MICROARTICLE #Water
City x Canal
By: Klub Kanal
MICROARTICLE Water
Wissensstadt Berlin 2021
Published on June 26, 2021
Berlin is a city built with and around water [1]. Waterways including natural rivers and artificial canals are a defining feature of the urban landscape and shaped its history and culture [2].
As a network connecting city and region waterways can be understood as multi-coded infrastructures with a vast potential to serve a transformation towards a sustainable resource region: As logistical infrastructures facilitating circular flows of goods and people linking numerous multi-modal mobility hubs that intersect with other means of transportation [3]; but also as the backbone of an ecological green and blue infrastructure connecting linear corridors for cold air flows, green zones and thus harboring human and non-human habitats.
[1] Tagesspiegel (2006). Aus dem Kahn - in den Kahn.
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/themen/brandenburg/aus-dem-kahn-in-den-kahn/695412.html [Accessed 21.06.2021]
[2] Binnenschifffahrt (2020). Berlin, aus dem Kahn gebaut. https://binnenschifffahrt-online.de/2020/10/haefen-wasserstrassen/17195/ [Accessed 21.06.2021]
[3] Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Berlin (n.d.) Wasserstraßen in der Hauptstadtregion erhalten und vernetzen. https://www.ihk-berlin.de/politische-positionen-und-statistiken-channel/verkehrsknoten-berlin/strassennetz-und-infrastruktur/wasserstrassen-3459854 [Accessed 21.06.2021]
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BB2040
[EN] Berlin Brandenburg 2040 was initiated by the Habitat Unit in cooperation with Projekte International and provides an open stage and platform for multiple contributions of departments and students of the Technical University Berlin and beyond. The project is funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation.
[DE] Berlin Brandenburg 2040 wurde initiiert von der Habitat Unit in Kooperation mit Projekte International und bietet eine offene Plattform für Beiträge von Fachgebieten und Studierenden der Technischen Universität Berlin und darüberhinaus. Das Projekt wird von der Robert Bosch Stiftung gefördert.
