Whose Berlin?
Fall of the Wall, Berlin in upheaval. Free spaces and privatization: Vacancies, temporary use, unfriendly takeovers. Anarchic hackers meet venture capitalists, migrants face real estate brokers. The BG dossier “Whose Berlin?” documents the built lines of conflict and spatial struggles from the late 1990s to the present. Always with a view beyond the official city limits, as the dossier launch at our “Architektur-Stratego” event on September 3, 2001 showed: a political city tour and lectures by Bettina Allamoda, Francesca Ferguson, Philip Horst, Ben Pohl, Milica Topalovic, Eyal Weizmann, who reflected on urban strategies in Berlin, Belgrade, and Tel Aviv/Gaza.