Shanghai

Well, I just returned from a fucking cool weekend in Shanghai and to be honest this City is amazing. So much fun- buy your tickets now!
When I have some more time left, I will leave an in depth report right here for place you should check out.

Zentralflughafen

Berlin is the City of Change. Nothing is finished, nothing really started. Its in between- Transformation. There are people coming and leaving with great Ideas for often bigger projects. But to be honest- Berlin is not the place for the "big" things. Zentralflughafen Tempelhof is such a project with a long history of transformation in the middle of the City. Even so constructed as one of the largest buildings in the world, the airport shouldn't have been used as in airport that long. Planned as a modern airport with an event area, where thousand of visitors are able to watch the air shows from the roof top. Well to make a long story short- the airport was in use until end of 2008. In between as one of the busiest airports in the world and later as a small city airport with the most charming departure hall with a coffee shop serving "Bruehkaffee"! But that wouldn't be a story from Berlin if there wouldn't be more stories to talk about. The building "Zentralflughafen Tempelhof" has never been finished and has never been used just as an airport. It used to be a basis of the american army, the C.I.A., german police, central lost and found berlin, hundreds of offices and of course entertainment areas for erotic shows and dancing classes.
The U.S. Air Force constructed an indoor basket ball field, bowling centre, bars as well as a sauna.


Well the airport is closed- what's next? People in Berlin hoping that they will be able to use the airfield as a green recreation area as promised around 80 years ago- a long transformation you might think, but thats not the end for sure. As this is one of the biggest development areas in berlin for the upcoming years I am looking forward the visions of this "new" area. Indeed they are different, but don't worry- there is no need to hassle as there is a in between use already with bread&butter for the next ten years. Maybe they are able to develop an integrated concept during this time for a sustainable "transformation" into one of berlin most famous city centers. The guys from Graft work on it- but there are also politicians, allotment farmers, the berlin dog association and of cause the possibility of another "Ringcenter".
Maybe Berlin need some more time for the really big things, but in between we should think about the "transformation"- there is a lot of space left for some kinky fun..

Stay tuned for more in depth reports!