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HI, MY NAME IS HANS HACK

This is a selection of my work. I'm a data visualizer, map maker and artist
working in Berlin. I work with Javascript (front end and back end), databases,
open source GIS tools, image editing programs and whatever might come handy to
realise a project. You need help to visualise, get or analyse data, find
creative ways to get your message across or just want to have a chat? Feel free
to contact me:


mail:
twitter: @hnshck
mastodon: @hanshack@troet.cafe
address: Berlin

Selected clients: Asian Development Bank, Brand Eins, Monde diplomatique, taz,
Tagesspiegel, VICE, WWF, Zeit Online



all data journalism history art code


PARKING OR PLAYGROUNG

Compare the size of parking areas, playgrounds, and green spaces in your
neighborhood, 2024


--->hanshack.com/parking


STREET CANYONS

A map experiment depicting Berlins streets as canyons, carving through the
city's landscape, 2023


--->hanshack.com/street-canyons


KIEZ COLORS

View the distribution of land use in your neighborhood, 2023


--->kiezcolors.odis-berlin.de


BRANCHENPULS

Explore Berlin's commercial landscape from the district to the neighborhood,
2023


--->branchenpuls.berlin


ENERGY CHECKPOINT

Explore energy consumption and renovation potential of public buildings, 2023


--->energiecheckpoint.odis-berlin.de


HOW MANY CARS

A map that shows cars in Berlin, 2022


--->hanshack.com/howmanycars/


KIEZNATURKARTE (NATURE MAP)

Explore Berlins nature, 2022


--->naturerleben-xhain.berlin/kieznaturkarte/


INCORA DASHBOARD

A land use exploration dashboard, 2022


--->incora-flaeche.de


POINT IN HISTORY

Explore historical boundaries around a given point, 2022


--->hanshack.com/point-in-history


FAIRER STADTPLAN

A fairtrade map for Berlin, 2022


--->fairer-stadtplan.berlin


DATAWRAPPER LOCATOR MAPS

Locator map creator, 2018-2022


--->app.datawrapper.de/create/map


CAR TAGGER

A car tagging tool, 2021


--->github.com/hanshack/car-tagging-data-berlin


MAGIC MAPPING CLUB

The Magic Mapping Club teaches you how to make interactive maps and show-off
your spatial data, 2019


--->magicmapping.club


GEOTOOLS

A collection of geotools, 2020


--->hanshack.com/geotools


RETREATS FROM STREETS

Find places away from busy streets, 2020


--->hanshack.com/retreats


BEZIRKSREGIONENPROFILE

A tool to present reports from Berlins districts, 2019


--->citylab-berlin.org/projects/districtprofiles/


FIGUREGROUNDER

A figure-ground diagram poster tool, 2018


--->hanshack.com/figuregrounder


RADMESSER

A project about cycling in Berlin, 2018


--->tagesspiegel.de/radmesser/


RANDOM ROBERTO

A map with randomly distributed colors, 2019


--->hanshack.com/random-roberto


GREEN BERLIN

Berlin reimagined as a very green city, 2019


--->hanshack.com/green-berlin


NETZWERK-AFD

Visualising research findings for the newspaper taz, 2018


--->taz.de/Netzwerk-AfD/…


DROWNING BERLIN IN SIMULATION

A experimental depiction of sea-level rise, 2018


--->hanshack.com/berlin-drowned --->about: medium


TUTORIAL: OSM FILTER

How to extract geodata from OpenStreetMap with Osmfilter, 2018


--->journocode.com


PLACES OF INACCESSIBILITY

A journey of discovery to the points in Germany furthest away from streets, 2017


--->hanshack.com/pointnemo


SVIFT

An open source tool to turn data into beautiful charts - in no time, 2017


--->svift.xyz


NIGERIAN RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PLANS

A tool to explore the rural electrification plans for 5 Nigirian states, 2017


--->rrep-nigeria.integration.org client GIZ, NESP, Integration, Reiner Lemoine
Institut


ONE DOT ONE BERLINER

A population desity map experiment, 2017


--->hanshack.com/onedot/


MYANMAR OFF-GRID ANALYTICS

A tool to explore the potential for off-grid electrification, 2017


--->adb-myanmar.integration.org client Asian Development Bank, Integration,
Reiner Lemoine Institut


