Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought |
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Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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Contents |
Counterpreservation as a concept -- Living projects : collective housing, alternative culture, and spaces of resistance -- Cultural centers : history, architecture, and public space -- Decrepitude and memory in the landscape -- Counterpreservation in reverse -- Destruction and disappearance : East German ruins -- Conclusion : toward an architecture of change |
Summary |
"In Berlin, decrepit structures do not always denote urban blight. Decayed buildings are incorporated into everyday life as residences, exhibition spaces, shops, offices, and as leisure space. As nodes of public dialogue, they serve as platforms for dissenting views about the future and past of Berlin. In this book, Daniela Sandler introduces the concept of counterpreservation as a way to understand this intentional appropriation of decrepitude. The embrace of decay is a sign of Berlin's iconoclastic rebelliousness, but it has also been incorporated into the mainstream economy of tourism and development as part of the city's countercultural cachet. Sandler presents the possibilities and shortcomings of counterpreservation as a dynamic force in Berlpagesin and as a potential concept for other cities"-- Publisher's Web site |
Analysis |
Hausprojekte, gentrification, Topography of Terror, Berlin Wall Memorial, Daniel Libeskind, architectural authorship, participatory environments |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
In English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
Subject |
Architecture -- Germany -- Berlin -- History
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Historic preservation -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Historic preservation -- Germany -- History -- 21st century
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Ruined buildings -- Germany -- Berlin
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Ruins, Modern -- Germany -- Berlin
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ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
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Architecture
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Buildings
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Historic preservation
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Ruined buildings
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Ruins, Modern
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SUBJECT |
Berlin (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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Subject |
Germany
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Germany -- Berlin
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2019725803 |
ISBN |
9781501706806 |
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1501706802 |
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9781501706271 |
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1501706276 |
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