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149 pages :
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30 x 21 cm.
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MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE :
Berlin has a unique history of war and subsequent division into two political and ideological systems, made visible to this day in its extraordinary architecture. Over thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the value of the architecture of the socialist regime remains a contentious topic. While some structures are celebrated and listed as historic monuments, others have become vacant and unwanted. The cityscape of Eastern Berlin is still shaped by these historic buildings, despite the extensive destruction of GDR era architecture in the years after the reunification. The remaining GDR buildings are often associated with multifaceted issues extending beyond concerns of usability, the building’s quality and architectural value or problems of memory and heritage of a totalitarian system. However, despite the wide variety of buildings of different eras and styles, there appears to be a lack of diversity in dealing with Berlin’s GDR architecture, highlighted by the absence of meaningful adaptive reuse projects within this architectural typology.
The relevance of the practice of adaptive reuse, the alteration and reprogramming of the existing built environment, on the other hand, has grown steadily in recent years. While buildings have been reused by humankind for thousands of years for mainly practical reasons, global issues of sustainability, a lack of resources and urban living space have seen a sharp increase in the adaptation and reuse of subsisting structures. A heightened interest in memory and heritage has added to the discussion of the adequate treatment of the built environment. While adaptive reuse certainly aids in the solving of rather functional issues which ever-growing cities like Berlin face, it can also play an essential role in revitalising historic buildings by equipping them with a new use and therefore preventing their abandonment and decay, all the while respecting their heritage. The exploration of adaptive reuse as a means for reestablishing GDR architecture shows particular relevance in the city of Berlin, where monument protection authorities in the past have made questionable decisions such as the rebuilding of the Stadtschloss1 (Figs. 2 & 4) in place of the demolished Palast der Republik2 (Fig. 3) on its Museum Island.
At the same time, the rebuilding and restoration of historic structures to their original state bring with it issues of authenticity, oftentimes stripping the building not only of layers of its past but “freezing” it in time, further preventing it from having a meaningful future shaped by its occupants and its continued use (Plevoets & Van Cleempoel 2019, 1; Scott 2008, 1; Stone 2020, 3). A fate shared by an increasing number of monument protected buildings of GDR times in Berlin.
This thesis will first investigate architectural theory surrounding adaptive reuse and memory to form a framework for the subsequent examination of existing approaches to GDR architecture in Berlin. The aim of the analysis of three buildings of different GDR times and architectural styles is to establish the value assigned to these structures and the memory associated with them today. The thesis will further explore the reasons for the apparent bias in their treatment and the absence of adaptive reuse projects in this building category. The related design project of the thesis intends to illustrate the suitability of adaptive reuse as a response to these GDR era structures by reprogramming and altering an unused and decaying pavilion of the era and re- establishing it as a vital part of its surroundings.
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DISSERTATION NOTE : submitted as m-iaid Berlin International University of Applied Sciences, 2021
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE :
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Introduction & Problem Statement 4 1.2. Methodology 7
2. ADAPTIVE REUSE
2.1. Introduction 8 2.2.History of Adaptive Reuse 9 2.3. Palimpsest 11 2.4.Authenticity & Genius Loci 13
3. MEMORY
3.1. Introduction 17 3.2.Memory in Architecture and Adaptive Reuse 18 3.3. 22 3.4. Memory and the GDR 25
4. EXISTING GDR ARCHITECTURE IN BERLIN
4.1. Introduction 32 4.2.GDR Architecture under Monument Protection
4.2.1. Funkhaus Nalepastraße, Berlin Köpenick 34
4.2.2. Pavilion Ensemble Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin Mitte 50 4.3.Unprotected GDR Architecture
4.3.1. Haus der Statistik, Berlin Mitte 76 4.4. Conclusion 90
5. DESIGN PROJECT - MOKKA, MILCH & BÜCHER
5.1. Introduction 92 5.2.Mokka-Milch-Eisbar 94 5.3.New Program 100 5.4.Design Proposal & Intervention 103 5.5.Conclusion Design Project 123
6. CONCLUSION 124 7. BIBLIOGRAPHY 128 8. LIST OF FIGURES 138
Language:
English
Keywords:
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