Collection ● Utopie Kulturforum

A new Beginning

The reconstruction of St. Matthew’s Church

The Hall

Architecture and Performance

The Kulturforum

Planning and Reality

The Building

The Neue Nationalgalerie as a visionary building

The Tiergarten district

Longing for Unity

St. Matthew’s and Hans Hollein’s master plan

Utopia Philharmonie

Hans Scharoun’s idea for a new kind of concert hall

Dystopia Germania

The destruction of a district

The Collection

The visionary spirit of Classical Modernism

Realization of an Utopia

The construction and opening of the Philharmonie

The Germania dystopia

The Future

General restoration and new conception

Destruction and Reconstruction

Vision of a new Philharmonie

Utopia Culture Church

St. Matthew’s and the Dialogue between Art and Church

Beyond Eden

The construction of St. Matthew’s Church

Utopie Kulturforum

KGM: landed!

Excursus: Germania

The House of Tourism on the grounds of the library

Synthesis of the Arts

The Philharmonie as a unity of interior and exterior

The Staatsbibliothek (State Library) as Heterotopia

On the Creative Potential of Hans Scharoun’s Reading Landscape

The Staatsbibliothek (State Library) as Hyperspace

On the Utopian Potential of Hans Scharoun’s Reading Landscape

Perspective

The building in the reception

A new library at the Kulturforum

An architectural vision between functionality and symbolism

Utopia Kulturforum

The Philharmonie and the Forum

The master plan

The new beginning