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Potsdamer Platz

The Reshaping of Berlin

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Malgorzata Nowobilska

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

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  2. Quazi Mahtab Zaman

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

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  • Poses key issues in the debate over the remaking of Berlin
  • Suggests and repositions the ways in which a city can be evaluated
  • Unfolds the steps and processes involved in various strategic interventions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Geography (BRIEFSGEOGRAPHY)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Stage 1: –1945 (Flourishing)

    • MaÅ‚gorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman
    Pages 1-6

  3. Stage 2: 1945–1989 (Hibernation)

    • MaÅ‚gorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman
    Pages 7-12

  4. Stage 3: 1989–2000 (Awakening)

    • MaÅ‚gorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman
    Pages 13-24

  5. Stage 4: 2000– (Belonging)

    • MaÅ‚gorzata 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.

Authors and Affiliations

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

    Malgorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman

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