LIBERTOPIA: An Intellectual Stroll in Berlin's Tempelhof Park

Asef Bayat

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2025, vol. 49, issue 5, 1230-1238

Abstract: Berlin's Tempelhofer Feld, an old airport turned into a public park, stands as a unique urban space. What it is about this simple and massive open space in the heart of a large city that makes it a near‐utopian formation? This essay attempts to explore the meaning of this sociospatial entity, framing it in terms of a ‘libertopia’, to serve as a possible inspiration to envision a more free and just society. To this end, it advocates maintaining the park's current unaltered simple form against those city officials who wish to ‘develop’ the space.

Date: 2025
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