Looking for base map and contacts for graduation

Dear fellow Urban Designers and Architects
I am a Dutch student Urban Design and Planning at the Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands. This January I will start doing my graduation project. I always have felt a great attraction to Berlin I really would like to graduate on a subject in this city. To gain a better understanding of the city and to explore the graduation possibilities I decided to stay for one month here. I arrived yesterday and at the moment I am trying to get a grip of the city as a whole, before I zoom in on some subject that could be interesting for graduation. Possible subjects I encountered so far are: firstly the gentrification in the pre war districts (but this already has been studied a lot) and secondly the conflict between global city developments (Berlin as creative centre and party town) and local city.

In the light of this research I am looking for the following:
- base map material for Berlin (autocad)
- contacts who have a clear opinion about Berlin and what should happen to make it better. With those people I would like to exchange e-mail contact or (even better) drink a beer and have a little discussion.

I hope that someone can help me.
And please forgive me for writing in English ;-)

regards,
-Jasper
jasper.massink01@gmail.com

You could get digital 2D and 3D models auf Berlin here:
Stadtmodelle - Ausstellung / Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt - Berlin

Students get a 60% discount as far as I know.

Thx, for the link. There were some interesting images to download.
Though I am not really prepared to pay for the maps :-).

Hi Jasper,

there is a maps library at the Technical University's "Building and Environment" department. I am sure they will provide you with some necessities: Fakultät VI Planen Bauen Umwelt: Kartensammlung.

Did you hear about the recent BMW Guggenheim Lab? Huge marketing fuzz, yet perhaps in parts still inspiring: Berlin Lab City Projects | BMW Guggenheim Lab.

The "Stadtforum Berlin" addresses the city's urban potentials and future development at large: Stadtforum / Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt - Berlin.

The "Planwerk Innere Stadt" adresses the central area in particular: http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.d...dt/index.shtml.

The "Planwerk Innenstadt" is the historical predecessor of the afore mentioned "Planwerk Innere Stadt". It was this board that mainly determined the city's urban development between 1999 and 2010: Planwerke / Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt - Berlin.

Good luck, T.