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A signage system for Brodowin eco-village

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Brodowin's boulders, rocks, and stones

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Background

The signage system around Brodowin village aims to blend into nature and the landscape, creating awareness for what is there. It doesn’t merely guide the groups of visitors but wants to provide help to better understand Brodowin, the scenery surrounding the village, Brodowin’s organic farming, its history, and its inhabitants. It serves to enrich the experience of those who would like to explore the nature reserve attentively and respectfully. The boulder stone symbolising both the scenery and the village that was founded here, stone is a material deeply rooted in the scenery surrounding Brodowin. The boulders contain information and provide seating space and climbing adventures for children of all ages. Large, round, paint coated metal signs leaning against the rocks show maps and provide information on the three hiking trails and two nature trails that wait to be explored. Smaller metal signs embedded into the boulders provide additional information, such as the code of behaviour for the nature reserve, orientation, or brief information about animals, plants, or the work of the Brodowin eco-village society.

Tasks / Range of Services
Compiling and developing the exhibition’s content in workshops, graphic design of the signage system, design of the different types of signs and their mounting structure, planning concept, supervision of the production, services 1-9

Details

• Opening: 28.04.2019
• Client: Ökodorf Brodowin e.V.
• 17 km hiking trail

Related projects

• Wald. Berlin. Klima, Berlin

Design process

Team

• Birgit Schlegel
• Henning Humml
• Stefan Rothert
• Sebastian Franke

Production and Mounting
• Falko Riepe

Illustration
• Henning Humml

Photography
• gewerkdesign

Grunewald Forest, Berlin

Logo of the exhibition Wald.Berlin.Klima.

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Background

Initiated by the Berlin Forestry Department as a part of the IGA 2017, the exhibition »Wald.Berlin.Klima.« examines the forests’ adaptation to climate change and explains the work of the foresters. The topics are presented in 11 chapters along a round path of 4 km length through Grunewald Forest.

The two year cooperation between the Berlin Forestry Commission, the staff of the Senate Department, hoch C landscape architects and gewerkdesign intended to create an experience, that would present the exhibition’s topics in a contemporary and exciting manner, informatively and insightful, to a broad audience and in a natural setting. These goals resulted in a special kind of exhibition, experience of nature, and landscape architecture. This popular tourist destination for Berlin residents and visitors offers recreation, information and relaxation for the whole family.

Since 2020 the exhibition presents a guiding app for people with special needs. The app provides information about the sights and barrier-free service facilities along the route. It offers audio descriptions and transcripts of the visual and audio information conveyed in the exhibition. Additionally, the app includes several videos in German Sign Language that explain the trees importance for the forest’s ecosystem. A short video in German Sign Language also explains how to get to the exhibition and how to proceed from the main entrance at Havelchaussee.

The free app can be downloaded at: Apple Store // Google Play Store

Tasks / Range of Services
Process design, strategic and content workshops, project development, concept and design, implementation planning, preparation / participation in the commissioning process, production supervision and coordination, exhibition graphics, exhibition architecture; concept, design and programming of the app

Details

• Opening: 13. April 2017
• Grunewald Forest, Berlin
• Client: Berlin Forestry Commission
Fand Berlin Senate Department
Ffor Urban Development and
Fthe Environment
• 1,27 km²
• German Design Award 2020: Winner Fin section Excellent Architecture