Towards Unideal City - Berlin: Heterogeous Archipelago
Planning of West Berlin during the Cold War in Light of the Concept of Urban Archipelago
A. Kobayashi (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
A.J. Oxenaar – Mentor (TU Delft - History, Form & Aesthetics)
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Abstract
The city of West Berlin after the construction of the Berlin Wall was in need for replanning towards declining environment. The research explores physical built fabrics as well as theoretical planning in West Berlin during Cold War period regarding the Concept of Urban Archipelago, developed by Oswald Mathias Ungers, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Riemann, Hans Kollhoff and Arthur Ovaska in 1977.