The Aerodynamic Park () of the
Humboldt University
The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public university, public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany.
The university was established by Frederick William III of Prussia, Frederick W ...
in
Berlin-Adlershof was once part of the German
Johannisthal Air Field
The Johannisthal Air Field, located southeast of central Berlin, between Johannisthal (Berlin), Johannisthal and Adlershof, was Germany, Germany's first commercial airfield. It opened on 26 September 1909, a few weeks after the world's first a ...
.
Laboratories, motor test beds, wind tunnels and hangars, erected in the 20s and 30s, are historical landmarks of the Aerodynamic Park today. On the grassy areas of the park is the
site-specific sound art
Sound art is an artistic activity in which sound is utilized as a primary Time-based media, time-based Artistic medium, medium or material. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in Cross-genr ...
"Air Borne" (
Stefan Krüskemper with the collaboration of
Karlheinz Essl) located, in a loose spatial relation to the monuments of the
German Experimental Institute for Aviation and the exceptional university buildings (Architects:
Volker Staab with Alfred Nieuwenhuizen, Georg Augustin and Ute Frank, a.o.). The park is the green center of the Campus Berlin-Adlershof.
References
External links
Air BorneSoundscape and history of the Aerodynamic Park (German and English)
Aviation history of Berlin
Buildings and structures in Berlin
Landmarks in Germany
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