial revolution had transformed the city’s economy and Berlin became one of the largest industrial and financial centers in Europe. With growth came ambition. Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted the city to be the most beautiful in the world and started building monuments, avenues, grand buildings, fountains and statues. The historic styles suited his ambition, resulting in many eclectic, neo-romanesque, neobaroque and neo-renaissance landmarks. In 1871 the Reichstag building was constructed in eclectic style, to 20
house the parliament of the then new Germany. After the first world war, in 1918, the institution of a German republic was proclaimed from one of its balconies and the building continued to be the seat of the parliament of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933). On the south side, the Reichstag building was located in the green of the Tiergarten, while at the north side it bordered a residential neighborhood in the Spreebogen. The charming Wilhelminian building blocks were filled with upper class bourgeoisie. Higher politicians chose to live there, close to their beloved Reichstag.
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In 1933, at the eve of the second world war, the
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Reichstag building caught fire, what gave pretext for the Nazis to suspend most rights and key civil liberties of German citizens. During the war Albert Speer, Hitler’s favourite architect,
made
plans
to
reconstruct
Berlin
on a grand scale. The crownwork of Speer’s “Welpthauptstadt”, the humongous dome of the “Volkshalle”, was planned right in the middle of the government district. Except for the Reichstag, the complete neighborhood was demolished to make place for Speer’s plans. The war had left its scars throughout Berlin. The demolition combined with the bombings had destroyed the government district almost completely. But even then, the final major offensive of the second world war took place in this area; the Battle for the Reichstag, also known as the Fall of Berlin. ‘Raising a flag over the Reichstag’ became a historic photograph that became a symbol of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
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When the second world war had come to an end in 1945, the negotiations of the cold war started to cause oprisings throughout the country. Ernst Reuter was elected as mayor of Berlin in 1947, but the Soviet Union did not agree with his appointment. This led to the political split of East and West Berlin. In the elections in 1948 Reuters SPD achieved the highest result ever in free elections in Germany: 64.5% of the votes. His Grosse Rede in front of the ruined Reichstag building made him a symbol of West Berlin.
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The political division between East and West Berlin was turned into the physical split in 1961 and, overnight, the Berlin wall was raised right through the government district.
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Reichstag
building
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physically within West Berlin, but only a few metres from the border of East Berlin. The power was divided and the district, including the Reichstag building, fell into disuse. The parliament of the DDR met in the Palast der Republik in East Berlin, while the parliament of the DBR met in the Bundeshaus in Bonn.
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After the fall of the wall in 1989, the scars of the
The goal of the competition was to create a
war became clearly visible and the city had to be
Parliamentary and Government Quarter, which is
rebuilt. After German reunification in 1990, Berlin
integrated in the city and open for its citizens.
was again designated as the capital of newly
The winners of the first Prize were the Berlin
united Germany. The International Competition
Architects Axel Schultes and Charlotte Frank and
for Urban Design Ideas was held in 1992 in order
the central concept in their plan is the “Band
to find a concept for the Government District,
des Bundes� (a board of goverment buildings)
with around 800 entries being submitted.
running through the river landscape.
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In Shultes’ plan, the “Band des Bundes” creates a symbolic connection between the East and West of the formerly divided city. It crosses the Spree twice and while doing so, the Band cuts through the axial planning of Albert Speer. The “Band des Bundes” is bordered by 48 meter-wide representative four-rowed oak avenues. An important symbolic decision for the plan is the opposing positioning of the legislative buildings (parliament) and their executive counterpart (chancellery). They are planned to be connected by 30
the central “civic forum”, to counterpose the somewhat fortress-like apprearancce of the Band. This
citizen’s
forum,
Schultes
felt,
would be the most important space in the federal district; it was to contain a varierty of architectural spaces, including a library, bars and cafes.
