Alpermann, Hendrikje, author.

Buildings on Standby: Stitching the Post-Socialist Cityscape.

[Place of publication not identified] : adocs, 2026.

1 online resource

"Buildings on Standby describes the vacant high-rise buildings A-E in Halle-Neustadt as places of uncertain future, where the possibilities/impossibilities of urban planning after socialism are being negotiated. For more than 20 years, four of the five tower blocks have been vacant and remain on standby - in a state of future-oriented avail­ability and a contested space between shutdown and reactivation. At the interface of actor-network theory and ethnographic urban research, the study examines this state in its temporal, material and political dimensions. It shows that buildings on standby cost a lot of energy, harbour risks and become a bargaining chip for trust and responsibility. The book opens up new perspectives on shrinking cities, interstitial spaces and urban transformation - in and beyond the post-socialist space."-- provided by distributor.

Architectural criticism.
Space (Architecture)
Housing.
City planning.
Critique d'architecture.
Espace (Architecture)
Taudis Élimination.
architectural criticism.
slum clearance.

Creative Nonfiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Grimberg, Eiko, photographer.
Richter, Anna, editor.
Humme, Carsten, editor.
Grimberg, Timo, contributor.
dpi Factory, editor.
a r c, contributor.
Library Stack, distributor.