Towards Unideal City - Berlin: Heterogeous Archipelago

Planning of West Berlin during the Cold War in Light of the Concept of Urban Archipelago

Student report (2022)

Authors

A. Kobayashi Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

A.J. Oxenaar History, Form & Aesthetics - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

14-04-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The city of West Berlin after the construction of the Berlin Wall was in need for replanning towards declining environment. The research explores physical built fabrics as well as theoretical planning in West Berlin during Cold War period regarding the Concept of Urban Archipelago, developed by Oswald Mathias Ungers, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Riemann, Hans Kollhoff and Arthur Ovaska in 1977.