Lesen im Stadtteil Intervention im öffentlichen Raum Südliche Friedrichstraße Berlin

For the new build­ing of the first Ger­man com­mer­cial con­struc­tion group, Frizz23, chezweitz devel­oped such a tem­po­rary umbrel­la con­stel­la­tion, which served as a dis­cus­sion forum for the fur­ther devel­op­ment of the site and its social anchor­ing in the dis­trict. The ​“read­ing umbrel­la roof” pro­vid­ed exem­plary space for an idea: a poten­tial library. Libraries are not just qui­et spaces of seclu­sion; they are play­grounds, places for home­work, sources of infor­ma­tion — in short, live­ly meet­ing places for a neigh­bor­hood. There­fore, all neigh­bors of south­ern Friedrich­straße, but espe­cial­ly chil­dren and young peo­ple from the neigh­bor­hood, were invit­ed to this ​“read­ing umbrel­la fes­ti­val.” They lis­tened to old and new sto­ries about build­ing and liv­ing in the city, but also to dis­cuss what and how an ide­al library might be. The 56 col­or­ful umbrel­las, four large white para­sols, and 20 red water can­is­ters offered a first, tem­po­rary impres­sion of such a neigh­bor­hood forum.