Der Alexanderplatz: Urbane Architektur für das neue Berlin /Urban architecture for a new Berlin. Engl. /Dt.

ISBN-13: 9783931321482 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 96 str.

H Engel;Norbert König;Jochen Visscher

Opis

Symbolizing the exciting architectonic future of the new Berlin, Alexanderplatz simultaneously retains the mythological status bestowed upon it by German expressionist author Alfred Doblin's 1929 novel, Berlin Alexanderplatz. While traces of the 1920s can still be found in Peter Behrens' buildings, the square today primarily exists as the flagship of East German architecture -- a situation which will soon change. Extensive new construction plans based on Hans Kohlhoff's 1993 model promise to dramatically alter its appearance, and ensure that Alexanderplatz will be to the coming decade as Potzsdamer Platz was to the 1990s. This publication explores the site's history, the architecture competitions of 1930, 1964, and 1993, and the Alexanderplatz's future through designs, computer simulations, models, and ground plans of all known new projects.