Assignment 02 - Individual Design
Children´s Farm

"Where does milk come from?". "Why do goats have horns?", "Can hens fly?", "Do Cats have nine lifes?", "Are there more chickens in the world then people?", "How many Eggs will a hen lay in a year?"

name_ Children´s Farm at Mauerplatz

location_Adalbertstraße / Bethaniendamm, Kreuzberg

size_8.000 m²

type of use_a farm with lifestock and gardens, run as a social project for young people and children

development timeframe_opened as the first kids farm in Berlin in 1981 / commercial development of the site by the owners has since been proposed repeatedly / the project was violently evicted in 1987 / in 2001 a temporary use contract was concluded / development of the site is nevertheless still on the books

visited by_parents, young people and children between 4 and 19

finance_ voluntary work / donations

infrastructure_shelter and pasture for sheep, goats, ponies, donkeys, ducks, geese, hens, rabbits, pigeons, pigs / garden maintenance / building and maintaining the clay "community house", pasture and playing fields

goals_ shaping personality and social skills through curiosity, courage, handcraft, creativity, independence, self-initiative, finding solutions for problems, learning responsibility, solidarity and having a perspective in life.

main Tasks_ Children and Young People visit the Farm on a daily basis. Amongst their tasks: Taking care of lifestock, being responsible for other creatures, learning about animals, duties, work on a daily basis... Working on the Farm improves the childrens awareness towards the enviorment...

Working with Animals helps to develop a sense of security and a better understanding for their own body... In addition, children learn how to behave in a social community...

other tasks_milking Cows, producing goods, shear sheep, weaving wool, animal nursing and health, horsebackriding, hoof fitting, ecology, farming vegetables and growing plants, gardening, igniting fire, protection of the enviorment, learning about construction and Architecture.

The design uses a treehouse structure found on the site to create a new mixed concept of a daycare for children and animals alike. Children can stay on the Farm over night and observe the Animals from the treehouses. A floating construction generates a space where children and animals meet at the daytime, reassembling branches of trees.

Assignment 02 - Individual Design
Children´s Farm

"Where does milk come from?". "Why do goats have horns?", "Can hens fly?", "Do Cats have nine lifes?", "Are there more chickens in the world then people?", "How many Eggs will a hen lay in a year?"

name_ Children´s Farm at Mauerplatz

location_Adalbertstraße / Bethaniendamm, Kreuzberg

size_8.000 m²

type of use_a farm with lifestock and gardens, run as a social project for young people and children

development timeframe_opened as the first kids farm in Berlin in 1981 / commercial development of the site by the owners has since been proposed repeatedly / the project was violently evicted in 1987 / in 2001 a temporary use contract was concluded / development of the site is nevertheless still on the books

visited by_parents, young people and children between 4 and 19

finance_ voluntary work / donations

infrastructure_shelter and pasture for sheep, goats, ponies, donkeys, ducks, geese, hens, rabbits, pigeons, pigs / garden maintenance / building and maintaining the clay "community house", pasture and playing fields

goals_ shaping personality and social skills through curiosity, courage, handcraft, creativity, independence, self-initiative, finding solutions for problems, learning responsibility, solidarity and having a perspective in life.

main Tasks_ Children and Young People visit the Farm on a daily basis. Amongst their tasks: Taking care of lifestock, being responsible for other creatures, learning about animals, duties, work on a daily basis... Working on the Farm improves the childrens awareness towards the enviorment...

Working with Animals helps to develop a sense of security and a better understanding for their own body... In addition, children learn how to behave in a social community...

other tasks_milking Cows, producing goods, shear sheep, weaving wool, animal nursing and health, horsebackriding, hoof fitting, ecology, farming vegetables and growing plants, gardening, igniting fire, protection of the enviorment, learning about construction and Architecture.

The design uses a treehouse structure found on the site to create a new mixed concept of a daycare for children and animals alike. Children can stay on the Farm over night and observe the Animals from the treehouses. A floating construction generates a space where children and animals meet at the daytime, reassembling branches of trees.