ATLAS BRITZER GARTEN
Unveiling the Visible and Invisible Potentials of a Place
Gr\u00fcn Berlin GmbH
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The Britzer Garten in the south of Berlin was created in 1985 as part of the BUGA, a biennial federal horticulture show, and has evolved over the following three decades. Today, as a public park, the Britzer Garten is a space of possibilities: Spanning 90 hectares, complete with hills and a lake, it is a place for leisure in the midst of a metropolis.<\/p>
The \u201cAtlas Britzer Garten\u201d is a systematic collection and examination of the park\u2019s numerous potentials, both visible and invisible. It examines the park\u2019s origins, role in the present, and possible future, thus envisioning a park with an innate capability for continual reinvention.<\/p>
In light of the park\u2019s further development, Julia Volkmar, alongside futurologists Ludwig Engel and Stefan Carsten, was commissioned by Gr\u00fcn Berlin to examine the role of the Britzer Garten and to conceive and design a publication that consolidates this research. The result is a foundational work, the \u201cAtlas Britzer Garten.\u201d As an inventory of the park\u2019s status quo and an investigation of its role in a future city, it serves as the basis for developing a new master plan for its redesign.<\/p>
\u201cTo envision the south of West Berlin in the 1970s, one must picture a rather bleak slice of the world. Surrounded by the Wall, it was simply not an option \u00a0to leave the city for the nature, peace, and greenery surrounding one of Brandenburg\u2019s countless lakes. Instead, there were a handful of urban parks, soccer fields, and corner pubs\u2014more of a compensation than a true substitute for experiencing nature. With no foreseeable end to being walled in, a plan was conceived to give the south of the city its own landscape, to bring the countryside into the city since its citizens could not go to the countryside. Said and done.\u201d<\/p>
A lawn sprinkler rainbow is one of many images collected in the\u00a0*Atlas,*\u00a0presenting an array of visual materials that span from historical to modern, and from analog to digital, including observations, snapshots, archival photographs, and brochures from the BUGA 1985. This image canon, often juxtaposed, reveals similarities and differences: Aerial photos from around 1985 are compared with current Apple map data, Instagram snapshots are presented alongside Impressionist paintings, and the park\u2019s wooden jetty is collated with Olafur Eliasson\u2019s artwork \u201cThe Parliament of Reality\u201d (2006\u20132009). Accompanied by texts from Carsten and Engel, the atlas produces a colorful, detailed system of the park and its uses, its history, present, and future. Topics such as mobility, guidance systems, gastronomy, and the integration of the Britzer Garten into its surroundings are negotiated, creating a comprehensive examination of the park\u2019s role within the urban landscape and its potential for continual transformation.<\/p>\",\r\n \"align\": \"top\",\r\n \"row\": 1,\r\n \"col\": 4,\r\n \"colspan\": 5,\r\n \"offsetx\": 0,\r\n \"offsety\": 0,\r\n \"spaceabove\": 5,\r\n \"spacebelow\": 5,\r\n \"yvel\": 1,\r\n \"push\": 4,\r\n \"relid\": 5,\r\n \"absolute_position\": true\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"type\": \"text\",\r\n \"cont\": \"
CLIENT
Gr\u00fcn Berlin GmbH
CONCEPT
Stefan Carsten, Ludwig Engel, Julia Volkmar
TEXTS
Stefan Carsten, Ludwig Engel<\/p>
DESIGN
Julia Volkmar<\/p>
IN COLLABORATION WITH
Maria Boehme, Ole Hartmann, Andr\u00e9 Ruppert<\/p>
PHOTOGRAPHY
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ATLAS BRITZER GARTEN
Unveiling the Visible and Invisible Potentials of a Place
Gr\u00fcn Berlin GmbH
