Tag: call to action on climate crisis

23.12.2024

LiMa - garden planning - Herman Hertzberger

The LiMa courtyard The paths lead to the center of the courtyard garden in a radial pattern. This creates several spaces that take on different shapes through planting and lawns in the style of Renaissance garden art. In the center, the architect planned a sandpit, a fountain and a pergola. 1984 The LiMa front gardens […]

16.12.2024

LiMA - city in the 21th century -

The New York Times reported today on traffic policies in the year 2025 for Manhatten: Most drivers will begin paying new congestion tolls on Jan. 5 to reach the heart of Manhattan, if all goes as planned.The fees are meant to relieve some of the world’s worst gridlock and pollution while raising billions of dollars […]

09.12.2024

LiMa - climate change - we can do something !

Klimalabor LiMa Wohnhof Berlin Citrus harvest December 2024 – Buddha’s hand – Yuzu – Satsumas – Kaffir lime Agrumi di LiMa – Yuzu – Climate Initiative

06.12.2024

LiMa - The structure as backbone - warp and weft - Herman Hertzberger

Mass housing, which superficially corresponds to our industrial conditions, owes its dominance to the monocultural behavior that characterizes our society. The least an architect can do in such a situation is to outline images that show ways to shake people out of their lethargy. (…) Even the smallest step in this direction means a fundamental […]

03.12.2024

LiMa- second citrusharvest 2024

– we can live like in a paradise – without exploitation and without war In LiMa’s Wintergardens we can cultivate citrustrees the second Citrus harvest at LiMa this year: Japanese yuzu, Seville orange, Chinese satsumas and Buddha’s hand, a cedrat lemon that was cultivated in China thousands of years ago. Climate Initiative

22.11.2024

LiMa- we learn from ourself -

resist dominance and exercise selfcontrol in the time of climate change! Climate Initiative

01.11.2024

LiMa - No to demolition - HouseEurope!

LiMa supports the European Citizens’ Initiative HouseEurope! “HouseEurope! is the European Citizens’ Initiative for new EU-laws to make renovation and transformation more easy, affordable and social. Because the demolition of existing buildings is as outdated as food waste, animal testing and single-use plastics.” get informed: https://www.houseeurope.eu/ Join and sign: voting start 01.02.2025 Foto: Demolition of […]

01.11.2024

LiMa - learning from history - state owned land - Liu Xiaobo

It was precisely the “state-owned land” that “legitimized” the forced demolitions and resettlements “The administrative statutes for the demolition and relocation of houses in cities” adopted by the State Council of the Chinese Communists and all corresponding regulations at all levels of government make the system of state ownership of land the source of their […]

22.09.2024

The roofgardens of LiMa

“I have never made any specific plans for the terraces on the roof. I did however notice that in Berlin balconies are often combined, so maybe connecting roof terraces are a good idea.” Herman Hertzberger

07.09.2024

LiMa with its southern roof gardens and flowing skies

On the roofs of LiMa grow sage, lemon balm, strawberries, laurel, rosemary, thyme, basil, tarragon and Argentine myrtle, while lemon balm, parsley and blue agapanthus grow on the citrus trees. Various types of peppermint grow at the water sources. Climate Initiative

20.08.2024

In the time of climate change

LiMa Roofgarden – In the foreground, the shiny yellow fragrant golden varnish (Erysimum cheiri) It took five years for the robust golden varnish to prevail against heat and cold in the extreme temperatures on the terrace.

05.08.2024

demolition kills

In Berlin, one has to be careful that history does not repeats itself nowadays in the southern Friedrichstadt, as happened in the 1970’s, when the corrupt Berlin Senate, also called the “Berlin Filz” supported the demolition of residential buildings in favor of profit-oriented new development. Southern Friedrichstadt, which to this day has been shaped by […]

01.08.2024

private exchange and sharing economy

In the future, we will experience water shortages and ever-increasing food costs, perhaps even the unaffordability of food that we still take for granted today, because extreme weather and species extinction, a chain reaction of the laws of nature, are now taking place. Habitable space is becoming scarce. For this new and seemingly sudden situation, […]

07.07.2024

LiMa - urban ecology -

We stand for the restoration of natural spaces in the city. With dense hedges and gardens, we not only create habitats for birds and insects, but we also promote diversity, which does not mean chaos, but togetherness in the big picture. Learning from nature and understanding its laws, on which the climatic and ecological balance […]

07.07.2024

Traffic calming in the Southern Friedrichstadt

The residents of LiMa witnessed accidents time and again. When there was another crash outside, we rushed out to help the injured. One day, we no longer wanted to accept these dangers for ourselves and others. We decided to document the accidents, analyze the traffic situation and submit an application to the city council for […]

27.05.2024

LiMa zu Gast bei xberg klimaneutral e.V.

We were guests at xberg Klimaneutral e.V. and presented our project: Social and green townhouses. You can stream the presentations in the following link. https://xberg-klimaneutral.de/24-04-25_gemeinsam-aktiv-in-der-klimakrise.html Referent*innen: Cléo Mieulet – Graefekiez-Initiative Gabriella Sarges – Lima Wohnhof Berlin Climate Initiative Wajahat Ali – Khadija Moschee Kim-Hanna Redzepagik – 100% Tempelhofer Feld e.V. xberg climate neutral e.V. asks:” […]

03.05.2024

LiMa for social and green cityhousing at Checkpoint Charlie

LiMa photographed in May 2024 from the Markgrafenstraße 11-14 demolition site; we are in favor of preserving social housing in Kreuzberg and are committed to the development of the social and green city of tomorrow at Checkpoint Charlie.

02.05.2024

Call to action on climate crisis!

Lemons grow on the rooftops of LiMa.

25.03.2024

The earth is brought to the roof!

News from the Climate Initiative LiMa Wohnhof Berlin: The citrus harvest from the LiMa Wohnhof has yielded 15 kilos of organic citrus fruit in its fourth year. The terraces and roofs in Herman Hertzberger’s architecture enable the entire built-up area to be reclaimed and thus reconcile the need for housing with the need for unsealing […]

06.02.2024

Citrus harvest at LiMa

Citrus harvest at LiMa Wohnhof Berlin: after just three years of setting up an orangery on LiMa’s terraces, we already have 10-20 kg of fruit from our lemon trees, oranges, kaffir limes, kumquats, cedrat lemons and bergamot.

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