{"id":2208,"date":"2021-05-17T15:56:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T14:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feministssoa.group.shef.ac.uk\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2025-06-15T18:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:39:47","slug":"tempelhof-articulating-the-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/?p=2208","title":{"rendered":"Tempelhof &#8211; Articulating the void"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Title:<\/strong> <strong>Tempelhof &#8211; Articulating the void<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Author: <\/strong>Niamh Lincoln<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Year:<\/strong> 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Abstract:<\/strong> Tempelhofer Feld presents a very particular form of public space, as a 386-hectare vacuum in the city of Berlin. Exploring the dynamics and peculiarities that contribute to the experience and understanding of such a unique space requires not only an exploration of Tempelhof\u2019s historical and architectural context, but an examination of the notion of \u2018void\u2019 space in an urban setting. In the particular context of Berlin\u2019s history, \u201ceven empty of objects, these spaces retain an immense amount of content and weight.\u201d<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">The concept of \u2018void\u2019 is related to theories of urban sociology, in particular Henri Lefebvre\u2019s approach to the production of space and the right to the city. Does framing Tempelhof within these paradigms suggest a potential trajectory or future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Can the success of Tempelhof\u2019s reclamation as public space translate to other contexts? Does the prolonged ambiguity of Tempelhof\u2019s status contribute to a sense of vacuum or, as Tempelhof transcends into a more formalised public space, could the sense of liberation intrinsic to its current state disappear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">1 Christophe Girot, \u201cEulogy of the void. The lost power of Berlin landscapes after the wall\u201d, <em style=\"user-select: auto;\">Disp 156<\/em>, (2004), p.39<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tempelhof_Articulating_the_void_Niamh_Lincoln.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niamh Lincoln, MArch Dissertation, 2015. Tempelhofer Feld presents a very particular form of public space, as a 386-hectare vacuum in the city of Berlin. 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