A Study on the Space Utilization of the Former Berlin Wall Site and the Theory of Open Space Development in the 21st Century

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K04852
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 23030:Architectural planning and city planning-related
• Research Institution: University of Hyogo
• Principal Investigator: Ota Naotaka 兵庫県立大学, 環境人間学部, 教授 (30650262)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 新保 奈穂美 兵庫県立大学, 緑環境景観マネジメント研究科, 講師 (40778354)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: ドイツ / ベルリンの壁 / オープンスペース / グリーンベルト / ダークツーリズム / 合意形成

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify who and what ideas and methods were used to utilize the former site of the Berlin Wall, what were the results and issues, and to consider the theory of open space development. The results of the four-year study, including a one-year extension due to the Corona pandemic, showed that (1) no major plans and individual projects were made from the beginning,(2) although the development policy was decided through a long-term, multi-layered, statutory and non-statutory consensus building process at Checkpoint Charlie, where development pressure was high, the realization of the policy was not foreseeable,(3) in the wide-area “Mauer Weg” and “Berlin Green Belt Concept,” the development and maintenance of the area was facilitated by the inclusion of other uses, such as recreation and ecosystem preservation.

Free Research Field

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の研究成果の学術的意義や社会的意義については、悲劇の遺産とも新たな時代を開いた象徴とも、都市の中の貴重なオープンスペースともいえ、かつ世界的に注目度が高いベルリンの壁跡地の土地利用の現状が明らかになったことである。学術的にはこれまでは壁の崩壊が所与の条件として、ほとんど調査されていなかったことを考えると、跡地自体に注目した意義は大きいと言える。社会的には、ドイツと日本との計画文化的違いは計画制度と共にあるとしても、点的であっても線的であっても、様々な歴史遺産をどのように解釈し整備保全していくかの具体例の提示となると考えられる。