"The Urban Leftover": Open corner situations in the downtown area of berlin

The situation of the "Urban Leftover" caused by the errection of linear building types -the so called "Zeile"- after World War II is obvious in over 100 locations in the former West Berlin, Germany. The radical modern urban concepts of erasing the historic structure of the city -in which context the Zeile was erected were never completly realized. This mixed structure of the traditional Block and Zeile caused the open corner condition and have become an unused urban leftover today. This thesis project studies the phenomenon of the open corner and tries to offer an answer to this urban question.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Department dc:contributor.department

Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2001

Author dc:creator

• Kienapfel, Christian

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Galloway, William U.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Schnoedt, Heinrich
• Brown, William W.

• open corner
• Berlin
• linear building type
• block
• zeile
• corner
• urban leftover

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-05282001-165442

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/33300