Memory and Anti-memory in the Project by Peter Eisenman and Jaquelin Robertson for Koch-/Friedrichstraße Block 5, Berlin

This paper aims to explore the importance of memory and anti-memory in the project by Eisenman/Robertson Architects which won the competition for Koch-/Friedrichstraße Block 5. It argues that the method used by the architects involves a “psychoanalysis of the city”. To that end, it examines the conc...

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Autores: Carvalho, Carolina Ferreira de, David Morales, Jorge
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2024
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositório:Risco: Revista de Pesquisa em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (Online)
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/213501
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.usp.br/risco/article/view/213501
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:anti-memory
Jaquelin Robertson
memory
Peter Eisenman
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Resumo:This paper aims to explore the importance of memory and anti-memory in the project by Eisenman/Robertson Architects which won the competition for Koch-/Friedrichstraße Block 5. It argues that the method used by the architects involves a “psychoanalysis of the city”. To that end, it examines the concepts of history, memory and anti-memory applied to the context of post-war Berlin reconstruction. The study is based on texts of history, sociology, philosophy and psychoanalysis, as well as on writings of the architects themselves and studies and critiques about them. Thus, the paper aims to show the strong mnemonic charge explored by the project and the critical way in which the architects address the subject of memory, so extensively explored at the time.