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In October 1994, the Munich-based architect Stephan
Braunfels
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the
realization
competition for the parliament building. His architectural concept had to be incorporated into the “Band des Bundes”. He designed a 22-meter-high, seven-storey new building right next to the Reichstag building - the Paul-Löbe-Haus. The architectural concept already described that the Paul-Löbe-Haus should continue in the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, which was completed in 2003. Both buildings are connected across the Spree by a bridge that has a public and an internal level. The bridge linking the Paul-Löbe-Haus on the western side and the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus
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on the eastern side of the Spree is therefore also a symbol of the new Germany after the reunification in 1989. The parliament complex was planned on the the exact location of former Berlin Wall. The architects used this explicit gesture trying to stitch together the once separated city. A significant piece of the former wall still visibly cuts through the building. It now serves as a memorial site within the govenment building and is publicly accessible.
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THE REICHSTAG DOME
The Reichstag was renovated and once again became the meeting place of the new parliament. The transparent design and public accessibility of the new Reichstag dome symbolizes Berlin’s attempt to move away from a past of Nazism and towards a future with an emphasis on democracy, tranparency and unity.
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1. Convenient parliamentary functioning by concentrating capital facilities in the area around the Spreebogen, the north bank of the Spree and Spreeinsel.
2. Equitable integration of parliament and government, state offices and other capital related institutions into the centre of Berlin, accompanied by the development and advancement of key cultural, academic and commercial facilities.
3. Construction and expansion of traffic and technical infrastructure befitting a capital city.
4. Improvement to environmental structure, as well as
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preservation, restoration and linking of inner-city green spaces.
5. Integration of federal offices into the historically established and varied city structure, in order to avoid single-function, desolate districts.
Since the beginning of the relocation debate
Bundestag on Wilhelmstraße and Unter den
in 1990, Berlin has attached importance to
Linden have integrated rooms for service facilities
the creation of lively urban quarters. “Urban
that contribute to the revitalization of the streets.
diversity” was the goal - at least in the ground
The demand for an open government district
floor area of the parliamentary and government
accompanied the discussion of the construction
buildings, shops, restaurants and other services
and design concepts in the Spreebogen and on
should have been given space. The Federal
the Spree island from the beginning.
Foreign Office and the buildings of the German
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The integration government buildings in the city meant that Berlin’s citizens and visitors would be allowed to use and
experience
this
newly
created
area. According to Schultes, public life should not stop at the periphery of the government quarter. For this reason a mixed-use of buildings made was planned and
to create additional venues
infrastructure
for
citizens
and
parliamentarians. In the case of the Reichstag (the historic building which houses the German Parliament) this concept was implemented
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with great success: The Reichstag’s dome attracts millions of visitors each year and allows them a bird’s-eye view from the German Bundestag. A majority of the federal ministries, however, decided against public areas within their own buildings because of extreme security requirements and demanded properties without public access. It is debated that the government quarter is a “ghetto” when one sees the sheer amount of citizens and visitors that explore and use this newly created urban area. This urban no-man’s-land, a scar of the country’s division, has in fact very limited public engagement. The “Civic Forum” in Schultes plan, which was supposed to bring together citizens and trigger public life, was never realized. Thus a connecting center piece is missing in the current urban area.
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Architects Demand: Revive the Government District! 15 years after the construction of the “Band des Bundes”, the government district in the middle of Berlin is a desolate country, not a pulsating city. The complaints about it are getting louder.
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Merkel's front yard is - much like the Platz der Republik
construction site: Senate building director Regula
in front of the Reichstag - a bleak meadow, furrowed
Lüscher fills the construction areas around the main
by the dirt tracks of the rolling suitcases hurrying
station. The federal government has opened two new
to the main train station. A "hodgepodge of street
houses in the neighborhood but nobody has a view of
fragments" is how the urban planning emergency
the bigger picture.
around the band of the federal government is described by the Association of German architects.
Especially on the back of the Swiss Embassy and
They demand that a "holistic planning" will be
Paul Löbe House, the wasteland can be visited:
resumed for the area.
there is a beautiful view of the large buildings of the government district and the main train station on the
Architect Bernd Albers calls for “radical urbanization
other side of the Spree. But because there is nothing
and intermingling” of the Spreebogen and has
to linger, hardly anyone comes here.
