Open Architecture : Migration, Citizenship and the Urban Renewal of Berlin-Kreuzberg by IBA 1984/87

Toward an "open architecture" The International Building Exhibition 1984/87 in Berlin constitutes one of the most remarkable examples to discuss "open architecture". Almost 10,000 dwellings were constructed or restored in the Kreuzberg districts adjacent to the Berlin Wall, inhabited about halfway by immigrants. The renowned author Esra Akcan, related in many ways to Turkey, Berlin and the USA, narrates the history and reverberations of this architectural-political event. * A new perspective on IBA Berlin * Architecture, research and politics: a path-breaking event * Architectural history of current relevance Content Preface Introduction PART 1 Open Architecture as Collectivity STOP I Critical Reconstruction: Open Architecture as Collaboration? STROLL 1 From Schinkelplatz to Checkpoint Charlie STOP II Buildings That Die More Than Once: Open Architecture as Collectivity STROLL 2 From Checkpoint Charlie to Potsdamer Platz STOP III Opened after Habitation STROLL 3 From Potsdamer Platz to Tiergarten PART 2 Open Architecture as Democracy STOP IV Gentle Urban Renewal: Participation and Radical Democracy STROLL 4 From Kottbusser Tor to Schlesisches Tor STOP V A Building with Many Speakers: Open Architecture as Critical Participation STROLL 5 From Schlesisches Tor to Fraenkelufer PART 3 Open Architecture as Multiplicity STOP VI Open History in the Past Subjunctive Tense STROLL 6 A History of a Possible Kreuzberg STOP VII Exit Implies Entries’ Lament: Open Architecture in John Hejduk’s IBA-1984 / 87 Immigrant Housing Appendix Acknowledgments Illustration Credits About the Author Index Captions to the “Map of Stops and Strolls” "The International Building Exhibition 1984/87 in Berlin constitutes one of the most remarkable examples to discuss "open architecture". Almost 10,000 dwellings were constructed or restored in the Kreuzberg districts adjacent to the Berlin Wall, inhabited about halfway by immigrants. The renowned author Esra Akcan, related in many ways to Turkey, Berlin and the USA, narrates the history and reverberations of this architectural-political event."--Provided by publisher

The International Building Exhibition 1984/87 in Berlin constitutes one of the most remarkable examples to discuss "open architecture". Almost 10, 000 dwellings were constructed or restored in the Kreuzberg districts adjacent to the Berlin Wall, inhabited about halfway by immigrants. The renowned author Esra Akcan, related in many ways to Turkey, Berlin and the USA, narrates the history and reverberations of this architectural-political event.