CALENDER MAKER

A tool to generate multiple images on the basis of a editable spreadsheet, 2017

--->brandeins.de client Brand Eins


REPROJECTED DESTRUCTION

Aleppo's destruction reprojected onto London and Berlin, 2017

---> hanshack.com/aleppo


COAL PHASE-OUT

WWF transformation scenario for coal-fired power plants, 2017


---> zukunft-stromsystem.de client WWF


HIGH RESOLUTION AERIAL IMAGES

1000x90cm high-res images for an exhibtion, based on multiple aerial images of
Berlin, 2017


client Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen


ANALYTICS TOOL

A tool for analysing data for an exhibition about Stasi Topography in Berlin,
2017


client Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen


WO DEUTSCHLAND RECHTS WÄHLT

Bundestag elections since 1990 - how support for far-right parties has shifted
east, 2017

---> website with Morgenpost interactive team


GRENZE ZU MEXIKO

Place Trump's planned Wall anywhere on a world map, 2016

---> website with Morgenpost interactive team


BABYBOOM IN BERLIN

Birth rate development in Berlin, 2016

---> website with Morgenpost interactive team


TIME TRAVEL

Compare aerial images of Berlin in 1953 and today, 2016

---> website with Morgenpost interactive team


IM LAND DER UNTERTASSEN

UFO sightings in Germany from 1945-2016, 2016

---> ufoland.info


BERLINER INSELWELT

A poster with all of Berlin's 104 islands, 2016

---> hanshack.com/inselwelt


MAPXTRACT

Edit maps and save them as svg, png or geoJson, 2016

---> hanshack.com/mapxtract


INTERACTIVE ELECTRIFICATION PLANNING

A tool to explore electrification coverage in Nigeria, 2016

client GIZ, Integration, Reiner Lemoine Institut


WIE MISEREOR GEFLÜCHTETEN HILFT

Interactive grafic about how Misereor is helping refugees, 2016

---> website client Misereor


ALPEN

Exaggerated city heights in 3D, 2016

---> hanshack.com/alpen


VERBINDUNGSLINIEN

Berlin's east- west division in today's public transport, 2016

---> hanshack.com/verbindungslinien


FLÜCHTLINGE IN DEUTSCHLAND 2015

Refugee policies in Germany's federal states, 2016

---> website client Boell Stiftung


SORTED CITIES

Building footprints sorted by size, 2015

---> hanshack.com/sorted-cities


READING BELGIUM

Footprints of various different building types in Belgium, 2015

---> hanshack.com/belgium


BRUSSELS CUT OUTS

Cut outs of streets in Brussels, 2015

---> hanshack.com/brusslescutouts


PRISON TYPLOGY

Patterns of confinement, 2015

---> hanshack.com/prisons


IT-MITTELSTANDSATLAS

A map showing the distribution of medium-sized IT companies in Germany, 2015

---> bitkom.org/mittelstandsatlas for lokaler


MAPWORKS

A tool for fast and pretty map design, 2015

for lokaler


MEINUNGSMASCHINE

Talkshow monitor of the four largest talkshows in Germany, 2015

---> apps.lokaler.de/meinungsmaschine for lokaler


STRASSENKRIEG

Traces of war in Berlin's street names, 2014

---> hanshack.com/strassenkrieg


IF GAZA OR ISRAEL WAS IN ...

What if Gaza or Israel was in your city ?, 2014

---> apps.lokaler.de/israelgaza for lokaler


MAPS

A georefrenced paper cut map, 2014<

---> hanshack.com/maps.html


BERLINER U-BAHN

Berlin's U-Bahn map stretched onto its real geography, 2014

---> hanshack.com/ubahn


ANIMATED MAP OF BERLIN

Animated map of Berlin, consisting of 3 layers, some fading and a map made with
postgis, 2014

---> hanshack.com/animatedmap.html


LAND USE TOOL

A tool to get the land use based on OSM Data, 2014

---> hanshack.com/flaechentool


MASKS OF MODERNITIES

Masks of Modernities Project

---> hanshack.com/masks.html


CITYSCAPES & HOUSES

A selection of paintings around the theme of cityscapes and houses, 2007-2014

---> hanshack.com/cityscapes.html


MONUMENTS

A series of monument paintings, 2012

---> hanshack.com/monuments.html


'VORNE FAHRN'

Artwork in the Berlin Underground, 2012

---> hanshack.com/vorne-fahrn.html


POSTCARDS

A series of paintings based on postcards, 2012.

---> hanshack.com/postcards.html