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Following a competition won in 1992, the dormant wasteland of Potsdamer Platz in the newly reunified capital of Germany, Berlin, was entirely renovated based on a Renzo Piano Building Workshop-designed masterplan.
Projekt obejmuje rekonstrukcję przestrzeni miejskiej znajdującej się między Potsdamer Platz i Brandenburg Gate. Dzielnica, która w latach 30. XX wieku stanowiła kulturalne i handlowe centrum miasta, została najpierw zniszczona w czasie drugiej wojny światowej, a potem zamieniona w miejską "pustynię" budową Muru Berlińskiego.
The suggested route in this section proposes an exploration of Potsdamer Platz and its surroundings, with buildings by Renzo Piano, Helmut Jahn, Hans Kollhoff, Richard Rogers, Rafael Moneo, and many others.
Following a competition won in 1992, the dormant wasteland of Potsdamer Platz in the newly reunified capital of Germany, Berlin, was entirely renovated based on a Renzo Piano Building Workshop-designed masterplan.
Renzo Piano, the 1998 Pritzker Prize winner, is perhaps best known for his controversial design of the Centre Georges Pompidou, located in the heart of Paris and completed in 1978. Conceived in collaboration with English architect, Richard Rogers and described by Piano as “a joyful urban machine ... a creature that might have come from a ...
In 1991, sixteen European architects submitted design concepts to the government-sponsored competition for the Potsdamer Platz site. The largest of these four parts went to Daimler-Benz, now part of Daimler-Chrysler, who charged Renzo Piano with creating a master plan for the new construction.
Renzo Piano Workshop Berlin, Germany. prepared by rachel miller & amanda reed. Potsdamer Platz is a central point in Berlin with a tumultuous history and grand urban aspirations. The main square and surrounding district were exten-sively re-developed from 1994 - 1998.
