Program Forum

26 September 2023

CITY – COUNTRY – AIR
Industrial Heritage Landscapes of Aviation
History and perspectives

AirportTempelhof
CHECK-IN Visitor Center
Platz der Luftbrücke 5, C2
12101 Berlin-Tempelhof

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Excursion

Guided tours

CONFERENCE
Introduction
Setting the tone
Panel 1 – Places of aviation
Panel 2 – Aviation landscapes
Panel 3 – Airports as a resource

EXCURSION

Monday, 25 Sept. 2023
(only in German)
10:00 am – 5:00 pm

CONFERENCE

Tuesday, 26 Sept. 2023
9:30 am – 5:30 pm

GUIDED TOURS

9:30 – 10:30 am
Start of the guided tours
»THF as a place of the future – history and perspectives«

REGISTRATION

10:30 – 11:00 am
On-site registration

10:45 am
Opening of the digital conference rooms

INTRODUCTION

11:00 – 11:50 am
WELCOME

Fabian Schmitz-Grethlein, CEO
Tempelhof Projekt GmbH (THF)

Prof. Petra Kahlfeldt
Senate Building Director, Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing

Prof. Dr. Dorothee Haffner, Head of bzi

Christiane Baum, CEO
European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH)

»Introduction to the forum topic«
Prof. Joseph Hoppe, Head of bzi
Karsten Feucht, bzi

SETTING THE TONE

11:50 – 12:15 am

»What comes next? An international perspective on the redevelopment of disused airports«
Dr. Max Hirsh, Managing Director of the Airport City Academy

Dr. Max Hirsh: Abstract + CV

BREAK

12:15 am – 1:15 pm

PANEL 1
PLACES OF AVIATION

1:15 – 2:15 Uhr pm

»Prestige buildings of aviation. Airship hangars as a global phenomenon«
Dr. Roland Fuhrmann, Freelance artist/building historian

»Ciphers and icons: 100 years of airport construction in Europe«
Christina Czymay, Berlin State Monuments Office

Moderation: Dr.-Ing. Roland May, SPP 2255 „Heritage Construction“, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Dr. Roland Fuhrmann: Abtract + CV Christina Czymay: Abstract + CV Dr.-Ing. Roland May: CV

BREAK

2:15 – 2:45 pm

PANEL 2
AVIATION LANDSCAPES

2:45 – 3:45 pm

»Aviation as the intersect between civil & military traffic, technology, infrastructures«
Prof. Dr. Harald Bodenschatz, Urban planner and social scientist, Center for Metropolitan Studies at TU Berlin

»Airports and cityscapes«
Dr. Johanna Sonnenburg, Center for Metropolitan Studies, TU Berlin / Tempelhof Projekt GmbH

Moderation: Anna Lena Joisten, Tempelhof Projekt GmbH

Prof. Dr. Harald Bodenschatz: Abstract + CV Dr. Johanna Sonnenburg: Abstract + CV Anna Lena Joisten: CV

BREAK

3:45 – 4:15 pm

PANEL 3
AIRPORTS AS A RESOURCE

4:15 – 5:15 pm

»The transformation of the former Tegel Airport into the Urban Tech Republic«
Gudrun Sack, CEO Tegel Projekt GmbH

»Traditional places – New concepts. Perspectives for climate-friendly regional aviation«
Dr. Kay Plötner, Team leader for economics and transport at Bauhaus Aviation

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Dorothee Haffner

Gudurn Sack: Abstract + CV Dr. Kay Plötner: Abstract + CV

SUMMARY

5:15 – 5:30 pm

Prof. Joseph Hoppe

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