Karl-Marx-Allee and Interbau 1957. Architecture and Urban Development of Berlin's Post-War Modernism
Berlin has proposed to place the major listed ensembles of Berlin's reconstruction under the title "Karl-Marx-Allee and Interbau 1957. Architecture and Urbanism of Berlin's Postwar Modernism" on the German Tentative List of World Heritage Sites and subsequently then to propose them to UNESCO for inscription. The first attempt in 2014 was appreciated, but it was asked to be revised. A new application would then be made in the fall of 2021.
Image gallery
Hansaviertel, Bauteil Walter Gropius © Foto: Ben Buschfeld
Alexanderplatz, Haus des Lehrers © Landesdenkmalamt Berlin, Foto: Wolfgang Bittner
Visual
Kino International, Panoramabar © Yorck-Gruppe, Foto: Daniel Horn
Karl-Marx-Allee, Strausberger Platz © LDA, Foto: Wolfgang Bittner
Alexanderplatz, Haus des Lehrers, Wandfries © Foto: Ben Buschfeld
The newly submitted proposal will be presented and discussed with external experts at the colloquium at Triennial of Modernism.
Berlin post-war modernis on List of World Heritage Sites?
Additional information
The opening of the colloquium - organized by the Hermann Henselmann Foundation in cooperation with the Landesdenkmalamt Berlin and the Akademie der Künste - will take place on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Kino International at Karl-Marx-Allee 33. Here, among others, the architectural theorist Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani will give a keynote speech on Karl-Marx-Allee and the Hansa Quarter. Lampugnani's lecture will be preceded by a film premiere, during which the film "KMA + Interbau 1957. Architecture and Urbanism in Postwar Modernism. Voices on the World Heritage Proposal" will be presented to the public for the first time. Among those interviewed are some of the Berlin program partners* of Triennial of Modernism 2019 and 2022. The event will be followed by a reception hosted by the Mayor and Senator for Culture and Europe. No registration is required for the opening. Admission to the event is free.The conference itself will take place on Wednesday, 26.10.2022 from 09:30 to 22:00 at the Akademie der Künste at Hanseatenweg. Various experts from Germany and abroad will discuss the specific World Heritage criteria of Karl-Marx-Allee and Interbau and analyze them in the context of other reference objects. For the colloquium itself there is a fee of 6€, reduced 4€. Tickets can be purchased on site or via the homepage of Ost West Ost: Karl-Marx-Allee & Interbau 1957 | Akademie der Künste, Berlin (at adk.de).
