Tempelhof Parkland Berlin Districts of Tempelhof-Schöneberg / Neukölln Open landscape planning com­ petition followed by a negotiated procedure Invitation to tender Open landscape planning competition Tempelhof Parkland Invitation to tender Competition held by Senate Department for Urban Development Urban Planning and Projects Division Section II D Brückenstraße 6 10179 Berlin-Mitte Translation part 1 and 2: Quintessenz Konferenzdolmetschen Robert Bryce Teterower Ring 39 D-12619 Berlin Tel: +49 (0)30 / 562 51 35 Fax: +49 (0)30 / 5630 1607 Mobil: 0179 21 333 25 [email protected] www.quintessenz-konferenzdolmetschen.de Translation part 3: Norbert Zänker & Kollegen Dolmetscher und Übersetzer Lietzenburger Str. 102 10707 Berlin Tel +49 (0)30 / 88430250 Fax +49 (0)30 / 88430233 [email protected] http://www.zaenker.de Cover photo Eckhard Lange Table of contents Part 1 Procedure 9 1.1 Initiating authority 9 1.2 Type of procedure 10 1.3 Competition conditions 10 1.4 Eligibility 11 1.5 Jury and preliminary examiners 12 1.6 Access to the competition documents 15 1.7 Submission of the competition entries 15 1.8 Question-and-answer session and inquiries 16 1.9 List of the competition documents 16 1.10 Items required 17 1.11 Evaluation procedure and preliminary examination 18 1.12 Prizes 19 1.13 Further work after the competition 19 1.14 Ownership and proprietary rights 19 1.15 Author’s declaration 20 1.16 Announcement of the result / exhibition of the entries 20 1.17 Liability and return 20 1.18 Awarding Chamber 20 1.19 Timetable 21 1.20 Negotiated procedure 21 Part 2 Competition brief 23 2.1 The challenges - paramount aim 23 2.1.1 Fitting into the context 23 2.1.2 Rebranding Tempelhofer Feld 24 2.1.3 An urban parkland for the 21st century 24 2.2 Main themes for the development of Tempelhofer Feld 25 2.2.1 First main theme: Climate-friendly and resource-efficient city 25 2.2.2 Second main theme: Future-oriented economy of the city – the enterprising city 26 2.2.3 Third main theme: Integration – the cooperative city 27 2.2.4 IBA and IGA as engines of development 27 2.3 Spatial requirements – competition areat 28 2.3.1 Processual urban development - spatial matrix as the basis for the processual development of open spaces 28 2.3.2 Two-stage procedure 29 2.3.3 Working Area 30 2.4 The main IBA themes in the parkland - Three design modules 32 2.4.1 First module: The parkland as an inviting communal location 32 2.4.2 Second module: Use of the parkland for everyday urban activities 35 2.4.3 Third module: Climate-friendly and resource-efficient parkland 37 2.5 Further requirements 41 2.5.1 Staging of the 2017 International Horticultural Exhibition (IGA) 41 2.5.2 Public survey 41 2.5.3 Preservation of historical traces 42 2.5.4 Surrounding vistas 43 2.5.5 Integrated overall design for the spatial and sectoral land requirements 43 2.5.6 Maintenance and upkeep - sustainability 47 2.5.7 Budget for the park 47 2.6 Assessment criteria 48 Teil 3 Site Situation and Planning Principles 49 3.1 Context in Urban Topography 49 3.1.1 Site Delineation and Dimensions 49 3.1.2 Context in Urban Topography 50 3.2 Context in Urban Landscape 57 3.3 Historical Development 59 3.4 The Competition Terrain / Superordinated Aspects 71 3.4.1 Ownership Structure 71 3.4.2 Transport / Infrastructure / Noise 71 3.5 Urban Development Planning Criteria 79 3.5.1 Land Use Planning 79 3.5.2 Planning Policy for the South-East Region 81 3.5.3 District Development Planning 82 3.5.4 Historical Monuments 83 3.6 Landscape Planning Principles 85 3.6.1 The Landscape Programme 85 3.6.2 Garden Allotment Colonies 88 3.6.3 Cemeteries and Graveyards 89 3.6.4 Topography, Soil, Pollution Legacy 90 3.6.5 Groundwater 93 3.6.6 Climate 93 3.6.7 Protection of Biotopes and Species 97 3.6.8 Sealed Surfaces and Buildings 100 3.6.9 Technical Infrastructure 103 3.6.10 Energy 104 3.7 Planning History and Preliminary Planning 106 3.7.1 Informal Planning and Conferences of Experts 106 3.7.2 The Competition for the Columbia District 111 3.7.3 Revised Version of the Masterplan 2009 / 2010 112 3.7.4 International Building Exhibition (IBA) / International Garden Exhibition (IGA) 112 3.7.5 The Tempelhof Ideas Workshop 113 3.8 Expectations of User Groups 115 4 Appendix 123 5 Sources, other Literature and web-links 125 7 Table of Figures 126 Reason and objective When air traffic operations at Tempelhof Airport ceased on 31 October 2008, Berlin regained possession of a large inner-city site that had been outside the scope of urban development for decades and could now be gradually developed and reintegrated into the rest of the city. This