Counterpreservation : architectural decay in Berlin since 1989 /

Counterpreservation : architectural decay in Berlin since 1989 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sandler, Daniela, 1974- author.
Imprint:	Ithaca : A Signale Book, Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Subject:	Architecture -- Germany -- Berlin -- History. Historic preservation -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Historic preservation -- Germany -- History -- 21st century. Ruined buildings -- Germany -- Berlin. Ruins, Modern -- Germany -- Berlin. Architecture. Buildings. Historic preservation. Ruined buildings. Ruins, Modern. Berlin (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc. Germany. Germany -- Berlin. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11408621

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ISBN:	9781501706806 1501706802 9781501706271 1501706276 9781501703164 9781501703171 1501703161 150170317X
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Summary:	"In Berlin, decrepit structures do not always denote urban blight. Decayed buildings are incorporated into everyday life as residences, exhibition spaces, shops, offices, and as leisure space. As nodes of public dialogue, they serve as platforms for dissenting views about the future and past of Berlin. In this book, Daniela Sandler introduces the concept of counterpreservation as a way to understand this intentional appropriation of decrepitude. The embrace of decay is a sign of Berlin's iconoclastic rebelliousness, but it has also been incorporated into the mainstream economy of tourism and development as part of the city's countercultural cachet. Sandler presents the possibilities and shortcomings of counterpreservation as a dynamic force in Berlpagesin and as a potential concept for other cities"--
Other form:	Print version: Counterpreservation. Ithaca : A Signale Book, Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, 2016 9781501703164
Standard no.:	10.7591/9781501706271

Table of Contents:

Counterpreservation as a concept
Living projects : collective housing, alternative culture, and spaces of resistance
Cultural centers : history, architecture, and public space
Decrepitude and memory in the landscape
Counterpreservation in reverse
Destruction and disappearance : East German ruins
Conclusion : toward an architecture of change.