BB 2070 – Magazin für Städtebau und urbanes Leben, Nr. 2

The charm lies in the contrast, and opposites attract. The cultivated city and the green, the architecture and the landscape, the city and the countryside. The two poles belong together and yet constantly fight with each other for the necessary space. If Berlin’s greenery enhances the beauty of this city, what do Berliners make of it? There are the neglected corners, as well as the initiative of citizens to water city trees and urban greenery. The 2nd edition of BB 2070 is dedicated to these topics and publishes the future vision “Kontur einer Übergangsgesellschft” by Kopperroth and colleagues, who, together with landscape architect Stefan Tischer, show how forests can be readjusted with microagriculture and settlements in Berlin-Brandenburg in the future. Also in the edition: Claudius Seidl’s text “How Cities Become Greener,” Arno Lederer’s idea on the future of rooftops, and Rudolf Spindler’s conversation with Berlin urban planner Thomas Stellmach, who says: “We need to make our cities more attractive.”

Editor: Tobias Nöfer, Harald Bodenschatz, Redaktionsleitung: Rudolf Spindler, Bernhard Schulz. Art Director: Vladimir Llovet Casademont. Redaktion: Helene Peters, Gerwin Zohlen, Felix Zohlen. Mitarbeit: Fabian Burns, Alyoscha Hofmann, Patrick Zamojs