provocatively conjured up blocks of houses in the Spreebogen on the computer in order to enable
“Monolithic federal buildings and trails instead of
“bourgeois urban culture” again. Anyone who bothers
living city, it can not stay that way,” says Stefan Evers,
about the unfamiliar sight is just a child of our time -
deputy fraction leader of the Berlin CDU. The fact
and no longer has in mind the charming Wilhelminian
that cafés and cultural institutions could be a success
blocks that were sacrificed to the gigantic plans of
here is out of the question for him: “The beach bar
Albert Speer for Germania’s “Volkshalle”.
on the south bank is also packed in the summer.” The Swiss Embassy is now part of this defiant solitaire,
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“That there is no debate about this in the city is an
but wouldn’t it also be good for an urban planning
indictment,” says Albers. Everyone works on his small
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More life in the government district Mittes Baustadtrat wants to drive the wasteland between federal authorities and offices with housing, cafes and shops. Many good ideas are in the conversation, but still missing a contact person from the Federal Ministry of Construction.
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The main station, the government district, its
The federal government buildings, should be
extension at Schiffbauerdamm - all is planned
open through cafes or shops on the ground floor.
and built, but it remains a piecemeal. In order to
Despite security requirements, this is possible with
stop the threatening “monotonous use by hotels,
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “even if visitors
offices and federal authorities”, Mittes Baustadtrat
first have to walk through an X-ray machine”. The
Ephraim Gothe and the Bundestag member Eva
federal government should also grant citizens
Högl, both SPD, have developed a “six-point
access to the unused library of the Bundestag.
plan”. Core idea: Authorities and office buildings
The second largest parliamentary library in the
should not isolate themselves from the people, the
world could relieve the crowded Gebrüder Grimm
center should be greener and livelier, for example,
library of the Humboldt University. The bypass
through a larger range of apartments.
of the Chancellery at the Swiss embassy, the so-called Michael Schumacher chicane, should
Gentrification still takes its course. In the quarter
be dismantled. And the Wilhelminian-style old
around the German theater and also in the nearby
building on Schiffbauer Damm, which is in the
Rosenthal suburb Berliners are displaced by the
way of the completion of Axel Schultes’ “Band des
pressure on the rents. The federal government
Bundes”, should become part of the planned new
could dampen this development by providing land
building. And another thing: on the northern bank
for housing construction. Shops on the ground
of the Spreebogen, pastures are to be planted along
floor and really expensive market rents on the top
the paths. From an atmosphere “like in Paris”, says
floors, in between apartments “for 7.50 euros per
Gothe, with anglers on the shore.
square meter warm”, is Gothes proposal.
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Government district should be “kieziger” Too much concrete, too little life. Confederation and country are calling the fight to tristesse in the center of power. They want to bring urban life into the void.
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Although the “Band des Bundes” has impressive
A group of students from Kiel is resting on benches
buildings and fascinating views, the planners have
at the Paul-Löbe-Haus. “Every architect has done
neglected the things that would invite you to linger
his own personal showpiece,” says their teacher.
and feel good and would make the government
“But obviously only had his solitaire in mind.”
district a bit more lively. A lack of imagination surrounds the buildings. In First of all, gastronomy is missing. Many visitors
the evening, the area is as dead as the Town Hall
also miss small shops, galleries, street art forums.
Square in Tristenfeld. The only splash of color is
“In the parliamentary and government district,
the flag at the Swiss embassy. On the eastern edge
you should actually feel invited,” argue critics. Also
of the parliamentary district, it’s fun to let your
senate building director Regula Lüscher misses “an
legs dangle over the Spree or rest on the steps and
urban atmosphere”.
benches, but why is there not even a small café? Emptiness and space also have their charm, but
Berlins city development senator Michael Mueller
after sunset it means desolation.
(SPD) expressed the wish that the federal government should open its finished or under
When the architects Axel Schultes and Charlotte
construction buildings on the ground floor for the
Frank planned the “Band des Bundes”, they
general public. The federal and state governments
planned a “Citizens’ Forum” between the Paul-
now want to jointly discuss how to create a more
Löbe-Haus and the Chancellery, with cafes,
urban feel. The exchange is urgently needed. As
galleries, shops. For cost reasons, the project was
soon as the sun is hiding behind clouds, it quickly
then rejected, today it is missing...
becomes drafty among the imposing buildings.
