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July 16, 2009
Annette Maechtel, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 9-11 – Eine archäologische Annäherung an Architektur, Videolecture

The building complex Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 9-11 was realised by the collective Werner Radtke, Manfred Zumpe and Hans-Peter Schmiedel in 1968-72. The exhibition spaces in the present-day Berlin Carré are part of this complex.
The lecture presents a collection of material and research which contextualises the architecture as part of the urban planning of East Berlin’s city centre. Among others it features advertising material from the 70s, which follows a logic of distinction from the west. In film extracts from a recent interview, architect Manfred Zumpe explains the building complex with regard to its specific approach to urban space. As part of that he elaborates on the former Haus Ungarn (Hungarian Culture Institute) which, as a culture space, formed an essential part of the layout. The question is raised how these spaces can be approached form a curatorial perspective, as they are present as a material relic, yet their initial conception superimposed by new forms of usage.

Annette Maechtel curated together with Christine Heidemann and Kathrin Peters the 2007 exhibition „die stadt von morgen“ (the city of tomorrow) – an archaeology of Berlin’s Hansa district, including a publication of the same name.

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