An IBA for Berlin 2020
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Imprint Thank you Publisher / Editor / Coordination The IBA process has to date been a collaborative Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung project. The Senate Department for Urban Develop- Werkstatt – Baukultur, Kommunikation, ment wishes to expressly thank all those colleagues Oberste Denkmalschutzbehörde in the administration, people from specialist circles Am Köllnischen Park 3 and the city community who contributed to this 10179 Berlin project with their suggestions, ideas and criticism. [email protected] Tel. 030 21403195 in cooperation with the Pre-IBA team: Dr. Sonja Beeck, Martin Heller, Markus Bader, An IBA in Berlin which we as (chamber of) Vanessa Miriam Carlow, Pamela Dorsch, architects would like to see requires a Dr. Thilo Lang, Dr. Fritz Reusswig thorough process of consideration without developing specific designs for the experi- Graphic design mental fields too quickly. However, since chezweitz & roseapple this is not a purely conceptual exhibition, Rose Epple, Natalia Göllner, Kay Kutschkau the ideas will be built sometime in the future. Christine Edmeier, vice-president, Photos Chamber of Architects, Berlin Theresa Becherer, Helena Giuffrida, Birte Kaufmann, Stefan Wolf Lucks (IBA Studio photos), Volker Kreidler (Spacious City model, Berlin photos), The IBA Berlin 2020 is being created in Frank-Heinrich Müller (IBA Studio group photo) dialogue Over recent months, the idea of a third IBA in Illustrations Berlin has generated an astonishing amount Thomas Rustemeyer of interest. Enthusiasm on the one hand, and doubts and criticism on the other, have Printers fuelled a debate which demonstrates one primeline print berlin GmbH principle above all others: the future of the city, the issue of how to constantly reinvent Date: July 2011 it and to build on what is already there is a www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/iba_2020 topic that is worth discussing. Over three months, the “IBA Studio” opened its doors in the old Zollgarage at Tempelhof Airport. Here, several thousand Berliners met from an interested specialist public, discussed the prospects of an IBA with the IBA team, politi- cians and administrators, and made recom- mendations for further development. There is The IBA 2020 offers the opportunity to test no doubt that there is a great need among a new methods for developing the city. It large number of people to get involved in can and should be a laboratory in order to public in the issues surrounding the develop- test new formats of participation and ment of Berlin and their discussion. This dia- involvement, to gain new partners for city logue is the engine for the IBA Berlin 2020. development and find special forms for a International building exhibitions reflect the shared and equitable dialogue between challenges of their time. They mirror the stakeholders. debates on the tasks facing architecture and Ulrike Böhm, Federation of German urban development. They go beyond the Landscape Architects, known horizons and set accents and trends. Spokesperson for urban development This is the challenge which the IBA 2020 has and free space planning set for itself in Berlin. An IBA for Berlin 2020 Kommunikation Am Köllnischen Park 3, 10179 Berlin [email protected] Stadtplanung Stadtplanung The IBA Berlin 2020 develops strategies for on, now or not until the longer-term future. how could such a functional mix be tested in Hauptstadt a mixed city A decision should be made at which sites the Gropiusstadt? For the first time in history, the majority of public space and green oases will react to The northern Frankfurter Allee could become people are living in cities, regard the city as the progressive climate change, and which an incubator for spatial and urban develop- their home, want to fulfil their life plans should therefore consistently be kept free ment mixtures, acting as an outstanding there and be able to do so as undisturbed as as forest, meadow, field or park. In this way, example of urbanity between the inner city Raumstadt possible, within the framework in which the IBA aims to test models for sustainable and the outlying districts. To the same degree their city is developing. Against this back- area management and to develop new Oberschöneweide, where the challenge is to ground, cities keep re-orienting themselves. forms of space appropriation. convert the area from an old industrial town City centres are again becoming attractive to a new suburb on the water. Parts of for everyone and act as magnets: for people Instant City northern Neukölln close to the Tempelhofer who can or wish to afford living here, for It‘s all about how to use available experi- The cultural strategy of the Instant City Freiheit are examples of how to handle the Sofortstadt service providers, for consumption, for ences and developing tools which are explicitly regards plans and buildings as a social mix in a city. entertainment and