FAT B

berlin with its ideas for urban vitalisation doesn´t have to hide behind new york.the exhibition clearly shows that.
but the opening at the the center for architecture nyc was a surprise and a great pleasure.









first there was a parade of vips, media and interesting people-
















































-and than the party went on. no long speaches, no stupid standing around. a dj played tech-house music and all visitors felt in the mood to party. that really was the best way to celebrate the opening of this fantastic exhibition.













between all the many people, kristien ring, leader of the german center for architecture.
















and the security, so elegant and stylish in their long black coats, kept reminding me of the matrix.
















and last but not least, actually one of the best, platoon friends 2raumwohnung who performed their dj-act and really rocked the dancefloor until the very end.






























next year the dialogues will take place in berlin.
new york, we can't wait, you are more then welcome!

Berlin/New York Dialogues: building in context

..and whilst the lads are hopping around asia, me and Heidrun will have to attend an exhibition in NYC where PLATOON is being featured within an architectural context.

Berlin/New York Dialogues explores the radical transformations in these two vibrant cities and how urban development & regeneration is affected by social, political economical and cultural processes.

Chelsea and Mitte will be taken as a case example and their similarities be compared so to visualize the topic in context.

PLATOON will be presented under the section: community activism; other topics will be: culture as a catalyst, gentrification, alternative use of open space and legislative intervention.

for the grand opening at new york´s center for architecture we´ll be also pleased to enjoy 2raumwhonung performing in a live dj-act. which always reminds us to when they played on our old-PLATOON.area back in the days.


the exhibition, on view November 8, 2007, through January 26, 2008, is organized in collaboration with the German Center for Architecture (DAZ), and is presented in partnership with Carnegie Hall as part of the Berlin in Lights festival.

so, if you happen to be in the area....come and check it out!

Center for Architecture,
536 LaGuardia Place, West Village. New York

work in progress

despite the fact we moved a month ago, the PLATOON.area is still a work in progress.











our two new containers are being converted into office space, for this reason some very good friends of PLATOON came directly from freiburg for sorting out the insulation.















Niels and his team worked constantly for days trying to cope with their hungovers in the day and going out partying every night... as it should be.

































Andreas, the blacksmith, cut the containers at one side for them to be connected in a L shape.















the space looks great already. we are just waiting for the next team to give it the final touch.















we also decided to move our PLATOON.pool on the side, it was a bit too crowded in front of the Bar.

















now everything seems to get into shape and we can´t wait to enjoy the results of such hard working days.
















in the meantime the lads, Tom&Christoph, are on a mission in asia. the upper container seems very quite, but in reality PLATOON is always prepared to face the storm.

1st CHESSBOXING LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

German Champion Fights American for the World Championship in Chessboxing for the First Time!


On Saturday, November 3, 2007, David “DOUBLE D” Depto and “ANTI TERROR” Frank Stoldt will meet in Berlin. The fight for the world light heavyweight title will take place in the storage area of Tape, one of the most popular clubs in the city.
 
For the first time in the history of this young sport, an American will challenge Europe’s best chessboxer for the world championship on November 3.07:

Coming from San Francisco, David “DOUBLE D” Depto is 30 years old, weighs 85 kilograms (187,4 pounds) and has fought in 30 boxing matches. His chess ELO rating is 1850. Professionally, the trained economist with an IQ of 140 is a manager of a large concern in the pharmaceutical industry.

“ANTI TERROR” Frank Stoldt comes from Berlin, is 36 years old and weighs 84.5 kilograms (186,3 pounds). He has previously fought in 25 boxing matches and was the kickboxing champion of Berlin. He has been an active chessboxer since 2005 and has a chess ELO rating of 2000. He is a police officer and is currently training police forces in Kosovo on behalf of the United Nations. He completed his boxing training in the truly authentic atmosphere of an Albanian boxing club.

