Overview

• The Senate selected six non-binding proposals from its international urban planning competition, featuring both edge development and preservation concepts.
• Chosen designs will inform a third public dialogue workshop in July and be displayed in a free exhibition in September.
• Environmental groups and opposition parties say the process circumvents the Tempelhofer Feld law enacted after the 2014 referendum and wastes an estimated €3 million.
• City development senator Christian Gaebler emphasized that no proposal carries a promise of realization and that legal protections from the 2014 vote remain in force.
• The Senate separately approved a wooden accommodation center for 1,000 to 1,100 asylum seekers on the field, planned to open in the second half of 2028.