Living in urban space

Squares are places where traffic stops and urban life gathers. Berlin has more than 200 of these squares, many of which are splendid and regularly rank high in online polls of Berliners. Others are less successful, partly because they are characterised by street clashes and remnants of the car-friendly city. And some, like Walther-Schreiber-Platz, are no longer recognisable.

In Berlin's districts, many of these squares will be renovated over the next few years with the help of the squares programme of the Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing, including Alice-Salomon-Platz, Lausitzer Platz and Platz der Luftbrücke.

Which design concepts are being applied? How will the quality of life be improved? What are the effects on road traffic? What role does rainwater management play?

With contributions from Professor Astrid Zimmermann, Zplus Landschaftsarchitektur; Moritz Möllers, Brunn & Möllers Landschaften; Hans Hermann Krafft, WES Landschaftsarchitekten; Ole Hartmann, Head of Open Space/Infrastructure Grün Berlin GmbH; Tobias Nöfer, Architekten und Ingenieurverein zu Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.; Rudolf Spindler (moderator), among others.

The event will be held in German.