Diploma Thesis TU Graz, Prof. Hubeli [2007], pulished by Dr. Müller Edition [2008]
The cityscape of Berlin has always been marked by the urban and architectural traces history left behind. The first built witnesses of the all German capitalism are the abandoned buildings and construction sites as products of misguided planning in post-cold-war Berlin. The diploma thesis – Ruin under construction – deals with an existing example for an inheritance of wrong prospects: the abandoned construction site – Landsberger Allee 106 – in Berlin Lichtenberg, a project stagnating for more than ten years. Actually the building was planned by the Italian architect Aldo Rossi and should have been developed by private investors in the early 1990ies.
Ruin under construction follows up the matters leading to the failure linked to economical, architectural and urban issues. A vision for an alternative developing concept finally opens up the view on a new generation of planners dealing with such an architectural relict. The aim of the proposed strategy is to deliberate the blocked situation of the building floating in the vague state of decay and construction. This uncertain status of the structure is used as a trigger for a prosperous developing process.
Book: 239 pages – german
