Berlin Projects 8 Created 16-Mar-16 By Konrad Nieradka, Warsaw, Poland Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum Mies van der Rohe Haus Bauhaus Masters Houses 3 Großsiedlung Siemensstadt Ring settlement Bauhaus archive 6 AEG Turbinenfabrik 7 Berlin, Peter Behrens factory 4 Dessau, dwellings, private house Berlin, museum Berlin, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum, private house 2 Berlin State Library 8 Berlin, library 5 Berlin, housing, social housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/presence/guides/berlin/ Philharmonic hall 9 Berlin, culture, music theatre 1
Neue Nationalgalerie Potsdamer Straße 50 10785 Berlin http://wwwneue-nationalgaleriede/ The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), the 'temple of light and glass' designed by Mies van der Rohe, houses a collection of 20th century European painting and sculpture It s main exhibition spaces are below street level The building comprises almost 5,000 square metres of exhibition space and around 800 metres of wall space a surprisingly large capacity hidden half underground beneath the famous steel and glass construction The spacious glass hall at ground level lures the visitor inside, underneath the great black structural steel canopy Along with Mies Barcelona Pavilion, the Neue Nationalgalerie is considered one of the foremost examples of structural abstraction emblematic of the International Style 1968 Client Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Neue Nationalgalerie NGHM Mon closed Tue 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Wed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Thu 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Fri 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Sat 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Sun 10:00 am - 6:00 pm U-Bahn U2 (Potsdamer Platz) S-Bahn S1, S2, S25 (Potsdamer Platz) Bus M29 (Potsdamer Brücke); M41 (Potsdamer Platz Bhf / Voßstraße); M48 (Kulturforum); 200, 347 (Philharmonie) The Neue Nationalgalerie is south of the Tiergarten and west of Potsdamer Platz, next door to the Philharmonie http://wwwmimoaeu/users/presence/guides/berlin/ 2
Mies van der Rohe Haus Oberseestraße 60 13053 Berlin http://wwwmiesvanderrohehausde/ This small and unassuming house on the shores of Lake Obersee is the last building designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe before his emigration to the USA After the War it was used by the Soviet army as a garage and later as a wash-house In 1977, East Berlin authorities declared it a historic monument In 1998, artist Günter Uecker installed an exhibition depicting the changes undergone by the house over the years Besides this permanent exhibition, the museum also shows temporary exhibitions of contemporary art (text from Home & Abroad) 1932 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe pkrajewski_pl Tuesday - Thursday: 1300-1800 / Saturday & Sunday: 1400 1800 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/presence/guides/berlin/ 3
photo: Timo Mecking photo: Timo Mecking Bauhaus Masters Houses Ebertallee 59/71 06846 Dessau http://wwwbauhaus-dessaude/ When the Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau, new buildings for an educational purpose were required Seven houses were built to shelter the Bauhaus Masters and to provide private ateliers In 1926,, László Moholy-Nagy and Lyonel Feininger, Georg Muche and Oskar Schlemmer, as well as Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee were able to move in with their families Later tenants included Hannes Meyer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Josef Albers, Hinnerk Scheper, and Alfred Arndt Though Gropius didn t succeed in his first idea - to build up the houses completely from prefabricated elements to prove the efficiency of standardisation - he created fascinating compositions of white interleaved cubes of different heights The sides opponent to the street have generous terraces and balconies The interior was furnitured by the Bauhaus own workshop, mainly designed by Marcel Breuer Renovation works started in 1992 and the houses became part of the UNESCO World Heritage in 1996 photo: Timo Mecking 1926 timo_mecking 16 February - 31 October: Tuesday - Sunday: 1000-1800 1 November - 15 February: Tuesday - Sunday: 1000-1700 Tickets with different entrance fees for the Masters Houses or a 24h-Ticket for all Bauhaus buildings in Dessau are available Dessau is located in Saxony-Anhalt, between the cities of Leipzig (52 km south) and Magdeburg (65 km north) and can be reached by train or highway A9 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/presence/guides/berlin/ 4
Großsiedlung Siemensstadt Ring settlement Geißlerpfad 1 13627 Berlin http://wwwstadtentwicklungberlinde/denkmal/denkmale_i n_berlin/en/weltkulturerbe/siedlungen/siemensstadtshtml Siemensstadt Metropolitan settlement antedates the modern concept of a relaxed atmosphere in the city green surroundings even more strongly than "White City", which was built at the same time in Berlin, thereby pointing the way to the domestic construction after World War II Scharoun arranged the rows of houses strictly in a north-south direction The population of old trees was conserved, emphasising the countryside character of the settlement right from the beginning Despite its strict urban design, the settlement appears architecturally diversified It demonstrates the whole range of new architecture, ranging from ' cool functionalism to Scharoun's strictly differentiating style of design to Hugo Häring's organic variety of designs From 2008 the settlement is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of "Berlin Housing Estates of the 1920s" 1934 Main designer,, Urban planner Technical engineer Client pkrajewski_pl Fred Forbat Hugo Häring Max Mengeringshausen Gemeinnützige Heimstättengesellschaft Primus mbh der Stadt Berlin http://wwwmimoaeu/users/presence/guides/berlin/ 5
