Preservation of monuments & culture of remembrance
Subtitle: using the example of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
By: Gerda Breuer, Dietrich Neumann, Ivo Hammer
Contributors: Breuer, Gerda; Neumann, Dietrich, author; Neumann, Dietrich; Hammer, Ivo, author; Hammer, Ivo; Croé, Andrea, writer of preface
Edition: Limited edition.
Publisher: Schunck Glaspaleis
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Heerlen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
ISBN-13: 9789074106436
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Modern Architecture; Conservation and restoration
Other titles: Preservation of monuments and culture of remembrance
Description: In the last few years several of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's buildings were restored. Of all things, the meticulousness of the structural details, which was always so important to Mies when he devised his designs, is absent in many cases of restored Mies buildings today. In the exhibition in Heerlen, the curator Andrea Croé does not address the broad spectrum of Mies?s structures that have been restored or converted, but rather focuses on the five major exemplary edifices: The exhibition showcases five current best-practice examples in Europe and the United States. Chicago is represented by Crown Hall on the IIT campus, the neighboring Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel, and the apartment high-rises on Lake Shore Drive. From Europe two pre-War projects were selected whose subsequent use could scarcely be greater in contrast: Whereas Villa Tugendhat in Brno, having been restored as far as possible to its original state, was turned into a museum, the Verseidag production and warehouse buildings in Krefeld, some of which are still ruins while others are in the process of being restored, will soon be the heart of a new business park for creatives.00Exhibition: Schunck Glaspaleis, Heerlen, The Netherlands (10.04.-07.08.2016).
Notes: Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Andrea Croé; title: A wanderer between the worlds: national and international elements of commemorations using the example of Mies vad der Rohe / Gerda Breuer; title: Coming to terms with the past: Mies and reconstruction / Dietrich Neumann; title: Modern movement materiality: remarks to meaning and methods of preservation / Ivo Hammer; title: Authors; title: Colophon.