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TRANSPARENT. CONNECTED. HUMAN? What does a distant and desolate government district say about its politics?
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A PLACE FOR PEOPLE
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GIVING PEOPLE A PLACE IN THE GOVERNMENT DISTRICT
close peoplegovernment relation
engagement of people
welcoming open
EMPOWERING UNIFIED GERMANY
commemoration
connected east and west
learning from history
transparent politics
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In my project unbuilding walls is about empowering the united democeatic government and therefore giving people a place in the government district.
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The public space is leading in the masterplan. After all, that is the place where people interact, where the politician meets the people. The surrounded buildings are defined by the space in between them; a positive space.
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DEFINED BY PUBLIC SPACE
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The public space is all about attracting people. A discovery around every corner lures poeple to the centre of the district. The plan makes sure the district will be a destination instead of a transit area.
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Scattered, pleasant pockets of activity (in size and shape), tangent to the common path, make it easy for people to pause and get involved. They make sure people stay and linger in the area.
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The sources of slow traffic combined with a mixed programme creates a flow of people through the area, concentrated in the middle of the band des bundes.
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There will be a monument, a stage for the people. Low enough not to interfere with the sightline of the band, unless someone takes the stand.
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A STAGE IN POLITICAL SIGHT
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How to create a public space that is attractive,
on a human scale, the golden ratio, a nice
full of activity with a flow of people concentrated
pedestrian density. The accumulation of pockets
in the middle of the area. Scattering pockets
creates interesting, convex spaces. Shapes
of activity and connecting them to the bigges
are triggering curiousity and making it easy for
sources of pedestrians. Pockets that are based
people to pause and get involved.
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The Spotlight is one of the buildings on the edge of the main square, with a frontrow view of the public stage.
It offers a stage for the free word. It is a breeding ground for new initiatives and ideas. The place where artists, politicians, thinkers, opinion leaders, scientists and the public meet and comment on developments in society. The spotlight facilitates free speech in a unique way, with a programme at the interface of art, politics, society and science. 74
Groups tend to close themselves off. The Spotlight invites them to talk to each other. In doing so, the Spotlight demands attention from the public, politics and media. This implies participation of the largest possible group of people, so everyone can exchange ideas and form his or her opinion about the themes that matter in our society. The building has two theater rooms, a big multipurpose atrium, an open air cinema, an art gallery and an inhouse radio studio. The cafÊ and restaurant are an integral part of the concept and contribute significantly to the approachability and openness of the Spotlight.
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A SPOTLIGHT ON FREE SPEECH
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As a beacon for freedom of speech, the Spotlight needs to make people feel safe and secure to express themselves. The building expresses this security by the three monolitic ‘shells’.
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the public stage. It is directing the attention of its visitors in that way. In this way it works together with the masterplan to create a flow of people, concentrated in the middle of the Band des Bundes.
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The three interconnected building volumes have
inlet through the double skinned south facades
their own mechanical exhaust system, and benefit
and heat exchange with the basement floor the
from eachothers air supply. The mechanical
need for additional heating is reduced as much
system makes sure the ventilation can quickly
as possible.
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creates the right amount of negative pressure in
In summer, the double skinned south facade
the right places.
functions as a buffer and the air comes through the cooler north facade. To be cooled down by
Following the concept, the building has a north-
the basement floor.
south orientation. The big glass north and south facades form an opportunity in pre-cooling and
All air ducts and shafts are placed in the walls (1-
heating ventilation air in summer and winter.
1,5 m) and therefore easily hidden for the visior. All are exhaust ducts come together in a big vent
During the winter, heat exchange between in and
in the atrium roof above the big hall, a place that
outlet ensure low energy loss. Combined with air
cannot be seen from street level.
