Kulturgeschichte der Moderne in Berlin-Wilmersdorf – von der Carstenn-Figur bis in die Gegenwart
Workshop on the cultural history of modernity in Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Workshop on the cultural history of modernity in Berlin-Wilmersdorf
In 2023, the Leibniz Centre for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL) moved into the ACHTUNDEINS office building in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, which was designed by architect Eike Becker. The neighbourhood around the building is of great cultural and historical significance. Numerous cultural figures have lived here since the end of the 19th century, including renowned authors, artists and scientists.
Around 1870, the merchant and urban developer Johann Anton Wilhelm Carstenn designed a net-like figure that connects four squares (Prager, Nikolsburger, Nürnberger and Fasanenplatz) symmetrically arranged around a central axis (today's Bundesallee). The figure has survived, but above and below ground the city has constantly changed. The architecture critic Michael Mönninger has recapitulated the history of the neighbourhood from an urban planning perspective on the ZfL blog. In an article for the FAZ, Detlev Schöttker outlined for the first time the ways in which architecture (Johann Heinrich Strack, Fritz Bornemann, Gottfried Böhm), literature (Gerhard Hauptmann, Heinrich Mann, Mascha Kaléko) and art (Galerie Bremer, Georg Baselitz) have developed cultural-historical significance based on this comparatively small area. The workshop aims to expand and deepen these approaches under the guiding question of the interrelationship between urban buildings and spaces, neighbourhoods and networks and the production of art and culture.
Eike Becker, architect from ACHTUNDEINS, will give the keynote speech. Admission is free, registration is not necessary.