Project
AP178.S1.1980.PR02
Description:
The project series documents Block 121, better known as Bonjour Tristesse. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 2/80. This project was one of several projects Siza submitted to the International Architectural Exhibition Berlin competition (International Bauaustellung, IBA, circa 1979-1987), and was Siza’s first international built project. The IBA was an urban renewal strategy for West Berlin and received submissions from several international architects. The IBA divided West Berlin into two parts: IBA Neubau ('new building'), led by Josef Paul Kleihues and IBA Altbau ('old building') led by Hardt-Walherr Hämer. IBA Nuebau's focus was to build new buildings while IBA Altbau's was to renovate existing buildings. The project site for Block 121 was in the district of Kreuzberg, a district on the eastern side of then West Berlin. Due to low rents, there was an influx of immigrants and students to Kreuzberg in the late 1970s. Bonjour Tristesse would serve as a residential complex for a predominantly Turkish immigrant population. In 1980, Hämer invited Siza to submit an entry for this complex to be built on the east side of Kreuzberg beside the Schlesisches Tor train station. Hämer encouraged the participatory model which Siza had become known for from his work with the Servicio Ambulatorio de Apoio Local (SAAL) in Portugal. This project series is arranged in four subseries: AP178.S1.1980.PR02.SS1, Competition, Block 121 (identified as 2/80); AP178.S1.1980.PR02.SS2, Bonjour Tristesse (identified as 2/80 A); AP178.S1.1980.PR02.SS3, Kita [Kindergarten] (identified as 2/80 B); and AP178.S1.1980.PR02.SS4, Senior Club Anziani [Senior citizens’ clubhouse] (identified as 2/80 C). The office’s archivist assigned the number 2/80 to materials related to the competition phase of this project; letters (A, B, and C) were then assigned to each subsequent portion of the project following the competition. All documentation for this project series, including the project subseries, has been kept together to maintain the order of the office’s arrangement.
circa 1980-1990
Block 121, Schlesisches Tor [Block 121, Schlesisches Tor residential complex], Berlin, Germany (1980-1990)
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AP178.S1.1980.PR02
Description:
The project series documents Block 121, better known as Bonjour Tristesse. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 2/80. This project was one of several projects Siza submitted to the International Architectural Exhibition Berlin competition (International Bauaustellung, IBA, circa 1979-1987), and was Siza’s first international built project. The IBA was an urban renewal strategy for West Berlin and received submissions from several international architects. The IBA divided West Berlin into two parts: IBA Neubau ('new building'), led by Josef Paul Kleihues and IBA Altbau ('old building') led by Hardt-Walherr Hämer. IBA Nuebau's focus was to build new buildings while IBA Altbau's was to renovate existing buildings. The project site for Block 121 was in the district of Kreuzberg, a district on the eastern side of then West Berlin. Due to low rents, there was an influx of immigrants and students to Kreuzberg in the late 1970s. Bonjour Tristesse would serve as a residential complex for a predominantly Turkish immigrant population. In 1980, Hämer invited Siza to submit an entry for this complex to be built on the east side of Kreuzberg beside the Schlesisches Tor train station. Hämer encouraged the participatory model which Siza had become known for from his work with the Servicio Ambulatorio de Apoio Local (SAAL) in Portugal. This project series is arranged in four subseries: AP178.S1.1980.PR02.SS1, Competition, Block 121 (identified as 2/80); AP178.S1.1980.PR02.SS2, Bonjour Tristesse (identified as 2/80 A); AP178.S1.1980.PR02.SS3, Kita [Kindergarten] (identified as 2/80 B); and AP178.S1.1980.PR02.SS4, Senior Club Anziani [Senior citizens’ clubhouse] (identified as 2/80 C). The office’s archivist assigned the number 2/80 to materials related to the competition phase of this project; letters (A, B, and C) were then assigned to each subsequent portion of the project following the competition. All documentation for this project series, including the project subseries, has been kept together to maintain the order of the office’s arrangement.
Project
circa 1980-1990
photographs
PH1994:0305-0330
Description:
26 photographs
architecture
1983
Series of photographs of dust-covered beams and posts in the attic of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
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PH1994:0305-0330
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26 photographs
photographs
1983
architecture
DR1988:0015:011
n.d.
drawings, textual records
ARCH270899
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Contains sketches, elevations, plans, correspondence and some reference materials. Documents are in Spanish, German and English.
2000
Portfolio containing sketches and plans from the project Einsteinet, edificio de oficinas y showroom, Hamburg, Germany
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ARCH270899
Description:
Contains sketches, elevations, plans, correspondence and some reference materials. Documents are in Spanish, German and English.
drawings, textual records
2000
PH1984:0287:005
Description:
- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture
1930
Exterior view of the entrance to a type B housing unit, Hellerhof Housing Estate, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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PH1984:0287:005
Description:
- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture
DR1984:1061
architecture
22 July 1929
architecture
PH1981:0040
PH1981:0387
PH1987:0484
PH1982:0015