Airport Berlin Brandenburg International BER

Berlin, Germany

Photo © Marcus Bredt

Photo © Jürgen Voss

Visualization © Björn Rolle

Site plan

Landscape Architects: WES LandscapeArchitecture

Location: Berlin, Germany
Year: 2013
Client: Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH - Berlin
Landscape Architecture: ARGE Freiräume BBI – WES LandscapeArchitecture, Berlin/ Hamburg | Josch Bender Landschaftsarchitekten und Ingenieure, Weder (Havel) | PST GmbH, Werder (Havel)
Project period: 2009 - 2013
Size: 605.000 m²
Competition: 2009 VOF-Verfahren -1st prize „Berlin Schönefeld - Planung übergeordnete Frei- und Grünflächengestaltung BBI“
Realisation: WES LandscapeArchitecture

The urban planning concept envisages an axial alignment, in which the terminal is presented as the main building and principle structure of the entire airport facility.

The open space is a staged presentation that includes elements from the Märkisch countryside such as pine forests, dunes, meadows, water, gardens, streets and plazas.

These themes accompany the visitors on their way to the terminal, as the route leads through the streets and tracks of the Midfield Garden, with its meadow dunes and pine forests, before reaching the Airport City garden with its strips of ground covering and hedge elements. The landscape elements of the garden merge seamlessly with the Airport City via the Willy-Brandt-Platz and the side streets.

The Willy Brandt Platz it the heart of the urban space in the Airport City and is situated as a stone, urban square and entrée in front of the terminal.

Tree-lined avenues link the plaza and the garden and a wide water axis reinforces the themes city and landscape and also mobility and dynamics by a staged presentation of fountains.