Destroyed in the Second World War and divided by the Wall, Berlin experienced a veritable construction boom during the 1960s. Inspired by the spirit of a new beginning and technological euphoria, urban planners and architects designed radical new cityscapes for a modern society. Often unjustly criticized as inhumane or unsightly, important examples from this period of architecture have often already been torn down, disfigured by later alterations, or are threatened with demolition today. The exhibition for the first time takes a look at the context of this architecture\u2019s emergence, examining formal aspects and underlying international influences on the architecture developed in both East and West Berlin.<\/p>\n
Roughly 300 works by more than 30 architects, planning offices, photographers, artists and filmmakers will be presented. Amongst the architects are: Werner D\u00fcttmann, Fehling + Gogel, Walter Gropius, Georg Heinrichs, Josef Kaiser, Roland Korn, Ludwig Leo, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Klaus M\u00fcller-Rehm, Ulrich M\u00fcther, Hans Scharoun, Manfred Zumpe. Amongs the artists are: Thomas Bruns, Evol, Beate G\u00fctschow, Doug Hall, Karsten Konrad, Arwed Messmer, Bernd Trasberger, Friederike von Rauch, Stephen Willats.<\/p>\n
In the context of the exhibition, the academic conference \u201cVerflechtungen\u201d will be held on Friday, 26 June 2015, 10am \u2013 5pm, by the Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin (Department of Art History) and the Leibniz Institute for regional development and structural planning (IRS), Erkner in collaboration with the Berlinische Galerie, and will enhance and complement the content of the exhibition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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