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Final Project Proposal:
Berlin’s Natur-Park Südgelände has been reclaimed by nature and by artists to create a space that is a unique convergence of urban and wild. This echoes the city itself, which is simultaneously concrete and green, polished and graffitied. In our art installation, we are challenging ourself to bring these tensions together: nature, street art, and architectural construction. The Natur-Park felt like the best site for our work because of its history of allowing space to be reclaimed by artists and nature. Within this pocket of green in Berlin, we selected a ruin of a bridge, which has essentially become as much of a part of nature as the surrounding trees. We intend to create a canopy that incorporates graffiti alluding to its history as a train marshaling yard. This canopy provides shade to visitors and invites them to consider the historical past behind the space.
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Project 2 Final – Narrative:
I step off the U Bohn and what is the first thing I see? A large mural on the tan wall of a decimated building depicting the Brazilian footballer Ronaldo nutmegging a defender with the words Joga Bonito and 3 other legends surrounding him. The second thing I see? The towering cranes over the open lot next to this falling building. The third thing I see? Vines, growing back and reclaiming the newly constructed buildings, an example of nature, reasserting itself in the city. It was at this point that I knew, Berlin would be cool. As I moved more and more though the city, my fascination became greater and greater. Learning of the history, experiencing the culture, and understanding how the city is in transition is very important to acknowledge. As I explore greater areas of Berlin, I am overcome with how unique it is, a place of diversity, both in terms of the people of the city, and what the city is made up of. Wherever I go in the city, I may come across any of three things; street art covering large surfaces, nature incorporating itself back into the concrete landscape, or construction, rewriting a deep history of storied streets. I turn down an alley to find a courtyard, with every inch of the walls covered in colorful spray painted art, stickers, or creative posters with political statements. I come across a park, an old abandoned railway station of which nature has reclaimed, completely surrounded by the city, and find vines overtaking every surface with street art hidden underneath. I walk down the sidewalk to dinner, and am diverted into the street by the construction work happening on the building to my right, restoring it to its former glory from decades ago, with cranes towering over the nearby lots, actively building the future. This is what I have come to expect when moving through Berlin. Art, nature, and construction, working in harmony to create a space unlike any other, a space defining Berlin, Germany.
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