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Message by Ute Bonde

»What a great idea to show an exhibition about Berlin’s streets in the course of the last two centuries in the middle of a street!«

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Message by Christian Gaebler

»I am delighted that the Architekten- und Ingenieurverein zu Berlin-Brandenburg (AIV) has chosen to focus on this crucial topic for our city – public space – as part of the exhibition “always modern! Berlin and its streets”.«

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Message by Kai Wegner

»In 2024, the Architekten- und Ingenieurverein Berlin-Brandenburg (AIV) is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its founding. Congratulations on this more than impressive accomplishment.«

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8 Oct 24 // Reading with discussion

City of pedestrians, flâneurs and hikers

The flâneur is a familiar figure in literature about the city and its streets. How do contemporary writers experience their city of Berlin?

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25 Sep 24 // Symposium

Living in urban space

On the role, quality and future of Berlin's squares using three current examples.

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19 Sep 24 // Exhibition opening

Atmospheres and metabolism

The exhibition shows photos by Mathilde Tijen Hansen, Maximilian Meisse, Andreas Rost, Peter Rathmann and Michael Wesely and is intended as a contribution to the exhibition ‘immer modern! Berlin and its Streets.

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Swinemünder Straße

The streets of Berlin's city centre are unique in Europe: at least 22 metres wide, flanked by 22-metre-high apartment blocks. The basis for this was primarily the development plan by James Hobrecht in 1862. Swinemünder Straße is one of the most important urban developments in the Hobrecht plan.

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Leninallee in Ost-Berlin

Its very name underlined the extraordinary importance of this street, which connected the city centre with Marzahn. Leninallee was a prime example of car-friendly urban planning in East Berlin. Its uses are often attractive, but without any connection and usually without any reference to the street.

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Bundesallee in West-Berlin

The Bundesallee, formerly Kaiserallee, with its beautiful squares, was the backbone of the most elaborate urban development figure of the New West. After the war, it became a model for the car-friendly conversion of West Berlin's main streets, a conversion that damaged the entire street and its squares.

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Weimarer Republik:

In the Weimar Republic, motorisation was still very modest. Nevertheless, major plans were drawn up for a car-friendly reorganisation of the city. One highlight was the redevelopment plan for the southern part of the old town, which envisaged the radical remodelling of the main street between Spittelmarkt and Alexanderplatz.

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