tourism, as well as for really of use to the local economy. process. The Instant City takes the long inter- A symbolic site of public democracy is the new business and production looking for Cornelia Roeckl, GLS Bank im status in many sites, resulting from often historic central district of Mitte with the urban networks. The return to the city began unavoidable and complex practical con- Humboldt, Marx-Engels and Rathaus Forum. as a success story: city centres were refur- straints, as an opportunity for using involve- How should public life be constituted here, bished, the public space was upgraded, and ment and cooperation in the design process in the centre of the German capital? new uses attracted an increasing number of of the city in a different way. These interim Ultimately, the focus is on the “white ele- people. This highly promising development states offer the chance of testing out the phants” – large buildings from the Steglitzer also has meanwhile shown its negative Designing the mixed city city. What qualities do public spaces in the The IBA Berlin 2020 is founded on new future. Berlin is the capital city of interim use, Kreisel to Tempelhof Airport to the museums aspects in many major cities, however: the The IBA Berlin 2020 aims to meet these democratic urban society have, and how strategies: Capital City, Spacious City, of temporary appropriation. Community- in Dahlem, which have lost their originally growing economic significance of the cen- requirements in special strategies, processes does the socially mixed city function as an Instant City based city creation should be made to hap- intended use. They should be considered in tres is accompanied by an increase in social and model solutions and in so doing, makes a “engine of cooperation and integration?” With the three strategies Capital City, Spa- pen in reality, with projects which have a the light of their architectural and functional discrepancy between city cores and outlying contribution to achieving this principle. It is a How are new and old locations in the city cious City and Instant City, the IBA Berlin clear time-frame, and which are joyful and potential for their future role. The challenge districts of the cities. laboratory for Berlin as an innovative, mixed treated in terms of their dynamic and how 2020 can meet these high standards. At the practical. The projects help sound out the ter- here is to create outstanding and exemplary city. are they newly produced? The aim of creat- same time, an IBA is no replacement for rain, to test it for certain forms of use, and to architectural re-interpretations and energy Positioning urban development ing a mixed city can only achieve success urban development planning, but a labora- form addresses. They qualify discussion proc- conversion. A city can only handle this contradiction What does the mixed city mean? when an IBA does not “proscribe” this mix- tory which acts as a showcase, and in which esses, span long planning periods, are inspi- All these recommendations are designed to when attitudes change. The city must be One challenge is to find new forms of urban ture, but develops this goal in a cooperative model and transferable projects and strate- rational and sometimes a distraction. The illustrate the concept. They do not yet repre- comprehensively thought through in eco- development and aesthetic dimensions process and puts it to the test. gies are created. Instant City principle is the starting point for sent a final decision. logical and democratic terms. It must create for the functional mix. For a long time, pro- all IBA projects. space for everyone and everything: for living ductive work was pushed out of the city, For me as a Berliner, the city is always Capital City An IBA for Berlin 2020 and working, for leisure and culture, for whereas now, an increasing number of indus- everything at once: recreational space and Berlin as capital city is the showcase for The IBA Berlin 2020 mobilises city capital to shopping, for young and old, for long-estab- try branches use the city and its networks as a challenge, international crossroads and Germany. Here, the social design for an urban create space for ideas and experimentation “Why an international building exhibition in Berlin in 2020? Berlin has the greatest urban potential in the German Federal Republic. Berlin lished residents and new arrivals. It must an important base. Basic functions such as private island, unconventional and stand- democratic society is exhibited. In 2020, Where should the IBA raise this city capital, is the place where urban living redefines itself time and again. The special story of Berlin makes it possible to follow new, individual paths guarantee a healthy environment and create living, education, culture, leisure or local ardised. Like the people living here, Berlin Berliners and guests will be able to discover and where should it realise its projects? for urban development, while at the same time serving as an example for other major cities.