urban occupation : berlin

Here’s the pdf of the short lecture about the history of RLP on last friday. It comes with two remarks:

On the occasion of the 60ieth anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany, there is a manifestation against state, nation and capitalism on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (May 23rd, 6 pm). Motto: “Something better than the nation. Against the rule of the wrong freedom”. If you want to expirience the political atmosphere of the place, I guess this is your chance…

Info (german)

If you like it a bit more peaceful, on the first of June (Yes, the day we occupy the Cube and will probably be busy, but anyway) there is a guided tour through the Scheunenviertel following the track of Alfred Döblin and Joseph Roth, starting at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz at 2pm (fee: 7€, probably only interesting if your german is decent).

Info and registration (german)

I tried to get in touch with the institution in charge of the 3D model of Berlin, and, as expected, so far I didn’t get any response. I fear that the chances are slim to come by the actual data of the model before the semester is over. BUT a studio member who doesn’t want to be named has somehow managed to get .dxf-files of all of Berlin (from a source he doesn’t want to name).
Maybe for those of you who are busy creating/finding a 3D model of Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, it is an acceptable alternative to take the .dxf-file and simply extrude the relevant buildings (happily, the number of storeys is written on every building).

The actual data can be found under ‘resources’ in a post protected with the usual password!

The tech guys of the TU Berlin have published instructions for multiple operating systems (Windows/Mac …) on how to connect to the (inter)net via Wi-Fi/WLAN.

First you need an “TU user account” which you should have got at the same time you got your student ID card. You should have got a username and a password. These are the basic requirements to use the Wi-Fi.

Afterwards you have to set-up the right Wi-Fi connection. This is a more complex procedure although with the help of the instruction documents this should be easy, too. Unfortunately it’s written in German only - but give it a try and look at the pictures! :)

https://www.tubit.tu-berlin.de/wlan/zugang_und_anleitungen/

If you still have problems feel free to ask or come around!