Open Architecture: Migration, Citizenship and the Urban Renewal of Berlin-Kreuzberg by Iba 1984/87 - Hardcover

by Esra Akcan (Author)

Toward an "open architecture"

The International Building Exhibition 1984/87 in
Berlin constitutes one of the most remarkable examples to discuss "open
architecture". Almost 10,000 dwellings were constructed or restored in
the Kreuzberg districts adjacent to the Berlin Wall, inhabited about
halfway by immigrants. The renowned author Esra Akcan, related in many
ways to Turkey, Berlin and the USA, narrates the history and
reverberations of this architectural-political event.

• A new perspective on IBA Berlin
• Architecture, research and politics: a path-breaking event
• Architectural history of current relevance

Author Biography

Esra Akcan, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Cornell University, NY, USA

Esra Akcan is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the
Department of Architecture and board member at the Institute for
Comparative Modernities. Akcan's research on modern and contemporary
architecture and urbanism foregrounds the intertwined histories of
Europe, West Asia, and Northeast Africa and offers new ways to
understand architecture's role in global, social, and environmental
justice.