Not to mention Leni Riefenstahl. If Berlin has no mountains, why not build one?
Architect Jakob Tigges suggests putting Berlin back on the monumentalist map by erecting a 3,000-foot mountain on the site of the recently decommissioned Tempelhof airport. Summer hiking, winter skiing, Teutonic myth-making — all convenient to the S-Bahn!
A nifty idea that will never happen, and not just because the architect’s own video presentation features him, along with digital images of the Berg plan, set to Looney Tunes cartoon music. But that doesn’t stop this imaginary mountain from tweeting! And the pictures are neat:
