Table 4 Anticipatory analysis of the Tempelhof Airport
From: Mysterious faces of hybridisation: an anticipatory approach for crisis literacy
How is it a Hybrid space? • Highly adaptable, while grounded in history, versatile for emerging situations. • A temporal hybrid where intertwined past, present and future connotations are looming. • A hybrid of public and private (even refugee camp is a private space), and of housing and mobility. | What futures are opening or closing? • Open futures appear as supporting human migration from desperate parts of the world, becoming new German and Europeans, with local adaptable culture. • The closed futures for the airfield as a cultural hub derive from disruptions, the closing of cultural event path can lead to short-sighted property development taking over, a political window of change is shrinking. |
What insights about the future does it present, particularly concerning crisis? • Migration crises are not necessarily creeping crisis, but may occur suddenly. Coexistence of acute temporary human need within a space with culture can thrive. • A posi-trend is the agile adaptation of governance and use of city space, transferring from one use to a totally different one. • A nega-trend can be discerned in the forced unsatisfactory compromises. In times of crises, technical flexibility to function as a buffer is diminished by possible political disputes. | What anticipatory governance does it provoke? • Local and national positive agile reaction is possible propelled by urgency of crises, expressing global responsibility. • Grassroots movement enabled future positive platforms for resilience while maintaining heritage futures. |
What image of the future of a city does it imply? • A city of stellar solidarity: City authorities are hand in glove with grassroots movements and their cultural activities and initiatives. • While in case of bigger emergency like refugee influx, agile solidarity has to be put in place. | |