Title & Author:

Unbuilding walls : vom Todesstreifen zum freien Raum = Unbuilding walls : from death strip to freespace / Marianne Birthler, Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz, Thomas Willemeit (Hrsg.).

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2018]

Description:

285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Unbuilding Walls. From Death Strip to Freespace.' German Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition 2018, La Biennale di Venezia."
Includes bibliographical references.
40 Jahre Teilung brauchen 40 Jahre Heilung = 40 years of division need 40 years to heal / Marianne Birthler -- Europa-Radweg Eiserner Vorhang = The Iron Curtain Trail-a European cycle route / Michael Cramer -- S-Bahnnetz/Ringbahn = The S-Bahn and Ringbahn overground rail network -- Foto-Essay internationale Grenzmaueren : Confrontier = Photo essay International border walls : confrontier / Kai Wiedenhöfer.
Welcoming address / Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal President -- Essays : Introduction / curators : Marianne Birthier, Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz, Thomas Willemet -- 40 years of division need 40 years to heal / Marianne Birthier -- Approaches to the space of the former Berlin Wall after its political fall / Axel Klausmeier -- The Iron Curtain Trail: a European cycle route / Michael Cramer -- 28/28 / John Kornblum -- Berlin: city of doubles / Thomas Krüger -- Biographies in concrete / Michael Pilz -- Unbuilding walls: building peace / Scilia Elworthy -- Rebuilding regions: German reunification as an infrastructural challenge / Wolfgang Tiefensee -- Berlin: city of freedom and dancing dreams / Jochen Sandig -- Interview with Daniel Libeskind -- Interview with Bruno Flierl -- The slow departure from a dual city / Hans Stimmann -- The Berlin Palace: desire, denial and hope / Kristin Feireiss -- Unheard (-of) ideas / Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz, Thomas Willemet --
Projects : Overview map -- The S-bahn and Ringbahn overground rail network -- East Side Gallery -- Parliament of trees -- Utopias of emptiness -- Potsdamer Platz architectural competition -- Luisenstadt Canal, Engelbecken and Treehouse by the Wall -- Mauerpark -- Checkpoint Charlie -- Schützenstrasse Quarter -- Band des Bundes: Federal Ribbon -- Reichstag -- Pariser Platz -- Checkpoint Bravo, Drewitz Freeway border crossing -- Rudolphstein Bridge over the River Saale -- Berlin Wall Memorial -- Landscape Gardens on the border to Potsdam -- Mödlareuth Museum and Memorial Site -- Point Alpha Memorial -- Brockenhaus -- Landwehr Canal -- Axel Springer Campus -- Brommy Bridge -- "Freiheit" Garden Colony -- Deserted villages -- Epilogue : Photo essay international border walls: Confrontier / Kai Wiedenhöfer

Summary:

In 2018, Germany will have been unified for 28 years, which is exactly as long as the inner German border existed (1961-1989). In the German Pavilion at the 2018 Architecture Biennale in Venice, GRAFT Architects Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz and Thomas Willemeit, together with German politician Marianne Birthler investigate the effects of the separation and the process of healing as dynamic, spatial phenomena. The accompanying publication focuses on outstanding urban design and architectural examples of the former inner German border that engage with the issues of separation and fusion. One focus is on the former Berlin Wall. Numerous essays by architects, urban designers, and political scientists examine the urban manifestations of this development, which can also be seen elsewhere.

ISBN:

9783035616132 (print)
3035616132 (print)
(ebook)
9783035615944

Subject:

Architecture Political aspects Germany History 20th century.
Architecture Political aspects Germany History 21st century.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
Nationalism and architecture.
Walls.
Mur de Berlin.
Nationalisme et architecture.
Murs.
Architecture Aspect politique Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Aspect politique Allemagne Histoire 21e siècle.
walls.
Architecture Political aspects
Walls Germany.
Germany

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
History

Added entries:

Birthler, Marianne, editor.
Krückeberg, Lars, 1967- editor.
Putz, Wolfram, editor.
Willemeit, Thomas, 1968- editor.
Graft (Firm)
International Architectural Exhibition (16th : 2018 : Venice, Italy)
Unbuilding walls.
Unbuilding walls. English.

Unbuilding walls : from death strip to freespace

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302584
Call No.: BIB 248764
Status: Available