Accessibility:
Exhibition:
If you have any questions about accessibility in the exhibition, please contact Agnieszka: agnieszka.habraschka@posteo.net or 01626319057
We provide information on the exhibition and the supporting program regarding content and sensory stimuli. These will only be finalized shortly before the exhibition or the date of the event. General information will be made available in advance.
The exhibition and the supporting program are developed in a relaxed format and take place in a relaxed atmosphere. There are various
various seating options in the exhibition rooms. The exhibition design is
sensory friendly. All exhibits can be touched and used. The exhibition primarily appeals to the senses of touch and hearing (haptics and audio). You can sit, lie down, linger and listen in the rooms.
Quiet Corner
There is a quiet corner with cushions, blankets, a weighted blanket, noise-cancelling headphones*, eye masks, books, and stim toys*.
*Noise-cancelling headphones are headphones that almost completely block out external noise.
*Stim toys are small, soothing objects such as stress balls, putty, or pressure rings that can help regulate the nervous system, especially for neurodivergent people.
Sensory Description of the Exhibition:
When you enter the exhibition, the first room is covered with a pink low-pile carpet. The lighting in this room is warm, in shades of pink and orange. There is a large, soft velvet sculpture with long, padded tentacles that you can sit on, lie on, or cuddle with. In a separate area behind a transparent curtain, you’ll find a weighted blanket, cushions, noise-cancelling headphones*, and stim toys*. The blanket and cushions are covered with a smooth, transparent fabric.
The second room has no carpet but a concrete floor and therefore feels cooler. The lighting is also cooler, with tones of green and blue. In the center hangs a large plant sculpture from the ceiling. This sculpture emits a strong scent that smells like a mix of forest and flower shop.
The rooms include beanbags (also covered with smooth fabric), fluffy cushions for leaning on, and colorful folding chairs.
There are various sculptures made of clay or metal placed or suspended in the space. All sculptures can be touched and used to create sounds within the exhibition. The clay sculptures are rough in texture and produce sound when tapped or rubbed together. Three of these sculptures are partially filled with water and produce whistling sounds when swayed. The metal sculptures are partially heavy or pointed and feel very cold. They are covered with metallic scales and can create high-pitched metallic sounds when shaken. There are also bundles of dried reeds that can feel a bit prickly.
All sculptures are cleaned regularly.
There are five speakers distributed across both rooms. They play subtle sound collages that sometimes overlap. The soundscapes are composed of field recordings, mostly from nature, including various birds, water, waves, wind, insects, crickets, and duck quacking. There are also recordings of a market, overlapping voices, people shouting, clattering, rustling, and cars. Many moments of silence are woven in as well. If the sound is too loud for you, feel free to ask the staff to lower the volume.
Supporting program:
Content Notes / Sensory Stimuli of the supporting program
During the supporting program events, various forms of attention are welcome. There are also various seating options, stim toys* and blankets. You can move around during the events, participate sitting or lying down, use stim toys*. You can take your own breaks and go out and come back in at any time.
During the events, there will always be a contact person for accessibility present.
Detailed information on the content and sensory stimuli of the events
will be made available shortly before the opening of the exhibition/date of the event.
Seating options
Chairs, beanbags, seat cushions, carpets
Retreat corner
There is a retreat corner with noise-canceling headphones, weighted blanket,
cushions and stim toys*.
* Noise-canceling headphones are headphones that almost completely block out external noise.
*Stim toys are small, calming objects such as stress balls, plasticine or pressure rings which help neurodivergent people in particular to regulate their nervous system.
What is a relaxed event?
Relaxed events are based on the format of the Relaxed Performance
and aim to provide accessibility, especially for neurodivergent
people, people with chronic illnesses/pain/people with invisible disabilities. Accessibility is not added as an afterthought, but is part of the event’s concept. As with theater performances, there are often implicit rules of conduct at exhibitions and events that make it difficult for neurodivergent people or people with chronic illnesses/pain to fully participate. Examples of this are expectations such as not to sit down during exhibition visits, to sit quietly on chairs at events, to not move much or not to take independent breaks. Such conventions make it difficult for many people to participate.
The relaxed event format aims to overcome these rules/expectations.
Project space:
If you have any questions about accessibility of the project space, please contact us either by e-mail: desk@bureau-of-transitioning-landscapes.net or by calling one of the following telephone numbers: 0157-86466611 / 0152 23137771
- The project space is located in the rear building of Zossener Str. 34, 10961 Berlin. Access is through the passageway of the front building with a double door. The door should be open during exhibition hours. If it happens to be closed, there is a wireless doorbell and someone will come and let you in. In case of difficulties, there is also a phone number posted there, which can best be reached via text message. From there, you walk through the courtyard to the rear building.
The entrance to the rear building has a step approximately 15 cm high. From there, you enter a narrow staircase through a double door. The rooms are located in the basement level (souterrain) and are accessible via a staircase approximately 120 cm wide with 5 steps. The entrance to the event space is approximately 91 cm wide. The floor of the event space is level and made of slip-resistant concrete. There is a very small toilet directly accessible from the event space. The door to the toilet is about 65 cm wide.
There is a public, accessible City Toilet located about 500 meters away at Gneisenaustraße 39 / corner Schleiermacherstraße. We are happy to accompany you there if needed.
- We can accompany you through the exhibition in English. If required, we can accompany you through the exhibition verbally in simple language.
- Unfortunately, we cannot provide assistance such as sign language or other types of interpreting. Assistants of all kinds are of course welcome.
-If you would like someone to meet you in the courtyard and help you find your way please send us an e-mail or give us a call so that we can organize this.
Getting there by public transport:
The nearest public transport stop is the Gneisenaustraße subway station.
The Gneisenaustraße station on the U7 line is not equipped with elevators. The nearest subway stations with elevators are Südstern and Mehringdamm. Via BVG Muva you can book a ride from one of the two stops to Gneisenaustraße: https://www.bvg.de/de/verbindungen/bvg-muva
Bus lines 140/N7 and 248 also stop at Gneisenaustraße.
You then have to turn south into Zossener Straße or walk directly south down this street.
The sign,CIAT project space is located on the left-hand side at number 34.
The sidewalks along the route are wide and have lowered kerbs at the crossings. There are tactile ground indicators at the traffic lights.
The route is heavily frequented, i.e. there are many stores, cafés and restaurants with seating on the sidewalks and many pedestrians.
Parking facilities:
Public parking spaces are available on Zossener Straße and the adjacent streets. Please note that parking space management applies in some areas, which means that parking at certain times is subject to a charge. You can find more information on the website of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district office. Berlin
Disabled parking places can be found at:
Zossenerstraße 24 (2 parking spaces)
Schleiermacherstraße 24a (1 parking space)
Gneisenaustraße 3 (1 parking space)
Parking garages nearby:
Bergmannstraße am Ärztezentrum: This parking garage is located at
Bergmannstraße 5-7 and offers parking spaces with an entrance height of 2.00 meters. It is open daily and costs €4 per hour.