Perspectives on urban architecture
Art, culture and gentrification: few places in Berlin combine such
complex developments of the last decades as the distric Mitte. In the
1990s, a strong art scene developed in Mitte – the starting point for a
gentrification process and the driving force behind strikingly
high-quality architecture.
complex developments of the last decades as the distric Mitte. In the
1990s, a strong art scene developed in Mitte – the starting point for a
gentrification process and the driving force behind strikingly
high-quality architecture.
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Am Tacheles / Urban development project
Project Am Tacheles
The tour shows numerous contemporary
architectural projects in their very urban context:
art galleries, a
publishing house or the extention of a prefabricated school building.
You will experience new perspectives on the history of GDR architecture
in the neighbourhood of David Chipperfield’s monolithic concrete
building. The tour ends at the large-scale urban development project at
Tacheles, caught between luxury housing and cultural ambitions.
HIGHLIGHTS
✓ insights by local architects
✓ Culture or capital? The mega-project Am Tacheles
✓ Slab buildings and the historic context How to deal with the architectural heritage of the GDR?
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(TOUR IN ENGLISH)
