Description
Book SynopsisReframing Berlin is about how architecture and the built environment can reveal the memory of a city, an urban memory, through its transformation and consistency over time by means of ‘urban strategies’, which have developed throughout history as cities have adjusted to numerous political, religious, economic and societal changes. These strategies are organised on a ‘memory spectrum’, which range from demolition to memorialisation.
It reveals the complicated relationship between urban strategies and their influence on memory-making in the context of Berlin since 1895, with the help of film locations. It utilises cinematic representations of locations as an audio-visual archive to provide a deeper analysis of the issues brought up by strategies and case studies in relation to memory-making.
Foreword by Kathleen James-Chakraborty
A new volume in the Mediated Cities series from Intellect
Table of ContentsForeword
Kathleen James-Chakraborty
Introduction
Berlin: The Remembered City
Urban Memory
Urban Strategies
Memory in Berlin
Filmstadt Berlin
- Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Demolition
New Reich Chancellery
Palace of the Republic
- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Temporary Installation
Escape Tunnels
Wrapped Reichstag
- From Scratch: New Construction
Sony Center
Spreebogen
- Business or Pleasure?: Disneyfication
Checkpoint Charlie
Berliner Stadtschloss
- Cycle of Life: Mutation
The Berlin Wall
Potsdamer Platz
- Prosthetic Limbs: Supplementation
The Reichstag Dome
Berlin Olympic Stadium
- Frozen in Time: Suspension
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Topography of Terror
- On the Move: Relocation
Grand Hotel Esplanade
Victory Column
- Survival Instinct: Adaptation
Berlin Techno Clubs
Berlin Bunkers
- Altered States: Appropriation
Berlin TV Tower
Neue Wache
- My Precious!: Preservation
The Brandenburg Gate
Berlin State Opera
- Once upon a Time: Memorialization
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Stumbling Blocks
Conclusions: Berlin: Remember When …
Berlin Lessons
The Global Context
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
