Winter School: Metropolitan Landscapes: Case Study Berlin-Brandenburg

Abstract

We design models for the future of the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region. We try to think about the future of the city explicitly from the perspective of the landscape. An analysis on two levels (pedestrian perspective: field trips as well as data and plan analyzes: GIS) lays the foundation for the design discussion in the second part of the course.

Objective

The students examine the metropolitan region of Berlin-Brandenburg and develop new approaches and strategies for the future of the urban landscape on different scales. They will familiarize themselves with methods of perception from the perspective of pedestrians, with GIS as an analysis tool, model making as a design method, and landscape architectural plan representation. Current issues with which urban landscapes will be confronted in the future (climate, densification, mobility, etc.) are addressed. The design process is accompanied by workshops, lectures, excursions, reviews, and a workbook.

Content

Based on an analysis of the urban landscape, the students develop models for the future of the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region. The Winter School is organized and carried out together with the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Close cooperation between the students of both universities is sought. The metropolitan region of Berlin-Brandenburg is expected to grow rapidly over the next few decades. Similar to other metropolitan regions in Europe, the background of current issues (land consumption, mobility, urban climate, etc.) the question is of how the development should take place. As a starting point for the considerations, we suggest a change of perspective. The strategies and models should not be developed based on the city, but rather from the surrounding landscape. At the beginning of the Winter School, there is an intensive preoccupation with the urbanized landscape of the Grosstad region. Based on an in-depth understanding of the conditions and genesis of undeveloped space, it is important to identify potential and explore room for maneuver. On this basis, the urban landscape is to be further considered holistically. The students work in groups of two (ETH/FHP) and focus on different Perimeters. The work process is structured in four phases: I: research and analysis, II: program and design, III: development and communication, IV: synthesis. In the last step, the different results become one "overall picture" and theses derived. The results are then publicly debated. Communication via exhibitions, newspapers, etc. The Winter School will take place in berlin. Between 30.01.22 and 14.02.22.

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