LiMa- learning from history – The reconstruction of the destroyed city – Josef Paul Kleihues –

Berlin has received an exhibition of many places that demonstrate the diversity of the city and have been able to develop exemplary solutions for the diversity of its problems. But the issues are not only specific to Berlin. Many issues are overarching and have a global impact. (…)

The reconstruction of the destroyed city –

I have chosen the term “reconstruction” for the rebuilding of the destroyed city, although it could give rise to misunderstanding. The concept of reconstruction is based on the power and hope inherent in cities to constantly renew themselves without denying the traces of history.

Josef Paul Kleihues, 1987

quoted from: Idee – Prozess-Ergebnis – Die Reparatur und Rekonstruktion der Stadt. IBA Berlin 1987 p.202-203

Photograph: Rob Krier, Berlin, southern Friedrichstadt, reconstructed ideal plan, bird’s-eye view, 1977, p. 251