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46 // CITY PORTRAIT the b e r l i n waLL 160 km border 46 km of wall between the Eastern and western parts of the city 45,000 individual components (each 3.60 x 1.20 m and weighing 2.75 t) 116 watchtowers 450,000 m2 death strip 10,000 border guards and officers 5,000 escape attempts 239 deaths The 118-metrehigh ‘Zoofenster’ skyscraper is currently being constructed by ALPINE in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg. there!’), and they make a hasty exit and find another way to work. The Wolfgang Becker film ‘Leben ist eine Baustelle’ (‘Life is a construction site’) could only have been filmed in Berlin. There are construction sites everywhere and the city skyline is changing at a fast pace. It sometimes seems as though the speed at which websites are set up on the Internet is the speed at which things happen in Berlin in real life. This is something you also notice with modern architectural styles, which are strongly influenced by media aesthetics. At the Osthafen, for example, ALPINE constructed the Fernsehwerft (TV Dockyard) from 2007–8, a fourstorey media centre with television studios, directing, cutting and editing rooms, as well as a 4,000-m² façade made from aluminium, glass and natural stone. The joy of (self-) promotion stops at nothing. The trendy districts of Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte are experiencing a period of intensive stylistics, complete with changing trends and counter-trends. Prenzlauer Berg, for example, is the Berlin district with the highest birth rate and feels like it has the most children’s buggies in Germany. Gentrification in its purest form. The German advertising industry has long used Berlin as a backdrop and those who know the city well will feel as though they are being taken on a sightseeing tour every time they watch a commercial break on German television. THE MYTH OF BERLIN: FOREVER DESTINED TO BE A SHIFTING SAND DUNE? Someone once said that in Berlin, people never want to grow up. But the world is constantly changing and grown-up values such as sustainability and reliability are becoming ever more important for everyone, Berlin included. And there will come a time when people will find self-reflection and selfirony wearisome. Although it has an unstoppable zest for renewal, the city needs traditions and stable foundations so that its changeability is firmly anchored on solid ground. Berlin is an excellent test laboratory for demonstrating how vastly different ideas can be merged to form a more pleasing whole. Where once there were spring guns, now there are self-service stands and beach bars. The former death strip is now a residential idea. The world could learn a few things from Berlin. If there is one thing we’ve learnt from this city, it is this: a thing is at its most exciting at the precise point it actually becomes something. The Hotel Zoofenster is a highly visible example of this. For the 118-metre and 32-storey-high new construction, ALPINE used 32,500 cubic metres of concrete and 5,250 tonnes of steel. The name ‘Zoofenster’ (Zoo Window) comes from the glass cube at the top. Incidentally, quartz sand makes up 70% of glass. Only those who are brave enough to mix sand with fire will get glass, through which the light can shine brightly. //
INSIGHTS PAGE 34 white gold PAGE 50 DAIly Porcelain is a central component of Chinese art and culture and has been manufactured there since the 7 th century. Marco Polo brought the ‘white gold’ back with him to Europe in around 1300. However, manufacturing materials and methods remained a secret fiercely guarded by the Chinese for centuries. The first European porcelain was manufactured in 1708 in Dresden and Meissen. If you are working hard and for long periods of time, it’s important to eat enough and eat healthily. On a drilling rig, workers have to work around the clock, so even the kitchen team has to undertake exceptional feats of strength. Workers are normally offered four main meals free of charge in order to maintain their physical well-being and ensure good mental health. Alcohol is strictly forbidden on safety grounds. Picture from the GEO report ‘Churubamba’ on the SF programme Horizonte, 25/05/08 PAGE 20 CHURUBAMBA In this small village, which is located 3,850 m above sea level and has no electricity or running water, female farm workers play football every day. For those who live in the Andes, it is a welcome distraction from their everyday life of fieldwork, cattle breeding, housework and looking after the children. It also serves as training for the Andes Championships ‘fulbito Andino’. PAGE 24 PAGE 42 In 1969, the traffic light man made his first official appearance in East Berlin and was then employed across the whole of the GDR. After the fall of the Wall, the Eastern traffic light man was replaced by the Western traffic light man, which led to protests from the local population. Since January 2005, the Eastern traffic light man has also been employed in Western districts of Berlin. PAGE 20 Groundhopper … are people who visit as many stadiums, arenas and halls related to a particular sport as possible, and who try to go to as many games as possible to increase the number of different grounds and countries on their list. The term first came into use at the end of the 1980s to denote certain types of well-informed football fans. 10 MINUTES That is the amount of time even a world class swimmer would need to cross a pool with a length of 1,013 m. The largest pool in the world contains 250,000 cubic metres of water and is located in the holiday complex San Alfonso del Mar in Algarrobo, around 75 km from the Chilean capital of Santiago. Even boats can be driven across the eight-hectare pool.
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