1st Edition
Buried City, Unearthing Teufelsberg Berlin and its Geography of Forgetting
By Benedict Anderson
Copyright 2017
194 Pages
45 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
194 Pages
45 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
194 Pages
45 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Cities are built over the remnants of their past buried beneath their present. We build on what has been built before, whether over foundations formalising previous permanency or over the temporal occupations of ground. But what happens when you shift a city - when you dislodge its occupation of ground towards a new ground, bury it and forget it?
Focusing on Berlin’s destruction during World War... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1. Ruins – Self-portraiture, Capturing Forgetting
Chapter 2. Forgetting – Self-anesthesia, Cultural Forgetting
Chapter 3. Burial – Abandoning the City, Physical Forgetting
Chapter 4. Disappearance – Planting the Forest, Natural Forgetting
Chapter 5. New Ground – Unearthing Teufelsberg, Against Forgetting
Conclusion
Biography
Benedict Anderson practices in design, architectural theory and public art. He has worked in many different universities, lectured extensively as an invited speaker and exhibited in major exhibitions. He previously held the position as Professor of Spatial Design, University of Technology Sydney.
