1gtaETH ZürichD-ARCH Departement ArchitekturInstitut für Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur gta

SeminarOrganizer: Adjunct Professor Heinze-GreenbergLecturers : Prof. Dr. Ita Heinze-GreenbergTime : Thursdays 12.45–14.30Location : HIL E 6

The history of Berlin is characterized by permanent transformation and fragmentation. Starting in 1871, the cityalternately emerged and declined as the German capital; was destroyed and re-built and re-designed. Berlinhas always inspired philosophers, writers, artists and architects. The walled-in West Berlin of the Cold War eraanimated the young Rem Koolhaas to create his Exodus Project. Hubert Damisch portrayed the city as a"unique training ground for the deconstruction of the game of oppositions". Concurrent with the fall of the BerlinWall, Bruno Latour discovered the 'Berlin Key', that surrealistic tool for locking in, locking out and locking up.

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The seminar examines crucial scenes and structures in the metropole in the period between Wilhelminism andthe Berlin Republic. The topics range from the history of the Reichstag building, the Palace of the Republic andthe Karl-Marx-Allee. Albert Speer's plans for the world capital 'Germania' as well as Bruno Taut's'Peitschenknall' and Erich Mendelsohn's 'Universum' will be studied. The seminar will be further accompaniedby discussions of literary and cinematic contributions.

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