new situation offers tremendous opportunities. The landscape planning competition for the future use of the former Tem­ pelhof Airfield encompasses all the open spaces on the site and the areas that interlink with the surroundings. Members of the public were invited to express their views before the call for tenders was made and there will be a repeated opportunity for them to do after the planning competition. In the subsequent negotiated procedure the focus will be on the inner part of the parkland. The competition is also intended to provide a review of the planning con­ cepts elaborated so far and especially their further development. The competition brief must be approached with close reference to a mo­ del of urban development in which great store is set by efficient use of resources, a concern for partnership and social needs, and a focus on business enterprise. This model, which also envisages a key role for civic resourcefulness and initiative, is paradigmatic for the development of Tem­ pelhofer Feld. The implementation process will extend over many years and so there are likely to be changes in the planning parameters as time passes. At the moment, many of the defining conditions require more de­ tailed specification. This necessitates a method of procedure that is very much process-based. Berlin has successfully bid to stage the 2017 International Horticultural Exhibition (IGA), a major part of which will be located in the northern sec­ tion of the Tempelhof parkland. Currently under review is the possible sta­ ging of an International Building Exhibition (IBA) from 2010 to 2020 that will encompass the whole of Tempelhofer Feld and the adjoining inner-city districts, especially Neukölln. Depending on the outcome of this review, the development and design of the Tempelhof parkland will form a major part of both exhibitions or just of the IGA. The opportunity to develop a parkland of such dimensions in a densely built-up inner city area is unique – in Europe at least. The transformation of the area and its integration with the rest of the city will be an exacting task. Integration refers not only to the spatial links with the ground plans of the adjoining urban and open spaces, but also to the links with the various social milieus of Nord-Neukölln, Kreuzberg and Tempelhof-Schöneberg as well as with the new urban quarters planned to house exponents of the creative professions, future technologies and innovative, urban living. The idea is that, as a communal public space, the new parkland should assume a special mediating function in a spatial, social, aesthetic, ecological and economic sense. For the transformation of Tempelhofer Feld three main themes have been set out which are to be pursued and elaborated on a project-related basis as the development of Tempelhofer Feld advances. The main themes for the overall development of Tempelhofer Feld are: 1. Climate-friendly and resource-efficient city 2. Future-oriented economy for the city – the enterprising city 3. Integration - the cooperative city The new parkland as one of the first major projects at Tempelhofer Feld is to act as a reference project for these main themes. The intention is to create a new type of urban parkland that meets the need for a natural setting within the city, an area where people can meet and exercise and new uses for the public space can be found. It is a place ca­ pable of promoting the integration of a multicultural, socially intermixed and ageing urban society. While certain groups can utilize parts of the parkland for their own specific purposes, the park must nevertheless remain open for general use. Public funds for maintenance are dwindling steadily. New management concepts are needed. All these factors will give rise to com­ pletely new scenarios of an urban parkland. A great deal will therefore be expected of the schemes submitted in terms of the design, content and functions they offer. The new parkland at Tem­ pelhof must become an attractive location not just for people living in the nearby neighbourhoods but for the whole of Berlin and its visitors. It should also help create a ‘brand’ for the entire development process. Competition entrants are also expected to contribute to the development of a new type of urban parkland both in aesthetic terms and as regards the amenities it provides. In addition, the parkland should play its part in an efficient use of resources and contribute to its own upkeep by means of the facilities it offers. The character of the site, the sheer size of which is currently a source of great fascination, must be maintained.