Märchenbazar

The Märchenbazar is an alternative Christmas market with a circus tent, floats and stalls, and a range of culinary delights, arts and crafts and events.

 

Type
Type of intervention: Installation / Action
Project character: event
Theme: active city / culinary / local arts and crafts 
Project goal: Activation / Playfulness

Location
Project location: Munich; Neuhausen, Nymphenburg; Dachauer Str. 112 to 114; previously in the former cattle yard
Project dimension: 8,000m²

Time
Project period: since 2015 (changing locations)
Project duration: 1 month each
Project frequency: seasonal
Project timeliness: ongoing

Space
Type of open space: fallow land
Ownership: public land
Accessibility: not restricted

Actors
Clients: none
Creators: Wannda e.V. // Organizer
Project partners: unknown
Other actors: Stand operators, artisans, restaurateurs

Funding
(Commissioned) budget: none
Funding: Department of Culture, City of Munich
Own funds: booth fee / gastronomy / volunteer work

Planning context ★☆☆☆☆
Spatial planning reference:
Low own planning reference due to mobile character, but temporary occupation of brownfields with high planning relevance (Viehhof, Kreativquartier). Creates a high degree of attention for the locations.

Thematic planning context:
Unknown

Research sources
Wannda e.V., maerchenbazar.de, 05.06.19
Tefefoninterview on 13.06.19 with Daniel Hahn

Authors
Carina Brandl, Caren Huckle, Amelie Kessler

Photographers
Interventions - Container Collective: Neville and Robinson; Das ist keine Pommesbude: T. Mühlbach + A. Höhne/halle6; Alte Utting: Alte Utting GmbH; Giesinger Grünspitz: Green City e.V. + TUM DesignBuild, photo: J. Nefzger; Piazza Zenetti: raumzeug

Editorial revision
Johann-Christian Hannemann, Felix Lüdicke, Julia Treichel

Publication/Status
20.06.2019