A virtual walk through lost engineering architecture
From February 12 to March 8, the Ingenieurbaukunstverein (Engineering Architecture Association) is staging an extraordinary exhibition on engineering architecture in the Red Hall of Schinkel's Bauakademie: seven significant structures from the history of engineering architecture are being presented for the first time as walk-in digital reconstructions.
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The exhibition focuses on structures that no longer exist today or have been lost in their original form. With the help of virtual reality (VR) technology, visitors can spatially experience and rediscover these masterpieces of civil engineering.
On display are digital reconstructions of Schinkel's Bauakademie, Berlin's Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin's Ahornblatt, Berlin's Kaisersteg, Munich's Glaspalast, the Hamm-Uentrop rope net cooling tower, and Weimar's Hetzerhalle.
An extensive lecture and accompanying program complements the exhibition. Several evenings a week—usually on Wednesdays and Thursdays—experts from the fields of engineering, architecture, science, and monument preservation will present the projects on display.
The lectures and discussions will shed light on both the historical and technical backgrounds of the structures as well as their social significance and relevance for current and future construction projects.
Individual evenings will be complemented by panel discussions, eyewitness accounts, and live VR demonstrations.
