Main entry:

Visiting (Park Books)

Title & Author:

Visiting : Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller : Berlin 1966-89 / edited by Urban Fragment Observatory ; Translations: Eric Zapel.

Publication:

Zürich : Park Books, [2025]
©2025

Description:

543 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 25 cm + 1 booklet

Notes:
Originally published: Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2022.
Catalog of an exhibition at Deutsches Architekturzentrum Berlin (daz), Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg, Kunsthochschule Kassel and Architekturforum Zürich, 2022.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-542 and in booklet).
The practice of visiting / Urban Fragment Observatory -- Living space as smuggled goods: A discussion with Inken Baller and Hinrich Baller -- Encounters: Excerpts of conversations with residents of Baller buildings -- A walk to the garden: A conversation with Anne Eusterschulte -- Innovation through restriction: Possibilities in social housing / Christian Kloss -- The 1987 IBA: Catalyst and incubator for a new planning culture / Turit Fröbe -- Spatial potentials / Urban Fragment Observatory -- Map (former West Berlin)
Translated from the German.

Summary:

"Although most of Inken Baller and Hinrich Baller's buildings were developed within the tight constraints of the social housing program in the 1970s and 1980s, they always offer more than the standard: slenderness, lightness, large balconies, complex spatial relationships across multiple floors, and outdoor green spaces. With their unconventional residential and public buildings, the Ballers' creations are today as much as ever examples for high-quality and affordable housing and intriguing urban spaces. During visits with current residents of these buildings, photographs of the lively and lived-in architecture were taken. A collection of archive material, original plans and essays complement these images to present a complete picture of these multifaceted buildings. What can we learn for today's housing production from this open understanding of space?"--From page [4] of cover.

ISBN:

9783038604280 (English edition hardbound)
3038604283

Subject:

Baller, Inken Exhibitions.
Baller, Hinrich, 1936- Exhibitions.
Architecture, German Germany Berlin 20th century Exhibitions.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Baller, Inken, artist..
Baller, Hinrich, 1936- artist.
Zapel, Eric, translator.
Urban Fragment Observatory, editor.
Förderverein Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, host institution.
Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg, host institution.
Kunsthochschule Kassel (Kassel, Germany), host institution.
Architektur Forum Zürich, host institution.

Inken Baller and Hinrich Baller : Berlin 1966-89

Holdings:

Location: Library main 322389
Call No.: 322389
Copy: 1
Status: Available