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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467902303321

Autore

Sandler Daniela <1974->

Titolo

Counterpreservation : Architectural Decay in Berlin since 1989 / / Daniela Sandler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Library, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-5017-0317-X

1-5017-0680-2

1-5017-0627-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought

Disciplina

720.943/1550904

Soggetti

Ruins, Modern - Germany - Berlin

Ruined buildings - Germany - Berlin

Historic preservation - Germany - History - 21st century

Historic preservation - Germany - History - 20th century

Architecture - Germany - Berlin - History - 21st century

Architecture - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Berlin (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes QR code.

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--