Potsdamer Platz

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Stage 1: –1945 (Flourishing)

   • Małgorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman

   Pages 1-6

3. Stage 2: 1945–1989 (Hibernation)

   • Małgorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman

   Pages 7-12

4. Stage 3: 1989–2000 (Awakening)

   • Małgorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman

   Pages 13-24

5. Stage 4: 2000– (Belonging)

   • Małgorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman

   Pages 25-38

6. Summary: History in the Making

   • Malgorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman

   Pages 39-42

7. Back Matter

   Pages 43-47

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The redesign of Potsdamer Platz depicts the struggle to revive Berlin, Germany. This central and highly visible square has undergone a series of strategic revisions to restore its vitality and so to meet place-enhancing objectives. Specifically, the book critically addresses the challenging tasks of restoring Potsdamer Platz from a state of disintegration to a condition worthy of a world-class city, although the questions remain unanswered as to how far the objectives have been achieved. The book enables readers to become familiar with the various stages of transformation, aided by the authors’ hand-drawn illustration – a series of sketches accompanied by narrations focusing on how to critically read ‘cities in transformation’. As a whole, it presents an overview of the strategic process of urban regeneration. The findings from this theoretical exploration help reposition our understanding of the process of re-making a ‘city in decay and transition’; and introduces new strands of regeneration ideologies, politics and methods.

• Berlin Redevelopement
• City Regeneration
• City Transformation
• City Transition
• Place Making
• Place Marketing
• Urban Politics
• Urban Sense of Place
• World City Order
• landscape/regional and urban planning
• urban geography and urbanism

• Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

  Malgorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman

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