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¬ berlin02 03.04.02

 

 

 

¬ neuland #22

The Friedrichshain park was created from 1846 to 1848 for all berliners, unlike the Tiergarten park, which could be used by the upper-class only. Three generations later Nazis built high bunkers to offer protection from air-raids, however they served primarily Flak positions. After the collapse of Nazi-Germany the bunkers were blown up in 1946 and the debris of the surrounding boroughs was carried to the park: 2.1 million cubic meters made two hills of 67 and 78 meters. Two generations later I cycle up a spiral through the forest assuming that each and every stone beyond the top-soil here has gone through at least one pair of hands