With Franziska Achatzi (Curatorial Assistant)

How are architecture and the body connected? How does the body react to the built environment? How do I perceive architecture with my senses and my body? In what way does the design of a space alter my movements? Which postures do I adopt, which positions and physical impulses seem inappropriate or impossible? The focus of this workshop is the physical experience of space in Werner Düttmann’s constructions. Choreographic approaches will be developed in dialogue with the architecture. Dance will thus establish a new relationship between the body, movement, and architecture.

How are architecture and the body connected? How does the body react to the built environment? How do I perceive architecture with my senses and my body? In what way does the design of a space alter my movements? Which postures do I adopt, which positions and physical impulses seem inappropriate or impossible? The focus of this workshop is the physical experience of space in Werner Düttmann’s constructions. Choreographic approaches will be developed in dialogue with the architecture. Dance will thus establish a new relationship between the body, movement, and architecture.

With Atelier Fanelsa (architectural practice) in cooperation with Gewobag

Talk with Mascha Fehse (architect) and Alexander Römer (architect), moderated by Daniela Bystron (curator of outreach, Brücke- Museum)

With Atelier Fanelsa (architectural practice) in cooperation with Gewobag

During the years in which Werner Düttmann was Senatsbaudirekor (Senate Building Director) of West Berlin (1960–66), two billion marks were spent each year on state-financed construction projects. About half of this sum went to housing construction, which allowed around 20,000 new housing units to be built annually, including in Kreuzberg between Mehringplatz and Kottbusser Tor. Under Düttmann’s direction, dense, urban neighbourhoods of social housing were created, which would become the focus of the urban renewal debate at the Internationale Bauausstellung ’87 (International Building Exhibition ’87; IBA) two decades later, and are now considered socially deprived areas.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

For children aged five and above and families with Renée and Thomas Rapedius (artists, art educators)

With Atelier Fanelsa (architectural practice) in cooperation with Gewobag

Users of Düttmann’s buildings talk about their interactions, experiences and memories in conversation with K.I. – Büro für Kunstvermittlung Berlin e.V.

The two political systems of the Cold War stood side by side in a divided Germany. Both West Berlin and the capital of the young GDR—East Berlin—wanted to define their own identities through this direct juxtaposition. In the battle between socialist and liberal-democratic systems, the reconstruction of Berlin took on a highly politicised character. When the redevelopment of Stalinallee became East Berlin’s flagship project of socialist classicism, West Berlin responded with an international building exhibition in the Hansaviertel, Interbau 57, which was to become a showcase of post-war modernism. The most renowned architects of the time were invited to realise their architectural visions in the Hansaviertel, including Walter Gropius, Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Oscar Niemeyer and Werner Düttmann, who, in addition to the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts), also designed the Hansabücherei (Hansa Library).

For children aged five and above and families with Renée and Thomas Rapedius (artists, art educators)

With Lisa Marei Schmidt (Curator & Director, Brücke-Museum)

The two political systems of the Cold War stood side by side in a divided Germany. Both West Berlin and the capital of the young GDR—East Berlin—wanted to define their own identities through this direct juxtaposition. In the battle between socialist and liberal-democratic systems, the reconstruction of Berlin took on a highly politicised character. When the redevelopment of Stalinallee became East Berlin’s flagship project of socialist classicism, West Berlin responded with an international building exhibition in the Hansaviertel, Interbau 57, which was to become a showcase of post-war modernism. The most renowned architects of the time were invited to realise their architectural visions in the Hansaviertel, including Walter Gropius, Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Oscar Niemeyer and Werner Düttmann, who, in addition to the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts), also designed the Hansabücherei (Hansa Library).