Bauhaus archive Klingelhöferstraße 14 10785 Berlin http://wwwbauhausde/english The Bauhaus Archive or the Museum of Design in Berlin deals with the research and presentation of the history and impact of the Bauhaus (1919-1933), the most important school of architecture, design, and art of the 20th century It is the most complete existing collection focused on the history of the school and all aspects of its work and is accessible to allthe museum building is a late work of, the founder of the Bauhaus It was planned in 1964 for Darmstadt and was built 1976-79 in modified form in Berlin Today, its characteristic silhouette is one of Berlin's landmarks 1979 pkrajewski_pl Wednesdays to Mondays, 10am - 5pm The museum is closed on Tuesdays On Tuesdays following public holidays the museum is open from 10am to 5pm Access by public transport: U-Bahn Nollendorfplatz Bus 100, M29, 187 und 106 Lützowplatz http://wwwmimoaeu/users/presence/guides/berlin/ 6
photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín AEG Turbinenfabrik Huttenstrasse 12-16 10553 Berlin Designed between 1908 and 1909 for the Allgemeine Elektricitäts Gesellschaft (AEG, a German electrical concern founded in 1883), the AEG Turbinenfabrik (Turbine Factory) was placed strategically at the southern edge of the factory complex along Huttenstrasse and Berlichingenstrasse, facing Berlin and the world as a show front of the prosperous industrial magnate Complying with such expectations and following his own ideological stance, Behrens built a magnificent iron and glass hybrid of two eminently classical temple traditions -the Greek and the Egyptian-, meant to glorify industrial might In accepting the challenge of designing his first industrial building, Behrens s concern was not to recast all of architecture in terms of industry and the machine, as was most often the case with the next generation of modern architects Rather, his concern was levating so dominant a societal force as the factory to the level of established cultural standard (text from ural World) photo: José F García Martín Project is not public! 1909 Structural engineer Client Peter Behrens Karl Bernhard AEG Jose_Garcia Bus M27 has a stop at nearby Reuchlinstrasse http://wwwmimoaeu/users/presence/guides/berlin/ 7
photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Maarten Thewissen Berlin State Library Potsdamer Strasse 33 10785 Berlin http://staatsbibliothek-berlinde/ The so called New State Library (Neue Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) located in the Kulturforum of Berlin is part of the institutions of the Prussian Cultural Heritage (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz) and is one of the dependances of the State Library that has its main building in the street Unter den Linden The building in the Potsdamer Straße was built by the architect who had also designed the Philharmonie and the Chamber Music Hall at the Kulturforum In the year 1978 the new library building was opened to the public Soon, the building was well-known amongst others for its impressive reading room that also became one of the locations of Wim Wender s prize awarded film "Wings of Desire" ("Himmel über Berlin") photo: Maarten Thewissen 1978 Main designer, Edgar Wisniewski MI_MOA Monday - Friday 900-2100hr Saturday 900-1700hr Every third Saturday of a month there is a guided tour through the building of the New State Library at Kulturforum, whih takes 1,5hr and is free, no registration required Guided tours information: Tel +49 (30) 266-0 and http://staatsbibliothek-berlinde/service-und-benutzung/fuehrun gen-und-schulungenhtml see also http://wwwkulturforum-berlincom The Staatsbibliothek lies south of the Tiergarten and west of Potsdamer Platz Ubahn/Sbahn: S1, S2, U2 Station: Potsdamer Platz http://wwwmimoaeu/users/presence/guides/berlin/ 8
photo: Evan Chakroff Philharmonic hall Herbert-von-Karajan-Str 1 10785 Berlin http://wwwberliner-philharmonikerde/en/ Wildly controversial at first, today universally regarded as an emblem of the city of Berlin: s Philharmonie In 1956 the architect s design won the competition for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra s new concert hall, but his modern, visionary conception also unleashed a great hubbub The building went up (1960-63) in the face of great resistance In the meantime, this concert hall with its unique architecture and acoustics has become a model for many others all over the world The Philharmonie can be visited even when no concert is taking place within its walls either virtually, online, or with a guided tour, on site (from website philharmoniker) 1963 MI_MOA Guided tours of both the Philharmonic Hall and the Chamber Music Hall are offered daily (except 24, 25, 26 and 31 December and 1 January) Starting time: 1 pm Meeting point: Artist s entrance (Doorman of the Philharmonic Hall) Access across the parking lot Fees: 300, 200 (for students, unemployed, retired and disabled persons) Groups of more than 10 persons are asked to make a reservation by contacting: Tel +49 (0)30254 88-156 tour@berliner-philharmonikerde with the U-Bahn: take line U2 to Potsdamer Platz or Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park stations with the S-Bahn: take lines S1, S2, S25, S26 to Potsdamer Platz by bus, directly to the Philharmonie: lines 200 (to Philharmonie), M48 (to Kulturforum); other bus lines (within a short walk): M29 (to Potsdamer Brücke), M41 (Potsdamer Platz) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/presence/guides/berlin/ 9