toilet kitchen
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stale air to outside double skin facade
ambient air warmed by sun flows to top
pre heated fresh air stale air to outside
mechanical exhaust creates negative pressure inside
toilet double skin facade fresh air from outside
warm stale air
kitchen pre heated fresh air
ambient air warmed by sun WINTER DAY flows to top
mechanical exhaust creates negative heat exchange pressure betweeninside in and outlet
toilet
fresh air from outside
warm stale air
kitchen
stale air to outside
WINTER DAY
heat exchange between in and outlet
heat loss through glass flows back by incoming air
pre heated fresh air stale air to outside toilet heat loss through glass flows back by incoming air fresh air warm kitchen from outside stale air pre heated fresh air
WINTER NIGHT
heat exchange between in and outlet Energy floor warms incoming air
toilet fresh air from outside
WINTER NIGHT
warm stale air
kitchen
heat exchange between in and outlet Energy floor warms incoming air
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warm stale air to outside
double skin ventilation
warm stalepre air cooled fresh air to outside
warm air from outside
to
toilet
kitchen pre cooled fresh air double skin ventilation
SUMMER DAY
toilet
kit warm air from outside Energy floor cooles incoming air
kit
kitchen
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to
Energy floor cooles incoming air
warm stale air to outside
pre cooled fresh air warm stale air to outside
warm air from outside
to toilet
kitchen pre cooled fresh air
SUMMER NIGHT
toilet
warm air from outside Energy floor cooles incoming air
kitchen
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to
kit Energy floor cooles incoming air
05 BUILDING PROPOSAL
Maximum air speed Shafts Maximum air speed Ducts Shafts Vents Maximum air speed Ducts Shafts Vents Ducts Surface Vents Average height Surface Volume Average height Maximum people Surface Volume Required flow rate Average height Maximum people Volume Required flow rate Maximum people Required flow rate Total outlet shafts Amount of shafts Total outlet shafts Shaft size Amount of shafts Shaft dimensions Total outlet shafts Shaft size Amount of shafts Shaft dimensions Shaft size Total outlet ducts Shaft dimensions Amount of ducts Total outlet ducts Duct size Amount of ducts Duct dimensions Total outlet ducts Duct size Amount of ducts Duct dimensions Duct size Duct dimensions
Vents Total flow rate Vents Total vent size Total flow rate Vents Total vent size Outlet vent (mechanical) Total flow rate Length outlet vent Total vent size Outlet vent (mechanical) Height outlet vent
v v vv v vv v vA h A v h n A vQ h n Q vQ Q n Q Q Q A Q n Q A A
n l A A w n l A w A ln w A A
8 m/s 4 m/s 8 3 m/s m/s 4 m/s 8 3 m/s m/s Atrium 4 m/s 700 m2 3 m/s Atrium 15 m 2 700 m 10500 m3 Atrium 15 m 600 2 3 700 10500 m 25 m m3/h pp 15 m m3/h 600 15000 3 3 10500 25 m m 4,17 m3/h pp /s 600 m3/h 15000 3 3/h pp 25 m m 4,17 0,52 m23/s 15000 m 1 3/h 2 4,17 0,52 m 0,52 m m2/s 1 0,7 0,52 0,52 0,74 1 0,7 0,52 0,74 1,04 0,7 4 0,74 1,04 0,26
m2 2 m m m m 2 m m m2 m 2 m m m2
Big hall
Small hall
470 m Big hall 12 m 2 470 m 5640 m3 Big hall 12 m 400 2 3 470 5640 m 25 m m3/h pp 12 m m3/h 400 10000 3 3 5640 25 m m 2,78 m3/h pp /s 400 m3/h 10000 3 3/h pp 25 m m 2,78 0,35 m23/s 10000 m 1 3/h 2 2,78 0,35 m 0,35 m m2/s 2
1 0,6 0,35 0,35 0,58 1 0,6 0,35 0,58 0,69 0,6 3 0,58 0,69 0,23
m2 2 m m m m 2 m m m2 m 2 m m m2
300 m2 Small hall 14 m 2 300 m 4200 m3 Small hall 14 m 300 2 3 300 4200 m 25 m m3/h pp 14 m m3/h 300 7500 3 3 4200 25 m m 2,08 m3/h pp /s 300 m3/h 7500 3 3/h pp 25 m m 2,08 0,26 m23/s 7500 m 1 3/h 2 2,08 0,26 m 0,26 m m2/s 1 0,5 0,26 0,26 0,52 1 0,5 0,26 0,52 0,52 0,5 3 0,52 0,52 0,17
m2 2 m m m m 2 m m m2 m 2 m m m2
n 4 m 3 m 3 m l 0,5 0,5 0,5 2 2 2 2 2 2 A 1,04 0,69 0,52 A 0,26 m 0,23 m 0,17 m w 0,52 m m 0,46 m m 0,35 m m n 4 m 3 m 3 m l 0,5 0,5 0,5 2 2 2 A 0,26 0,23 0,17 w all ducts and shafts easily fit in the wall and roof cavities (1 - 1,5m) 0,52 m m 0,46 m m 0,35 m m l 0,5 m 0,5 m 0,5 m w all ducts and shafts easily fit in the wall and roof cavities (1 - 1,5m) 0,52 m 0,46 m 0,35 m
Length outlet vent Outlet vent (mechanical) Height outlet vent Inlet vents winter Length outlet vent Total length vents Height outlet vent Inlet vents winter Height window vents