2019<\/p>\",\r\n \"align\": \"bottom\",\r\n \"row\": 1,\r\n \"col\": 0,\r\n \"colspan\": 12,\r\n \"offsetx\": 0,\r\n \"offsety\": 0,\r\n \"spaceabove\": \"5\",\r\n \"spacebelow\": 0,\r\n \"yvel\": 1,\r\n \"push\": 0,\r\n \"relid\": 4,\r\n \"absolute_position\": true,\r\n \"classes\": \"intro-sticky-title color-cycle\",\r\n \"dosync\": false\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"type\": \"text\",\r\n \"cont\": \"
The Britzer Garten in the south of Berlin was created in 1985 as part of the BUGA, a biennial federal horticulture show, and has evolved over the following three decades. Today, as a public park, the Britzer Garten is a space of possibilities: Spanning 90 hectares, complete with hills and a lake, it is a place for leisure in the midst of a metropolis.<\/p>
The \u201cAtlas Britzer Garten\u201d is a systematic collection and examination of the park\u2019s numerous potentials, both visible and invisible. It examines the park\u2019s origins, role in the present, and possible future, thus envisioning a park with an innate capability for continual reinvention.<\/p>
In light of the park\u2019s further development, Julia Volkmar, alongside futurologists Ludwig Engel and Stefan Carsten, was commissioned by Gr\u00fcn Berlin to examine the role of the Britzer Garten and to conceive and design a publication that consolidates this research. The result is a foundational work, the \u201cAtlas Britzer Garten.\u201d As an inventory of the park\u2019s status quo and an investigation of its role in a future city, it serves as the basis for developing a new master plan for its redesign.<\/p>
\u201cTo envision the south of West Berlin in the 1970s, one must picture a rather bleak slice of the world. Surrounded by the Wall, it was simply not an option \u00a0to leave the city for the nature, peace, and greenery surrounding one of Brandenburg\u2019s countless lakes. Instead, there were a handful of urban parks, soccer fields, and corner pubs\u2014more of a compensation than a true substitute for experiencing nature. With no foreseeable end to being walled in, a plan was conceived to give the south of the city its own landscape, to bring the countryside into the city since its citizens could not go to the countryside. Said and done.\u201d<\/p>
A lawn sprinkler rainbow is one of many images collected in the\u00a0*Atlas,*\u00a0presenting an array of visual materials that span from historical to modern, and from analog to digital, including observations, snapshots, archival photographs, and brochures from the BUGA 1985. This image canon, often juxtaposed, reveals similarities and differences: Aerial photos from around 1985 are compared with current Apple map data, Instagram snapshots are presented alongside Impressionist paintings, and the park\u2019s wooden jetty is collated with Olafur Eliasson\u2019s artwork \u201cThe Parliament of Reality\u201d (2006\u20132009). Accompanied by texts from Carsten and Engel, the atlas produces a colorful, detailed system of the park and its uses, its history, present, and future. Topics such as mobility, guidance systems, gastronomy, and the integration of the Britzer Garten into its surroundings are negotiated, creating a comprehensive examination of the park\u2019s role within the urban landscape and its potential for continual transformation.<\/p>\",\r\n \"align\": \"bottom\",\r\n \"row\": 2,\r\n \"col\": 0,\r\n \"colspan\": 12,\r\n \"offsetx\": 0,\r\n \"offsety\": 0,\r\n \"spaceabove\": \"10\",\r\n \"spacebelow\": \"5\",\r\n \"yvel\": 1,\r\n \"push\": 0,\r\n \"relid\": 5,\r\n \"absolute_position\": true,\r\n \"frameOverflow\": \"\"\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"type\": \"text\",\r\n \"cont\": \"
CLIENT
Gr\u00fcn Berlin GmbH
CONCEPT
Stefan Carsten, Ludwig Engel, Julia Volkmar
TEXTS
Stefan Carsten, Ludwig Engel<\/p>
DESIGN
Julia Volkmar<\/p>
IN COLLABORATION WITH
Maria Boehme, Ole Hartmann, Andr\u00e9 Ruppert<\/p>
PHOTOGRAPHY
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