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An exhibition by children for children: models built by 60 young 'future curators' from four Berlin schools imagine a liveable city of tomorrow, with hands-on stations in the Ladestraße.
You reach the models through a darkened tunnel lined with time machines the children built, while their recorded voices talk you through the trip. At the other end sits a city of their models: a suspended railway, solar tree houses, waste robots, and mobile "Small Houses" for people without a home.
The show fills 500 square metres of the Ladestraße and was made with 60 primary-school "future curators" from four Berlin schools. Around the model city, six themed islands (Space, Growth, Supply, Nature, Climate, Community) set the children's ideas beside real prototypes: delivery drones, underwater homes, a bin with fill-level sensors, and the Ecocapsule, a self-sufficient round house. Anyone who has queued with 200 strangers for a Berlin flat viewing will want to know if it takes applications.
It's made for primary-school kids, and much of it is hands-on: jump on floor plates to make electricity, build a city in kinetic sand, add your wish to the city map. Under-18s get in free.
The time-travel tunnel
A darkened passage of handmade time machines, with the children's recorded voices guiding you through to the model city.
The model city
Look for the suspended railway, solar tree houses, future parks and waste robots in the central panorama the children built.
The Ecocapsule
A self-sufficient round house that generates its own renewable energy, set beside the children's ideas for housing.
The energy floor
Jump on the floor plates and your landing generates electricity.
The kinetic-sand table
Build your own city of the future from kinetic sand and coloured blocks.
You want professional architecture: the models are by primary-school children, made for children.
Under-18s get in free, and the museum lends pushchairs if you'd rather not bring your own. Family programmes run on weekends and during school holidays.