Q all ducts and shafts easily fit in the wall and roof cavities (1 - 1,5m) 9,03 m3/s A 3,01 m2 Q 9,03 m3/s A 3,01 m2 3 Q 9,03 l 6,0 m m2/s all three ventilation outlets are combined in one A 3,01 big vent in the atrium roof, invisible from street h 0,50 m m l 6,0 m all three ventilation outlets are combined in one big vent in the atrium roof, invisible from street h 0,50 m ll 6,0 m all three ventilation outlets are combined in one 48,0 m during winter, air enters the building trough a h 0,50 m m big vent in the atrium roof, invisible from street covered vent in the floor(south side) h 0,06
Total length vents Inlet vents summer Height window vents Total length vents Height window vents
l h l h
Total length vents Inlet vents winter Height window vents Inlet vents summer Total length vents Total length vents Height window vents Inlet vents summer Height window vents
l h ll h h
48,0 0,06 48,0 56,0 0,06 0,05 56,0 0,05 56,0 0,05
m m m m m m m m m m
during winter, air enters the building trough a covered vent in the floor(south side) during winter, air enters the building trough a during summer, air enters the building through covered vent in the floor(south side) the window frames (north side) during summer, air enters the building through the window frames (north side) during summer, air enters the building through the window frames (north side)
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PROJECT SUMMARY
The government district has a turbulent past. Before the second world war, a fire gave the nazis a reason to suspend most civil rights. The final battle of the war was fought here, and later the wall cut right through the area. After the fall of the wall it was decided that the newly united government would move back to berlin. The new reichstag dome was designed to show transparency and openness. The band des bundes was built as a symbol
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for connecting east and west where the former wall used to be. However, The district is an open and deserted field, not welcoming, and there is no reason to go there. So what is missing are the people. The people that play such an important role in the united, democratic germany. In my project unbuilding walls is about empowering the united democeatic government and therefore giving people a place in the government district. The public space plays a leading role in this. It defines the buildings around it. after all that is where everyone comes together. Where the politicans meet the people. The public space is all about attracting
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people. The plan makes sure the district will be a destination instead of a transit area. Scattered pockets of activity make sure people stay and linger in the area. There should be a discorvery around every corner. That will ensure a flow of people with the center of movement in the middle of the band des bundes. There will be a monument, a stage for the people. Low enough not to interfere with the sightline of the band, unless someone takes the stand. So the buildings in the plan follow from the public space, but also facilitate it. Housing, bars, restaurants, hotels provide the liveliness that is needed. Around the main square will be buildings themed with the key values of the new germany. One of them a spotlight on free speech. The spotlight has a programme on the interface of art, politics and science. It is the place where the people share their opinion on developments in society. The three monilitic shells are both protecting and directing (in shape and construction) Two theater rooms (one with view) an open air cinema, a multipurpose atrium and an inhouse radio studio. Everything to facilitate free speech. The cafe and restaurant are an integral part of the building for good approachability.
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I think the most important aspect of commemoration of the wall is making sure future generations will not let anything like this happen again. By showing what has happend in musea and monuments, but also by acting on what was learned and by worshipping our freedom. 119
“You have learned what freedom means and you will never forget that�. Thank you Henri, Kevin and offcourse Lars, Wolfram and Thomas for this great opportunity to get to know your city, and for everything else I have learned the past few months.
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