First off, what a cool city. Too cool, actually. I headed to Berlin with about 40 other Dutch urban planners, architects, and entrepreneurs on a study trip. My company (read: I) planned the trip and we spent about 3 days examining their strategies around temporary use, among other topics, ie,
bottom-up
initiatives, user-driven transformation, organic urban planning, vacancy,
co-working, urban agriculture, innovation, participation, the civic economy.
We also really wanted to explore Berlin's unofficial motto: Poor but sexy. Why? How?
We also really wanted to explore Berlin's unofficial motto: Poor but sexy. Why? How?
We'd arranged guided
walking/cycling tours and discussions with Berlin leaders pertaining to the
specific theme. Of course our goal
was to learn and see, first-hand, what makes Berlin a special place in terms of the
themes of our trip. We intended to discuss challenges, opportunities, unexpected
results, and the history of temporary use, development, and public
participation in Berlin. We hoped each site visit and conversation revealed a
concrete lesson that we might be able to apply to our own challenges in
Rotterdam. You can read more about this trip and the conclusions here and here. The highlights were: walking through Neukolln, the Klunkerkranich rooftop bar and Farbfelder garden project, the city model at the urban planning department, and of course cycling through the city to the old Templehof Airport, now used as a giant park and kite-flying hotspot. Yep, cool.
Poor but sexy
ReplyDeleteIn my country if you want to show that you are rich (so you are sexy), you have to have a SUV , even Chinese model,
But i found my sexy look with cycling, and it works✌️
99% cheaper 🚴🏻