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In 2020, car manufacturer Tesla began building a 'Gigafactory' in the Freienbrink district of the Brandenburg municipality of Grünheide, just outside Berlin. The first vehicles were produced there in early 2022.
GIGALAND documents the construction period of one of the largest electric car factories in Germany. It shows the transformational processes of a place through an industrial company that was established despite numerous environmental concerns regarding land consumption, deforestation and water requirements.
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In 2020, car manufacturer Tesla began building a 'Gigafactory' in the Freienbrink district of the Brandenburg municipality of Grünheide, just outside Berlin. The first vehicles were produced there in early 2022.
GIGALAND documents the construction period of one of the largest electric car factories in Germany. It shows the transformational processes of a place through an industrial company that was established despite numerous environmental concerns regarding land consumption, deforestation and water requirements.
Born and raised in the northeast of Brandenburg, he graduated in urban planning at HCU Hamburg (2012) and photography at Ostkreuzschule Berlin in the class of Werner Mahler (2016). His work focuses mainly on the built environment and altered landscape.
© Alexander Paul Brandes, 2025 / Impressum & Datenschutzerklärung
© Alexander Paul Brandes, 2025 / Impressum & Datenschutzerklärung