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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298360803321

Autore

Nowobilska Malgorzata

Titolo

Potsdamer Platz : The Reshaping of Berlin / / by Malgorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-02928-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (59 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Geography, , 2211-4173

Disciplina

356

711.550943155

Soggetti

Human geography

Sociology, Urban

Architecture - History

Human Geography

Urban Sociology

Architectural History and Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Stage 1: ~ 1945 Flourishing -- Stage 2: 1945 ~ 1989 Hybernation -- Stage 3: 1989 ~ 2000 Awakening -- Stage 4: 2000 ~ Belonging -- Summary: History in the Making -- Epilogue: Reflections About Potsdamer Platz.

Sommario/riassunto

The redesign of Potsdamer Platz is a chief example of the struggle to revive Berlin, Germany. This central and highly visible square has undergone a series of strategic revisions to restore its vitality and so meet place-enhancing objectives. Specifically, the book critically addresses the challenging task of restoring Potsdamer Platz from a state of disintegration to a condition worthy of a world-class city, although the questions remain unanswered as to how far the objectives have been achieved. The book enables readers to become familiar with the various stages of transformation, aided by the authors’ hand-drawn illustration – a series of sketches accompanied by narrations focusing on how to critically read ‘cities in transformation’. In sum, it presents an overview of the strategic process of urban regeneration. The



findings from this theoretical exploration help reposition our understanding of the process of re-making a degraded city and the parallel fresh regeneration ideologies and methods.