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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ithaca : A Signale Book, Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, 2016Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (274 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501706806
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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.
Summary: "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 Berlpagesin and as a potential concept for other cities"-- Publisher's Web site.
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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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"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 Berlpagesin and as a potential concept for other cities"-- Publisher's Web site.

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