With Pınar Öğrenci (artist), Daniele Karasz (social anthropologist) and Niloufar Tajeri (architect)

With the construction of the Wall in 1961, which was intended to separate the Eastern and Western sectors, Berlin also became a divided city in terms of urban space. The area around Kurfürstendamm became the centre of walled-in West Berlin and was considered a “symbol of the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle)”. City West thus developed into a new commercial centre around the Zoologischer Garten railway station, with prestigious new buildings that were also to be seen as a symbol of political power vis-à-vis the GDR.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 34 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

For children aged five and above and families with Renée and Thomas Rapedius (artists, art educators)

With Franziska Achatzi (Curatorial Assistant)

Users of Düttmann’s buildings talk about their interactions, experiences and memories in conversation with K.I. – Büro für Kunstvermittlung Berlin e.V.

Discussion and tour with Alexander Hoff (architectural historian), Frank Seehausen (architect/art historian) and Niloufar Tajeri (architect/architectural theorist)

During the years in which Werner Düttmann was Senatsbaudirekor (Senate Building Director) of West Berlin (1960–66), two billion marks were spent each year on state-financed construction projects. About half of this sum went to housing construction, which allowed around 20,000 new housing units to be built annually, including in Kreuzberg between Mehringplatz and Kottbusser Tor. Under Düttmann’s direction, dense, urban neighbourhoods of social housing were created, which would become the focus of the urban renewal debate at the Internationale Bauausstellung ’87 (International Building Exhibition ’87; IBA) two decades later, and are now considered socially deprived areas.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

with students from weißensee kunsthochschule Berlin, led by Mona Jas (Künstlerin, Kunstvermittlerin/artist, art educator) and Daniela Bystron (curator for outreach, Brücke-Museum)

The two political systems of the Cold War stood side by side in a divided Germany. Both West Berlin and the capital of the young GDR—East Berlin—wanted to define their own identities through this direct juxtaposition. In the battle between socialist and liberal-democratic systems, the reconstruction of Berlin took on a highly politicised character. When the redevelopment of Stalinallee became East Berlin’s flagship project of socialist classicism, West Berlin responded with an international building exhibition in the Hansaviertel, Interbau 57, which was to become a showcase of post-war modernism. The most renowned architects of the time were invited to realise their architectural visions in the Hansaviertel, including Walter Gropius, Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Oscar Niemeyer and Werner Düttmann, who, in addition to the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts), also designed the Hansabücherei (Hansa Library).

Discussion and tour with Winfried Brenne (architect), moderated by Luise Rellensmann (architectural critic/scholar)

Users of Düttmann’s buildings talk about their interactions, experiences and memories in conversation with K.I. – Büro für Kunstvermittlung Berlin e.V.

How are architecture and the body connected? How does the body react to the built environment? How do I perceive architecture with my senses and my body? In what way does the design of a space alter my movements? Which postures do I adopt, which positions and physical impulses seem inappropriate or impossible? The focus of this workshop is the physical experience of space in Werner Düttmann’s constructions. Choreographic approaches will be developed in dialogue with the architecture. Dance will thus establish a new relationship between the body, movement, and architecture.

How are architecture and the body connected? How does the body react to the built environment? How do I perceive architecture with my senses and my body? In what way does the design of a space alter my movements? Which postures do I adopt, which positions and physical impulses seem inappropriate or impossible? The focus of this workshop is the physical experience of space in Werner Düttmann’s constructions. Choreographic approaches will be developed in dialogue with the architecture. Dance will thus establish a new relationship between the body, movement, and architecture.

During the years in which Werner Düttmann was Senatsbaudirekor (Senate Building Director) of West Berlin (1960–66), two billion marks were spent each year on state-financed construction projects. About half of this sum went to housing construction, which allowed around 20,000 new housing units to be built annually, including in Kreuzberg between Mehringplatz and Kottbusser Tor. Under Düttmann’s direction, dense, urban neighbourhoods of social housing were created, which would become the focus of the urban renewal debate at the Internationale Bauausstellung ’87 (International Building Exhibition ’87; IBA) two decades later, and are now considered socially deprived areas.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 34 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

With Caique Tizzi (Artist, Cook) & FRZNTE (DJ, Pole Performer)

During the years in which Werner Düttmann was Senatsbaudirekor (Senate Building Director) of West Berlin (1960–66), two billion marks were spent each year on state-financed construction projects. About half of this sum went to housing construction, which allowed around 20,000 new housing units to be built annually, including in Kreuzberg between Mehringplatz and Kottbusser Tor. Under Düttmann’s direction, dense, urban neighbourhoods of social housing were created, which would become the focus of the urban renewal debate at the Internationale Bauausstellung ’87 (International Building Exhibition ’87; IBA) two decades later, and are now considered socially deprived areas.

