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Münchner Platz Memorial, Dresden

Posted on 26.10.202109.11.2021 by Eingang Gewerk

Münchner Platz Memorial, external view

After his release from prison 1934, the communist artist Fritz Schulze (1903 – 1942) created the linocut „Gefängnisrundgang“, Prison Tour.

Background

As a former place of trial, a prison and an execution site, the Münchner Platz Memorial in Dresden commemorates the victims of political criminal justice during the National Socialist dictatorship, the Soviet occupation, and the early GDR. Since 2012, the memorial presents to its visitors the permanent exhibition Verurteilt. Inhaftiert. Hingerichtet. Politische Justiz in Dresden, which is dedicated to the role of the judicary during 1933-1945 and 1945-1957, and to the events on this particular site. A visitor information and signage system on the grounds and in the surrounding buildings, designed by gewerkdesign, provides information about the history of the different buildings on this site, thus marking historical traces and pointing out where the events described actually took place. The 19 text and picture panels report on the function of the specific buildings at the time, on how the memorial came about, and on the biographies of the convicts. All texts are in both German and English.

Portfolio / Range of Services

Design, planning and implementation of the visual visitor information system and reference system, supervising and coordinating the production of the graphics and printings, brochures, preparation / participation of the commissioning process

Details

• Opening: August 2021
• Where: Münchner Platz Memorial, FDresden
• Client: Stiftung Sächsische FGedenkstätten
• 5800 m²

Related projects

• Ökodorf Brodowin, Brandenburg
• Berlin Wall Trail, Berlin
• Hannover Garden Region, Hannover

Design process

Team

• Jens Imig
• Birgit Schlegel
• Costanza Rossi

Print production
• Hertzer GmbH

Photography 
• Münchner Platz Memorial Dresden: Ellen Schwalbe

Hiking trails around Brodowin

Posted on 20.05.201923.10.2019 by Eingang Gewerk

A signage system for Brodowin eco-village

Brodowin's boulders, rocks, and stones

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.

Portfolio / 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

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Taking a sample at the stone mason's

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Polishing the boulder's cross section

Team

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

Production and Mounting
• Falko Riepe

Illustration
• Henning Humml

Photography
• gewerkdesign

Wald. Berlin. Klima. – An Exhibition in the Forest

Posted on 13.04.201710.02.2021 by Eingang Gewerk

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. During the next 5 years this popular tourist destination for Berlin residents and visitors will offer 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-of-charge app can be downloaded at: Apple Store // Google Play Store

Portfolio / 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