After former boxing heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis outed himself as a huge fan of chess boxing, the WCBO, the World Chess Boxing Organization has continued to grow in international popularity and has attracted a large number of new athletes. This new sport is finding especially strong interest in the USA and Russia. The WCBO is preparing for its first international tour in 2008.

Chessboxing is presented to the German audience in the storage area of the Tape club, Heidestrasse 14, behind the Hauptbahnhof in Berlin-Mitte.
The evening begins at 8:00pm with two undercard fights.

The first undercard fight will take place at the middle weight division: The reigning Prenzlauer Berg champion of the Berlin club CBCB, Sebastian Bauersfeld, 23 years old, 74 kg (163,1 pounds), with an ELO rating of 1750, will take on Jan Mielke, the champion of Cologne, 34 years old, 70 kg (154,3 pounds), with an ELO rating of 1600.
In the second match at the light heavyweight division, Berliner Sascha Wandkowski, 28 years old and 79 kg (174,2 pounds), with an ELO rating of 1850, will take on Marc Breuer from Cologne, 35 years old, 81 kg (178,6 pounds), with an ELO rating of 1972.

As a special highlight, a sound score especially composed for chessboxing by top producer Junkie XL from Los Angeles.


1st CHESSBOXING LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 
SATURDAY // 3.11.2007 // 20:00
TAPE // HEIDESTRASSE 14 // BERLIN


Tickets cost 15 € for standing room
30 € for a seat in the third row
40 € for the second row
60 € for the first row and 120 € for the first row and champagne.

Tickets can be ordered per email: ticket@wcbo.org

Charges to be collected additionally: 2,55€


Fighting is done in the ring, wars are waged on the board!

IdN Hongkong 15th anniversary

the 15th anniversary of IdN Hongkong (International Designers Network) is coming up, for the occasion graniph, a t-shirt company based in tokyo, is calling worldwide to any young artist, illustrator or photographer to celebrate this fantastic design magazine by creating an original design with the theme „Universe“.









the winners will be published in 5 international issues of IdN worldwide, and the 14 best designs (1x gold, 3x silver and 10x bronze) will be produced as T-shirts and distributed through graniph.










deadline for the competition is the 1st of december.
interested?
then check out this link



greetings from Tokyo
Melanie














*on the side are some of the designs from the previous competition, which is already closed by now. you´ll find more on the IdN website under "fifteen"...

movie: new.platoon.area

for all of you wondering how we managed to move our PLATOON.headquarters in such a short time,
we are now pleased to show you this short video cut about the whole action!

enjoy

schuppenclub

da geht doch was!!! macht lust auf auf mehr.
dank an den handyreporter IM Klonk für die spitzen aufnahme. lecker abend. euer fosten

PLATOON MOVED WITHIN BERLIN MITTE!

WE ARE HAPPY - it is done. PLATOON has a new area and a new address just around the corner from the old one:
ALTE SCHÖNHAUSER STR. 3
10119 BERLIN
but that´s not enough: two more containers give us more space for an upcoming project we will realize this year. within the next few weeks we´ll be finishing the setting of the area.









first we had to remove some walls and shelters on the new area and prepare the whole space for the arrival of PLATOON. we really have to say THANK YOU to our new host ID&A Immobilien GmbH! we also have thank to our old hosts klaus engelbrecht-schnür and harm müller-spreer who let us their property for the last 5 years.











we signed the contract for the new area on thursday and 7 days later we moved! it has really been a hard work for everybody. first to mention is stefan and his crew.

































the other important people on this mission were jürgen and manne from the street-construction company, who were accidentelly working in the neigbourhood on another building site and helped us with knowledge and heavy diggers.













we had to prepare fundaments in concrete in order to place a three-level container tower.

















on friday we moved in during a 7 hour heavy-duty-action. everybody got soaked wet but in the end we had some bottles of champagne to celebrate the new area.





































so everybody is now invited to come and have a look.
a new chapter begins!