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Counterpreservation : Architectural Decay in Berlin since 1989 /

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"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...

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Main Author: Sandler, Daniela, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : A Signale Book, Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ruins, Modern.
Ruined buildings.
Historic preservation.
Buildings.
Architecture.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
Ruines modernes > Allemagne > Berlin.
Ruines > Allemagne > Berlin.
Preservation historique > Allemagne > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Preservation historique > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Architecture > Allemagne > Berlin > Histoire.
Ruins, Modern > Germany > Berlin.
Ruined buildings > Germany > Berlin.
Historic preservation > Germany > History > 21st century.
Historic preservation > Germany > History > 20th century.
Architecture > Germany > Berlin > History.
Germany > Berlin.
Germany.
Berlin (Germany) > Buildings, structures, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.

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