Reframing Berlin
Architecture, Memory-Making and Film Locations
Published on 20. February 2023
Book
Hardback
412 pages
978-1-78938-687-5 (ISBN)
Description
Reframing 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
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
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Intellect
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
64 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
904 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78938-687-5 (9781789386875)
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Christopher S. Wilson | Gul Kacmaz Erk
Reframing Berlin
Architecture, Memory-Making and Film Locations
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Persons
Christopher S. Wilson is an architecture and design historian at Ringling College of Art + Design in Sarasota, Florida, USA. He is also the "scholar-in residence" of the non-profit Architecture Sarasota.
Gul Kacmaz Erk is a senior lecturer in architecture at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. She is also the founding director of CACity (Cinema
and Architecture in the City), Collaborative Research Group.
Gul Kacmaz Erk is a senior lecturer in architecture at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. She is also the founding director of CACity (Cinema
and Architecture in the City), Collaborative Research Group.
Content
Foreword
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
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