Stadtentwicklung und Denkmalpflege – serie

Adopting and adapting historical forms is an integral part of architectural design today. Strictly rejected by some and embraced by others, this practice has provoked controversy since the beginning of modernism. With its assertion of continuity and claim to universality, historicizing architecture from the twentieth century is decidedly antimodernistic—a counterproject to modernistic architecture and yet also a part of modern times. The diversity of historicizing approaches and the history of historicizing construction have received little attention so far—a fact that is especially evident with a comparative view that looks beyond Germany to other countries and their building traditions. This volume aims to take historicizing architecture seriously as an architectural reality and one possible variation of contemporary building, with a focus on describing and categorizing its diverse concepts and manifestations. In considering historicizing architecture as a contemporary phenomenon, the book places its topic in the context of reconstructions and postmodern ideas while also comparing it with nineteenth-century historicism. This view includes also designs inspired by the classic modernism of the 1920s.

Although often criticized, the european city is still regarded as a model in urban development; one that has proved itself for centuries. However, in the sphere of constantly changing interests and specific values, it has changed in a way that there is a continual need for new experiments, innovative concepts, and a new understanding to develop and preserve it with caution and creativity. IntraURBAN reflects on successful ideas and strategies and presents detailed case studies. Target-oriented urban development solutions are formulated, considering the quality of european cities.

Architektur und Städtebau der 1960er und 70er Jahre stehen aktuell im Fokus einer breiten Diskussion. Ihre beginnende Wertschätzung und denkmalpflegerische Aneignung befindet sich dabei in einem Wettlauf mit der Anpassung an zeitgenössische Standards. „Veraltet, aber noch nicht historisch", wird häufig kolportiert. Viele dieser Zeugnisse sind bereits zerstört oder eingreifend verändert. In Ostdeutschland kommt erschwerend hinzu, dass diese Bauten ein überwundenes politisches System repräsentieren. Allerdings lösen die Verlusterfahrungen auch ein neues Interesse an noch Vorhandenem aus – gerade in der jüngeren Generation, die die Zeit vor 1989/90 nicht bewusst erlebt hat. Ein vielbeachtetes internationales Symposium, das im Januar 2011 an der Bauhaus Universität in Weimar stattfand, verknüpfte verschiedene, oft parallel laufende Diskurse und führte unterschiedliche Erfahrungen zusammen. Dazu gehört der Einbezug Osteuropas mit seinen erbepolitischen Problemstellungen sowie Fragen der wissenschaftlich-didaktischen und der künstlerischen Denkmalvermittlung.

Architecture and urban development of the 1960s and 1970s have now become part of everyday heritage protection and the subject of an interdisciplinary discourse. It is redevelopment practices that have emerged as the actual hurdle with regard to responsible and careful approaches to this heritage. It is not the basic heritage worthiness of this construction era that is questioned, but the possibilities to preserve it successfully. Therefore examples and evidence have to be found to show whether and how these heritage buildings can be adapted to present-day economic, safetyrelated and ecological requirements. Denkmal Ost-Moderne II is based on the conference of the same name and presents current viewpoints and examples from heritage protection practice, including inventorization: how can one make and justify a selection from the enormous range of buildings available? The credibility of heritage protection with regard to post-war modernity depends on this to a significant extent.