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Counterpreservation : Architectural Decay in Berlin since 1989 /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandler, Daniela, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : A Signale Book, Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.