The two political systems of the Cold War stood side by side in a divided Germany. Both West Berlin and the capital of the young GDR—East Berlin—wanted to define their own identities through this direct juxtaposition. In the battle between socialist and liberal-democratic systems, the reconstruction of Berlin took on a highly politicised character. When the redevelopment of Stalinallee became East Berlin’s flagship project of socialist classicism, West Berlin responded with an international building exhibition in the Hansaviertel, Interbau 57, which was to become a showcase of post-war modernism. The most renowned architects of the time were invited to realise their architectural visions in the Hansaviertel, including Walter Gropius, Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Oscar Niemeyer and Werner Düttmann, who, in addition to the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts), also designed the Hansabücherei (Hansa Library).

With the construction of the Wall in 1961, which was intended to separate the Eastern and Western sectors, Berlin also became a divided city in terms of urban space. The area around Kurfürstendamm became the centre of walled-in West Berlin and was considered a “symbol of the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle)”. City West thus developed into a new commercial centre around the Zoologischer Garten railway station, with prestigious new buildings that were also to be seen as a symbol of political power vis-à-vis the GDR.

Discussion and tour with Niklas Fanelsa (architect) and Florian Heilmeyer (architectural journalist/curator)

During the years in which Werner Düttmann was Senatsbaudirekor (Senate Building Director) of West Berlin (1960–66), two billion marks were spent each year on state-financed construction projects. About half of this sum went to housing construction, which allowed around 20,000 new housing units to be built annually, including in Kreuzberg between Mehringplatz and Kottbusser Tor. Under Düttmann’s direction, dense, urban neighbourhoods of social housing were created, which would become the focus of the urban renewal debate at the Internationale Bauausstellung ’87 (International Building Exhibition ’87; IBA) two decades later, and are now considered socially deprived areas.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

With the construction of the Wall in 1961, which was intended to separate the Eastern and Western sectors, Berlin also became a divided city in terms of urban space. The area around Kurfürstendamm became the centre of walled-in West Berlin and was considered a “symbol of the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle)”. City West thus developed into a new commercial centre around the Zoologischer Garten railway station, with prestigious new buildings that were also to be seen as a symbol of political power vis-à-vis the GDR.

With the construction of the Wall in 1961, which was intended to separate the Eastern and Western sectors, Berlin also became a divided city in terms of urban space. The area around Kurfürstendamm became the centre of walled-in West Berlin and was considered a “symbol of the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle)”. City West thus developed into a new commercial centre around the Zoologischer Garten railway station, with prestigious new buildings that were also to be seen as a symbol of political power vis-à-vis the GDR.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 34 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

During the years in which Werner Düttmann was Senatsbaudirekor (Senate Building Director) of West Berlin (1960–66), two billion marks were spent each year on state-financed construction projects. About half of this sum went to housing construction, which allowed around 20,000 new housing units to be built annually, including in Kreuzberg between Mehringplatz and Kottbusser Tor. Under Düttmann’s direction, dense, urban neighbourhoods of social housing were created, which would become the focus of the urban renewal debate at the Internationale Bauausstellung ’87 (International Building Exhibition ’87; IBA) two decades later, and are now considered socially deprived areas.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.

In a tour of the exhibition Werner Düttmann. Building. Berlin, we will introduce Werner Düttmann as an architect and urban planner, artist and art collector. An important role is played by the Brücke-Museum itself as a venue designed for the art of Die Brücke. Selected works from the Expressionist collection will be presented. You will also gain an overview of Düttmann’s entire architectural oeuvre in Berlin, with a particular focus on 27 buildings and squares and their relevant themes such as single-family homes, community buildings, urban planning and social housing.