The city in the city
Subtitle: Berlin : a green archipelago : a manifesto (1977)
By: by Oswald Matthias Ungers and Rem Koolhaas ; with Peter Riemann, Hans Kollhoff, and Arthur Ovaska ; UAA Ungers Archives for Architectural Research
Contributors: Hertweck, Florian, 1975-; Marot, Sébastien, 1961-; Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft
Edition: A critical edition / by Florian Hertweck and Sébastien Marot.
Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Zürich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9783037783269
Subjects: Buildings, structures; City planning; Case studies
Other titles: Berlin :; Stadt in der Stadt. English.
Description: In the manifesto 'The City in the City - Berlin: A Green Archipelago', Oswald Mathias Ungers and a number of his colleagues from Cornell University presented the first concepts and intellectual models for the shrinking city. In contrast to the reconstruction of the European city that was popular at the time, they developed the figure of a polycentric urban landscape. However, the manifesto really began to exert an effect beginning in the 1990s onwards, when the focus of the urban planning discourse turned to the examination of crises, recessions, and the phenomenon of demographic shrinking. This critical edition contains a previously unpublished version of the manifesto by Rem Koolhaas, as well as interviews with co-authors Rem Koolhaas, Peter Riemann, Hans Kollhoff, and Arthur Ovaska. Introductory texts explain the development of the manifesto between Cornell and Berlin, position the work in the planning history of Berlin, and reveal its influence on current approaches.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English, with facsimiles of leaves from the original texts in German and English.
Table of contents: title: Relaunch / Sébastien Marot; title: Berlin : a green archipelago. The genesis of a hopeful monster / Sébastien Marot ; "But most of all, Ungers": Berlin stories / Rem Koolhaas; title: Pictures at an exhibition. Berlin influences and ramifications / Florian Hertweck; title: The city in the city. Ghostwriting / Rem Koolhaas, in conversation with Florian Hertweck and Sébastien Marot ; An exhibition concept / Arthur Ovaska, in conversation with Sébastien Marot ; An exciting exercise / Hans Kollhoff, in conversation with Florian Hertweck and Sébastien Marot ; A symbiotic operation / Peter Riemann, in conversation with Florian Hertweck and Sébastien Marot.