For one month we transformed a Berlin Charlottenburg intersection into a city square, to be used by all people in the neighborhood. This is a timeline with pictures displaying the steps and activities connected to this transformation.
Timeline
- Before the start of the research project
- 22.09.2020: Start of the research project "City square for one month"
- 24.09.2020: Setting up of a game box
- 29.09.2020: Tree slice greening with the neighborhood
- 01.10.2020: Creation of seating opportunities
- 01.10.2020: Open assembly for kids
- 01.10.2020: Open assembly for adults
- 03.10.2020: Upcycling of city square furniture
- 08.10.2020: Creation of the "Schöne Fläche"
- 17.10.2020: Kiez flea market & swapmeet
- 17.10.2020: Open assembly for adults
- 19.10.2020: Construction of city furniture with residents
- 19.10.2020: Traditional kids games
- 24.10.2020: Music and culture Saturday
- 25.10.2020: Play trolley
- 30.10.2020: Open conversation with the district city council
- 31.10.2020: The end & city square festival
Before the start of the research project
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22.09.2020: Start of the research project "City square for one month"
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The intersection is opened for pedestrian and bicycle traffic and closed for motorized traffic, a temporary pedestrian zone is created. A few days before, an easel was set up with information and questions about the design & occupation of the square. In addition, about 1,800 households in the vicinity of the town square received a questionnaire for the scientific monitoring of the project. In this context, the direct residents of the city square were offered alternative parking options in a Rewe parking lot.
24.09.2020: Setting up of a game box
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image13.jpg)
29.09.2020: Tree slice greening with the neighborhood
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image4.jpg)
01.10.2020: Creation of seating opportunities
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image3.jpg)
01.10.2020: Open assembly for kids
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image50.jpg)
01.10.2020: Open assembly for adults
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image9.jpg)
03.10.2020: Upcycling of city square furniture
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image6.jpg)
08.10.2020: Creation of the "Schöne Fläche"
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image23.jpg)
17.10.2020: Kiez flea market & swapmeet
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image43.jpg)
17.10.2020: Open assembly for adults
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image7.jpg)
19.10.2020: Construction of city furniture with residents
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image33.jpg)
19.10.2020: Traditional kids games
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image39.jpg)
24.10.2020: Music and culture Saturday
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image17.jpg)
25.10.2020: Play trolley
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image10.jpg)
30.10.2020: Open conversation with the district city council
![](/public/files/klausenerplatz/image38.jpg)
31.10.2020: The end & city square festival
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On the last day of the project, many residents come together on the city square. At the end, the first research results are presented and the activities of the last weeks are shown in the form of a slide show. In keeping with Halloween, pumpkins are carved, and the ADFC offers on-site bicycle coding. The festival is accompanied musically by artists from the neighborhood and a poem about the time of the town square is recited by a local resident.