BERLIN: CRITICAL RECONSTRUCTION

The critical reconstruction proposed in this book allows for two interpretations - a direct allusion to the urban planning method Kritiche Rekonstruktion developed by the architect Josef Paul Kleihues in the eighties, during the Internationale Bauausstellung - IBA; and the desire to critically reconstruct Berlin, to return to its history, its dilemmas, its controversies, reassessing and debating the results of this method. Essays Berlin - Porto: Which bridges for ideas? by Rui Ramos Loza Berlin, Sympnhony of the great city (1927) by Nuno Portas Germany year zero: A city without time, a body without space by Abílio Hernandez Cardoso Wings of Desire: Geometries of the Absurd by Pedro Barreto Berlin Babylon revisited or waiting for the critical reconstruction of 1989 by Hubertus Siegert + Vesta Nele Zareh Berlin by Jorge Figueira Berlin, memory with a capital M by Carlos García Vázquez Sevilha Berlin - The city as text by António Guerreiro Kulturforum by Álvaro Siza