Open: Wed-Mon 10am-6pm, Tue Closed
Alte Jakobstraße 124-128, D-10969, Berlin, Germany
Open: Wed-Mon 10am-6pm, Tue Closed
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Radically Modern: Urban Planning and Architecture in 1960s Berlin
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
Fri 29 May 2015 to Mon 26 Oct 2015
Alte Jakobstraße 124-128, D-10969 Radically Modern: Urban Planning and Architecture in 1960s Berlin
Wed-Mon 10am-6pm, Tue Closed
Radically Modern: Urban Planning and Architecture in 1960s Berlin at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, from May 29 to October 26, 2015
Architecture and urban design from the sixties still set their stamp on the Berlin townscape. Many key planning decisions were made in the sixties and some striking buildings were constructed during that period.
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Radically Modern: Urban Planning and Architecture in 1960s Berlin at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, from May 29 to October 26, 2015
Architecture and urban design from the sixties still set their stamp on the Berlin townscape. Many key planning decisions were made in the sixties and some striking buildings were constructed during that period.
The Berlinische Galerie presents the first ever comprehensive overview of this architectural heritage in both East and West Berlin. Historical documents, some familiar and others of more recent origin, illustrate political, social and technical visions for developing a city that had suffered severe destruction in previous decades and was then divided by the Wall. Alongside themes such as the objectives, common denominators and distinguishing factors that define a selection of these developments, such as Stalinallee, Alexanderplatz, Breitscheidplatz and the Märkisches Viertel, the exhibition explores features of these architectural designs that reveal international networking between those involved or else illustrate how knowledge of international trends was reflected in concrete designs. About 300 works by some 30 architects, planning partnerships, photographers and artists are on display.
Architects (selected): Werner Düttmann, Fehling + Gogel, Walter Gropius, Georg Heinrichs, Josef Kaiser, Roland Korn, Ludwig Leo, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Klaus Müller-Rehm, Ulrich Müther, Hans Scharoun, Manfred Zumpe
Artists (selected): Beate Gütschow, Karsten Konrad, Hendrik Krawen, Bernd Trasberger, Stephen Willats
