Counterpreservation: architectural decay inBerlin since 1989
"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 iconoc…
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- Full title :Counterpreservation : architectural decay inBerlin since 1989 / Daniela Sandler.
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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 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 Berlin and as a potential concept for other cities"--
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- Publication Date:©2016
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cornell University Press, Cornell UniversityLibrary
- Place of Publication:Ithaca, New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2016
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xv, 255 pages) : : illustrations.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1501703161, 150170317X, 9781501703164, 9781501703171, 9781501706271, 1501706276
- oclc:ocn966947588
- LC Classification:NA1085
- Dewey Decimal:720.943/1550904
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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