Mauerpark

Design in mission to bring people together in Berlin, Germany

Name	Mauerpark
Place	Berlin
Country	Germany
Topic	Design in mission to bring people together
Author(s)	Haris Piplas
Completion	unknown
Client	none
Project costs	unknown
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="52.54259" lon="13.403363" zoom="15" width="300" height="250"> 52.541196, 13.403465 Berlin, Mauerpark </googlemap>

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The area was previously an industrial railway station. During the division of Berlin into East and West, it became a very dangerous green area between the two parts of the world. After the removal of the wall, people from both sides met and planted trees besides the spontaneous vegetation. The authorities published in the early 2000's a plan to finish the construction of the 10 ha park area but there are financial problems and the fact that they want to give some areas for building constructions.

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