In the narrow sense, the architectural collectives of the GDR were nothing more than the structural organization of a state building system. Beyond that, however, they also reflect the aspirations for a formation of a socialist society. This presentation reflects on how these two characteristics relate to each other and looks at historical and political backgrounds as well as structures, role and self-images in the architectural collectives of the GDR. It also addresses the question of possible structural peculiarities of this system, their impact on the produced work and on our present-day dealings with these collective architectures. The lecture draws on the results of a research project based at the University of Bamberg and the Leibniz Institute for Socio-Spatial Research (IRS).
When
21.06.2021, 18.30h