Last week, when we were in the Hangar, we heard the rumors from the guards that the shelter as we know it, was being vacated and the people living in it, transferred either to the Tempohomes (the village of temporary houses that has being built on the old airport’s tarmac for about 6 months or …
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Turning the page (a major one BTW)
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Hangar 1’s Space Odissey
We have hinted our collaboration with Kosmica Institute, a collective of artists and scientists that blew our minds off, and now you get to know the details about this! We also got the chance to ask Nahum, one of its founders, some questions for more insights.. . KOSMICA Institute and Hangar 1 announce their first collaboration, …
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How to… join us for the Art Workshops in Tempelhof
Lately, we have been receiving a lot of requests of people that want to join us for the Art Workshops in the Tempelhof shelter. We would like to apologize for not being able to answer to you all, we read all emails but we are currently at the top of our capacities. This is why …
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Alive and kicking!
We just got back from the shelter, more inspired than ever. When we met in the morning, we were expecting few kids, low spirits, and little engagement as Ramadan is keeping energies down, and the emptiness of the Hangar was taking its toll on the residents. Surprisingly, this was not the case. Newcomers arrived in …
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Jenny visits the Hangar
Words by Jenny Kohn Before I actually went to do art with refugee kids with Hangar 1 at Tempelhof, I vaguely expected it to feel like I was Volunteering with Refugees. I thought it might make me sad. I thought I would feel sorry for the children living in an airport hangar. I thought it …
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Volunteering at Hangar 1
Walking into Tempelhof’s vast hangar 1, I felt intimidated by the sheer scale of the structure. But my attention was soon diverted from the big picture to the small, as a little girl came racing up to us and leaped into the arms of Amanda, a fellow volunteer I’d just met. Energy embodied, she introduced …
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Fun Saturdays at the Tempelhof shelter
HANGAR1 started collaborating with The Tempelhof Shelter in May 2016. Before that, we were operating at the Schöneberg Teske Schule. However, the Schöneberg center closed and its residents moved to Tempelhof. The first time we came with our bags full of supplies, we were completely overwhelmed and the bags disappeared within seconds. What remained were …
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