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In April sundays will trace the footprints of the “new” Berlin, whose notable new architecture was intended to herald a new beginning after the fall of the wall, in both the east and west parts of the city. How does a city evolve, which underlying models does it rely on?… sundays will explore these questions, looking at examples of historic and contemporary Berlin to experience the second spring of (and in) the city.

Saturday: International Modernity versus Planned Collectives

Interbau 1975 (Hansa quarter): Apartment buildings by Alvar Alto, Paul Baumgarten, Walter Gropius, Arne Jacobsen, Johannes Krahn, Oscar Niemeyer, and others / Visit of and lunch in the Academy of Arts, Werner Düttmann, 1958-60 / Walking tour of Karl-Marx-Allee from Straußberger Platz to Frankfurter Tor: Collectives Henselmann, Hartmann, Paulick, Leucht, Hopp, Souradny, 1951-60 / Chill out at Hakescher Markt, dinner at “Oxymoron”

Sunday: Taking Place: Squares and City Quarters

Museumsinsel, Schlossplatz, Pariser Platz, Potsdamer Platz, Leipziger Platz, Beisheim-Center, Kulturforum, International Architecture Exhibition 1987 … sounds more like time travel than a Sunday walk. sundays investigates important urban developments before and after the fall of the wall, and ponders what “takes place” in the city. Dinner at “Sale e Tabacchi.”

Monday: The New Berlin: Federal Government Buildings and Foreign Embassies

Office of the Chancellor: Axel Schultes, Charlotte Frank, 2001 / Paul-Löbe-House: Stephan Braunfels, 2003 / Reichstag-German Bundestag: Foster and Partners, 1999 / Jacob-Kaiser-House: Schweger & Partner, Busmann & Haberer, gmp von Gerkan, Marg + Partner, Thomas van den Valentin, De Architekten Cie, 1996-2002 / Lunch at Jacob-Kaiser-House / Embassies of Northern European Countries / Japanese, Italian, Indian and Austrian Embassies

Meeting point: Saturday 7:05 am, Vienna International Airport, Terminal 1, Air Berlin check-in counter / flight schedule: departure Vienna 04/24/04 8:05 am, arrival Berlin 9:20 am (AB 8359) / departure Berlin 04/26/04 7:40 pm, arrival Vienna 8:50 pm (AB 8752)

Tickets: double occupancy room EUR 350.- per person / single occupancy EUR 370.-

Architects: Axel Schultes, Stephan Braunfels, Detlef Krug (gmp), and others
Experts: Andreas Butter, Martin Kieren, Claus Käpplinger, and others

Tour guide and concept: Kerstin Gust

General cancellation policy:

Costs for cancellation 30 days before departure: 10%; 20-29 days before departure: 25 %: 10-19 days before departure: 50%; 4-9 days before departure: 65%; from 3 days before departure: 85%; from 1 day before departure: 100%