Tim Edler

The Flussbad Berlin is both an NGO (Flussbad Berlin e. V.) and a project to convert the Spree Canal in Berlin-Mitte. The canal is to be ecologically cleaned and used as a river bath. In recent times the initiative both broadened the vision (swimming in the entire river) and moved the technical approach putting more weight on intelligent water monitoring. The project, designed by the architects and artists group realities:united, has been funded since 2015 as a »national urban development project« by the federal government and by the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment. However, despite the tremendous progress no political decision for realization has been made so far.

www.flussbad.berlin, www.realu.de