Hard Core Urbanism: Urban planning at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin after the German reunification

Hard Core Urbanism is the tendency to produce corporate enclaves within the fluid city. The garrison mentality denies the complex and interwoven processes exemplified by the history of Potsdamer Platz. Breaking the completeness of the corporate plan, the project initiates the process of diversification; enabling a reoccupation by the city.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Grantor

Rice University

Year dc:date.issued

1996

Author dc:creator

• Schmidt, Christian Olaf

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Wittenberg, Gordon

• Urban planning
• Regional planning
• Architecture
• European history

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1911/14030

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.rice.edu:1911/14030