Aerodynamic Park, Cultural heritage park in Adlershof, Germany.
The Aerodynamic Park is the green centre of the Humboldt University campus in Berlin-Adlershof. The Trudelturm and the sound-damped engine test bed stand in central positions, while the Great Wind Tunnel bounds the grounds to the south-east; behind the hazardous materials store to the south-west stands the high-altitude engine test stand. The surrounding edges are formed by newer university buildings, including the chemistry institute, the lecture hall building and the physics institute.
The park occupies part of Johannisthal Air Field, Germany's first privately run airfield, in operation from 1909 to 1952. The Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt settled there in 1912, and its Trudelturm, soundproofed engine test stand and Great Wind Tunnel were built during the 1920s and 1930s. The landscaped park itself was laid out later, with the sound installation AIR BORNE added in 2006.
The park's name comes from three protected structures of the former Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt: the Trudelturm, the sound-damped engine test stand and the Große Windkanal. Since 2006 the sound installation "Air Borne" by Stefan Krüskemper, with composer Karlheinz Essl, plays noises from the German Broadcasting Archive across the lawns.
The park is the green centre of the Humboldt University campus in Berlin-Adlershof, with the Trudelturm and the sound-dampened engine test bed standing centrally and the Great Wind Tunnel closing it off to the south-east. The monuments can be viewed from the outside at any time; the surrounding campus buildings, such as the chemistry institute by Benedict Tonon and the lecture hall building by Volker Staab with Alfred Nieuwenhuizen, are in university use. The isothermal spherical laboratories nearby are not part of the park.
The park's 2006 sound installation "Air Borne" by Stefan Krüskemper, made with composer Karlheinz Essl, draws its source material from recordings held at the German Broadcasting Archive in Potsdam-Babelsberg, formerly in Berlin-Adlershof.
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