Berlin-EAST-WEST-EAST
International Colloquium on 25 + 26.10.2022
Berlin has proposed to place the major listed ensembles of Berlin's reconstruction under the title "Karl-Marx-Allee and Interbau 1957. Architecture and Urbanism of Berlin's Postwar Modernism" on the German Tentative List of World Heritage Sites and subsequently then to propose them to UNESCO for inscription. The first attempt in 2014 was appreciated, but it was asked to be revised. A new application would then be made in the fall of 2021. The newly submitted proposal will be presented and discussed with external experts at the colloquium at Triennial of Modernism .
The opening of the colloquium - organized by the Hermann Henselmann Foundation in cooperation with the Landesdenkmalamt Berlin and the Akademie der Künste - will take place on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Kino International at Karl-Marx-Allee 33. Here, among others, the architectural theorist Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani will give a keynote speech on Karl-Marx-Allee and the Hansa Quarter.
Before Lampugnani's lecture, there will be a film premiere at which the film "KMA + Interbau 1957. Architektur und Städtebau der Nachkriegsmoderne. Voices on the World Heritage Proposal" will be presented to the public for the first time. Among the interviewees are some of the Berlin program partners of Triennial of Modernism 2019 and 2022. The event will be followed by a reception hosted by the Mayor and Senator for Culture and Europe. No registration is required for the opening. Admission is free of charge.
The conference itself will take place on Wednesday, 26.10.2022 from 09:30 to 22:00 at the Akademie der Künste at Hanseatenweg. Various experts from Germany and abroad will discuss the specific World Heritage criteria of Karl-Marx-Allee and Interbau and analyze them in the context of other reference objects. For the colloquium itself there is a fee of 6€, reduced 4€. Tickets can be purchased on site or via the homepage of Ost West Ost: Karl-Marx-Allee & Interbau 1957 | Akademie der Künste, Berlin (at adk.de).
Programme
Tue, 25.10.2022, 19:30-22:00
Opening at Kino International
Karl-Marx-Allee 33, 10178 Berlin
- Welcome
- Christoph Rauhut, Berlin State Conservator
- Kristina Laduch, Urban Planning Office Berlin-Mitte
- Greeting Klaus Lederer, Mayor and Senator for Culture and Europe of Berlin
- Film premiere "KMA + Interbau 1957. Architecture and Urbanism of Postwar Modernism.
Voices on the World Heritage Proposal"- NOTE 26.10.2022: Film now available online at Youtube
- Keynote lecture by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Zurich
"Built Ideologies, Exemplary Urban Elements. The Karl-Marx-Allee and the Hansa Quarter in Berlin." - Reception of the Mayor and Senator for Culture and Europe. Admission free
Wed, 26.10.2022, 9:30-19:00:
Conference: Academy of Arts / Studio
Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin
Welcome
- Jeanine Meerapfel, President of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
- Greeting Petra Kahlfeldt, Senate Building Director
- Thomas Flierl, Hermann Henselmann Foundation
Introduction
- 10:00 Christoph Rauhut, Berlin
The Berlin Proposal - 10:15 Sabine Ambrosius, Thomas Flierl, Paul Sigel, Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann
The Criteria and Values of the Berlin Proposal
Section 1 - Deepening Values
- 10:40 Paul Sigel, Berlin - Moderation
- Jean-Louis Cohen [online], Paris/New York:
The unique encounter, reception, virtuoso further development
and diversity of international architectural trends in post-war Berlin. - 11:10 Discussion
- 11:25 Thomas Flierl, Berlin - Moderation
- Harald Kegler, Dessau/Kassel:
The reconstruction of Berlin through comprehensive reorganization
according to different international urban planning models - 11:55 Discussion
- 12:10 Sabine Ambrosius, Berlin - Moderation
- Sylvia Butenschön, Berlin:
Outstanding open and green space designs with community-use amenities. - 12:40 Discussion
- 12:55 Break
- 13:50 Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann, Koblenz - Moderation
- Angela Lammert, Berlin:
Art in Buildings and Urban Space - Intersections of International Art Discourses - 14:20 Discussion
Section 2 - Comparative analyses
- 14:35 Paul Sigel, Berlin - Moderation
- Marina Dmitrieva, Leipzig:
KMA 1 in context and reference objects - 15:05 Discussion
- 15:20 Break
- 15:50 Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann, Koblenz - Moderation
- Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper, Berlin:
Interbau 1957 in context and reference objects - 16:20 Discussion
- 16:35 Thomas Flierl, Berlin - Moderation
- Andreas Butter Berlin:
KMA 2 in context and reference objects - 17:05 Discussion
Outlook
- 17:20 Christoph Rauhut, Berlin - Moderation
- Sabine Ambrosius, Berlin:
Next steps and projects - 17:40 Discussion
Final discussion
Monument post-war modernism - how well is Berlin positioned?
- 17:55 Thomas Flierl, Berlin - Moderation
- Klaus Lederer, Mayor and Senator for Culture and Europe in Berlin
- Andreas Otto, MdA - Chair of the Committee for Urban Development (requested)
- Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper, TU Berlin EM.
- Leo Schmidt, BTU Cottbus EM.
- Oliver Sukrow, ICOMOS Austria - TU Vienna
- Franziska Bollerey, TU delft EM.
- 19:00 End of the event
With the kind support of the Landesdenkmalamt Berlin, the Akademie der Künste, Berlin,
of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and the Verein Helle Panke; admission: € 6, reduced € 4
Overview of the nomination areas
