with House’ it going? (Laura Margarete Bertelt & Uli Kneisl)

Meeting Point

Accessibility:
- The meeting point is approximately five minutes from Boddinstraße U-Bahn (U8) or the Bus stop Herrfurthstraße (M43 + 166). These stations have step-free access. https://wheelmap.org/node/3817753144
- En-route support personnel is available for people with disabilities.
- The route is wheelchair accessible via park paths.
- Accessible bathrooms are available at the park entrance.
- Folding stools will be provided.
- Contact us with your access needs: cruisingcurators@gmail.com

Thresholds, frontiers and borders are everywhere. In our cities, on our maps, and yes, right at the edge of our picnic blankets. So why do we so rarely pull them onto the table and properly question them? What is out there? – Traces, Borders Spaces is not your average Sunday stroll. It’s a collaborative walking as learning from practice, grounded in place. Settled on a picnic blanket in the layered landscape of Tempelhofer Feld – probably Berlin’s most fiercely defended common ground – we ask: Who sets the table? Who gets a seat? And who decides what’s being served?

The Menu – What is on the table today?

Starter: 16:00 — Discursive Picnic
A light yet thought-provoking entrée. Bring your snacks, your thoughts, and your curiosity. We’ll nibble on ideas about space, access, and the politics of the picnic blanket.

Main Course: 16:45 — Performative Walk along the Borders of Tempelhofer Feld.
A rich and layered dish—served while in motion. We’ll explore the crunchy textures of thresholds, the seasoning of speculation, and the bitter aftertaste of exclusion. Bon appétit.

Leftovers: 18:00 — End
We wrap things up with a slow fade-out and some lingering reflections. No bill—just the cost of awareness.

House’ it going? is an experimental investigation lab exploring housing, climate, and social justice, using several spaces as a case study to link local challenges with the global housing crisis. Using a fluid collection of methods and visualization tools, we engage residents, policymakers, and practitioners to rethink housing strategies collaboratively.

Laura Margarete Bertelt (she/her) is an architect, urban designer, and activist with a soft spot for adorable public space. She co-creates workshops, teaches, and contributes to discourse around the housing crisis, the Bauwende, and feminist urban planning. Currently, she’s diving deep into democratic (planning) processes in the Urban Studies Master’s program at Bauhaus University Weimar. She works with Experimental, a foundation that’s about rethinking what we build with and why. She’s also part of Kontextur, a digital magazine spinning around architecture. And she is really into Podcasting. Website

Uli Kneisl (he/him) studied architecture in Munich and Milan, where he developed a strong interest in socio-ecological housing and engaging with existing buildings. His collaboration with Angelika Hinterbrandner and Laura Bertelt further deepened his focus on the housing crisis and its economic, ecological, and social impacts on the built environment. At the moment, he works on independent projects centered on the refurbishment and adaptive reuse of existing housing structures.

Part of PATH 1: SPACES AS THRESHOLDS (on crossovers and commons)
With contributions by Saverio Cantoni & Noah Gokul & Lo Moran & Iz Paehr, hand breast heart kollektiv, Mirja Busch, Harun Morrison, House’ it going? (Laura Margarete Bertelt & Uli Kneisl)

Where does a threshold begin, and what does it divide? Bridges, borders, passageways – cities are full of in-between places where people come and go, meet and move apart, where some things are easy to see and others remain hidden. Some thresholds invite and include, others reinforce exclusion. How do we find common ground within sites of multitudes?

This Path is guided by the belief that urban spaces should be understood as public resources and communal goods that are accessible to all members of society, human and non-human. The contributions explore aspects of invisibility and accessibility in a fractured world (Saverio Cantoni & Noah Gokul & Lo Moran & Iz Paehr); climate shifts and puddle-watching as new forms of attention (Mirja Busch); the role of waterways and changing landscapes (Harun Morrison); memory culture and erasure through a mythological lens (hand breast heart kollektiv); and the evolving architecture threatening common land (House’ it going?). Together, they trace how bodies move through thresholds shaped by environmental fragility, layered histories, and urban transformation.