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Learning from the Past: Architectural Interventions in Historic City Centers
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Weiland, Kate
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1146595059
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Year and Degree
2006, Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, School of Fine Arts - Architecture.
Abstract
In the past century, cities across Europe have been forced to discuss theories of new construction within existing urban centers. Following the destruction caused in the Second World War, citizens of Warsaw, Poland rebuilt a replica of their Old Town, even using the tools and techniques of the original construction. When the Wall came down in 1989, Berlin, Germany was forced to address the barren scar running through the city. Berlin chose to revert Potsdamer Platz to its role as an entertainment center, while using current architecture styles. Today, citizens in Rome, Italy, face a similar dilemma. With the need for a new structure to protect the Ara Pacis, Augustae, controversy has arisen over the contemporary proposal put forward by architect Richard Meier. By reviewing the case studies of Warsaw and Berlin, it becomes clear that Meier’s design allows his structure to complement, rather than compete with history in and around the site.
Committee
Sergio Sanabria (Advisor)
Pages
85 p.
Keywords
Warsaw, Poland
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Berlin, Germany
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Rome, Italy
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Architectural Intervention
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Weiland, K. (2006).
Learning from the Past: Architectural Interventions in Historic City Centers
[Undergraduate thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1146595059
APA Style (7th edition)
Weiland, Kate.
Learning from the Past: Architectural Interventions in Historic City Centers.
2006. Miami University, Undergraduate thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1146595059.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Weiland, Kate. "Learning from the Past: Architectural Interventions in Historic City Centers." Undergraduate thesis, Miami University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1146595059
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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