Preservation of monuments & culture of remembrance : using the example of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / Gerda Breuer, Dietrich Neumann, Ivo Hammer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breuer, Gerda, author.

Neumann, Dietrich, author.

Hammer, Ivo, author.

Contributor:

Croé, Andrea, writer of preface.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig.

Architecture, Modern--20th century--Conservation and restoration.

Architecture, Modern.

Architecture, Modern--Conservation and restoration.

Conservation and restoration.

Physical Description:

58 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Edition:

Limited edition.

Other Title:

Preservation of monuments and culture of remembrance

Place of Publication:

Heerlen : Schunck Glaspaleis, [2016]

Summary:

In the last few years several of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's buildings were restored. Of all things, the meticulousness of the structural details, which was always so important to Mies when he devised his designs, is absent in many cases of restored Mies buildings today. In the exhibition in Heerlen, the curator Andrea Croé does not address the broad spectrum of Mies?s structures that have been restored or converted, but rather focuses on the five major exemplary edifices: The exhibition showcases five current best-practice examples in Europe and the United States. Chicago is represented by Crown Hall on the IIT campus, the neighboring Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel, and the apartment high-rises on Lake Shore Drive. From Europe two pre-War projects were selected whose subsequent use could scarcely be greater in contrast: Whereas Villa Tugendhat in Brno, having been restored as far as possible to its original state, was turned into a museum, the Verseidag production and warehouse buildings in Krefeld, some of which are still ruins while others are in the process of being restored, will soon be the heart of a new business park for creatives.00Exhibition: Schunck Glaspaleis, Heerlen, The Netherlands (10.04.-07.08.2016).

Contents:

Preface / Andrea Croé

A wanderer between the worlds: national and international elements of commemorations using the example of Mies vad der Rohe / Gerda Breuer

Coming to terms with the past: Mies and reconstruction / Dietrich Neumann

Modern movement materiality: remarks to meaning and methods of preservation / Ivo Hammer

Authors

Colophon.

Notes:

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Breuer, Gerda. Wanderer between the worlds.

Neumann, Dietrich. Coming to terms with the past.

Hammer, Ivo. Modern movement materiality.

ISBN:

9789074106436

9074106439

OCLC:

954018730