frankfurter tor // berlin friedrichshain

black-robed figures in front of a classicist façade, strolling or resting. it seems like a staging, but the austere façade gains in liveliness and the house does not appear as a backdrop as it usually does when you walk past.

overbeckstraße // dresden übigau

these buildings in dresden übigau used to belong to the vet transformatoren- und röntgenwerk (tur) "hermann matern". designed in a simple post-war modern style, the main material is brick in different shades of red. especially at sunrise and sunset, the walls glow in beautiful warm tones. after renovation and conversion, the old rooms have been used for a variety of purposes, which can certainly be described as successful preservation.

film: ilford fp4plus

dev&scan: meinfilmlab

scharfenberger straße // dresden übigau

montagehalle

i grew up with the sight of the transformer factory, and every time i visit dresden i see the hall first from afar and then from close by, and somehow i also know this sign of permanence because i am back in my old neighbourhood. the hall has always been a special building for me. powerful but still filigree thanks to the design of the window strips and supporting struts.

architects: p. michael & p. voges

completion: 1953

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film: ilford fp4plus

dev&scan: meinfilmlab

komplex rathausstraße // berlin mitte

architects: heinz graffunder, lothar köhler, dietmar kuntzsch, walter wenzel

plattenbau typ p2

completion: 1972

modersohnstraße // berlin friedrichshain

east german apartment block (plattenbau)

weltzeituhr // berlin mitte

design by erich john

1969

memhardstraße nord/süd // berlin mitte

architects: klaus bläsing & kollektiv

completion: 1984

haus der statistik // berlin mitte

architects: manfred hörner, peter senf & joachim härter

completion: 1970

today unter reconstruction

haus des lehrers  // berlin mitte 

architecture: hermann henselmann, b. geyer und j.streitparth

completion: 1964

art in architecture:

mosaic by walter womacka

“unser leben” 

andreasstraße // berlin friedrichshain 

east german apartment block 

frankfurter tor // berlin friedrichshain

architects: architektenkollektiv herman henselmann

completion: 1958

bahnhof // eisenach

it runs and runs and runs

wartburg // dresden neustadt

ilford hp5 plus // bottrop

exa 1b

ilford hp5

a winter day 

mikrokosmos & makrokosmos // dresden robotron

artist: oheme-heintze roswitha

completion: 1986

völkerfreundschaft // dresden prager strasse

artist: kuntsche wolf-eike

completion: 1986

albertplatz // dresden

heimatplatte // dresden mickten

heimatplatte // dresden mickten