{"id":21563,"date":"2023-06-08T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?p=21563"},"modified":"2026-09-26T15:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:14:17","slug":"christian-square-bachelor","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/final-projects\/christian-square-bachelor\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Platz Bachelor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_0f5042599228ef276dcecc07bb10e4b6\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--default font-size--xl has-spacing--m width--default\">\n        <h1>A break from reality.<\/h1>\n<p>Christian Platz visited Legoland in Billund, Denmark, for his work &#8220;Is this Lego or is it real?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\r\n    <span class=\"posted-on\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/final-projects\/christian-square-bachelor\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-06-08T10:45:00+02:00\">08.06.2023<\/time><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"meta-text\"> Fotos und Text: Christian Platz<\/span><\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\r\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-block--slider splide has-spacing--m\" data-splide='{\"arrows\":true, \"autoplay\":false}'>\n    <div class=\"splide__track\">\n        <div class=\"splide__list\">\n\n                \n\n                    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left with-title splide__slide\">\n\n                        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                                class=\"slide__image\"\n                                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platz-Christian_Ist-das-Lego-oder-ist-das-echt_03-1050x701.jpg\" \n                                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platz-Christian_Ist-das-Lego-oder-ist-das-echt_03-1050x701.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platz-Christian_Ist-das-Lego-oder-ist-das-echt_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platz-Christian_Ist-das-Lego-oder-ist-das-echt_03-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platz-Christian_Ist-das-Lego-oder-ist-das-echt_03-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platz-Christian_Ist-das-Lego-oder-ist-das-echt_03-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platz-Christian_Ist-das-Lego-oder-ist-das-echt_03-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platz-Christian_Ist-das-Lego-oder-ist-das-echt_03-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platz-Christian_Ist-das-Lego-oder-ist-das-echt_03-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platz-Christian_Ist-das-Lego-oder-ist-das-echt_03-670x447.jpg 670w, 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post__image--wide-left with-title splide__slide\">\n\n                        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                                class=\"slide__image\"\n                                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-1050x701.jpg\" \n                                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-1050x701.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.jpg 2000w\" \n                                width=\"1050\"  \n                                height=\"701\" \n                                alt=\"\"  \n                            \/>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Lego bricks \/ Lego House Billund (Denmark) Photo: Christian Platz  <\/span>\n                            \n                        <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n                        \n                    <\/figure>\n                \n                        \n\n                    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left with-title splide__slide\">\n\n                        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                                class=\"slide__image\"\n                                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-1050x701.jpg\" \n                                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-1050x701.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_0562.jpg 2000w\" \n                                width=\"1050\"  \n                                height=\"701\" \n                                alt=\"\"  \n                            \/>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Vintage car \/ Legoland Billund (Denmark) Photo: Christian Platz<\/span>\n                            \n                        <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n                        \n                    <\/figure>\n                \n                        \n\n                    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left with-title splide__slide\">\n\n                        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                                class=\"slide__image\"\n                                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-1050x701.jpg\" \n                                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-1050x701.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982.5jpg.jpg 2000w\" \n                                width=\"1050\"  \n                                height=\"701\" \n                                alt=\"\"  \n                            \/>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Pyramid \/ Lego House Billund (Denmark) Photo: Christian Platz<\/span>\n                            \n                        <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n                        \n                    <\/figure>\n                \n                        \n\n                    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left with-title splide__slide\">\n\n                        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                                class=\"slide__image\"\n                                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-1050x701.jpg\" \n                                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-1050x701.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z5B_1982-5.jpg 2000w\" \n                                width=\"1050\"  \n                                height=\"701\" \n                                alt=\"\"  \n                            \/>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Cobweb tree \/ Lego House Billund (Denmark) Photo: Christian Platz<\/span>\n                            \n                        <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n                        \n                    <\/figure>\n                \n                       \n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    \n   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Our forests are plagued by pests, the dream of a single-family home is financially on the line, and the sword of Damocles of uncertainty hovers over the Sunday outing. Who can know what&#8217;s lurking around the next bend!? Every attempt to plan the future turns into a gamble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">Legoland offers a way out of the dilemma. Here, Lego trees grow without bark beetles, Lego houses stand without land prices, and Lego cars drive without flat tires. Accident-free, electric jeeps steer us through artificial savannahs. A few meters further on, we are immersed in realistic miniature landscapes. There, any sense of time and space fades away. More and more often I ask myself: Is this Lego or is it real?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianplatz.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christian Platz<\/a>, born 1988 in Siegen, NRW, works as a freelance photographer. 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Her long-term project asks not why but how: matter-of-fact, calm and beyond the political headlines.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\r\n\r\n\t<figure class=\"post__image\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/award-winning\/noemi-ehrat-the-abortion-plot\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-350x263.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-image--two-column--small size-post-image--two-column--small\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-350x263.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-1400x1050.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-1050x788.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-670x503.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-420x315.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-150x113.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/figure><!-- .post__image -->\r\n\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"post-teaser post-75744 magazin type-magazin status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-klima-umwelt-en tag-photo-series-en magazinkategorie-award-winning\">\r\n\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"\" rel=\"category tag\"><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/award-winning\/armina-ahmadinia-my-house-wrapped-in-clouds\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">My house wrapped in clouds.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-excerpt\">Armina Ahmadinia returns to the Caspian Sea. Her photographic work tells of the retreating water, the loss of familiar places and a quiet longing for closeness and home.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\r\n\r\n\t<figure class=\"post__image\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/award-winning\/armina-ahmadinia-my-house-wrapped-in-clouds\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-image--two-column--small size-post-image--two-column--small\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-1050x788.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-670x503.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9_Armina_Ahmadinia_001-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/figure><!-- .post__image -->\r\n\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"post-teaser post-75748 magazin type-magazin status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-klima-umwelt-en tag-photo-series-en magazinkategorie-award-winning\">\r\n\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine-category\/award-winning\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Award-winning<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/award-winning\/jasper-hill-in-the-land-of-the-white-mountains\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">In the land of the white mountains.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-excerpt\">Jasper Hill makes visible what a century of potash mining has left behind. 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