Excursus: Germania

The House of Tourism on the grounds of the library

The Staatsbibliothek (State Library) as Heterotopia

On the Creative Potential of Hans Scharoun’s Reading Landscape

Kaiser-Platane

The Germania dystopia

Utopie Kulturforum

KGM: landed!

A new Beginning

The reconstruction of St. Matthew’s Church

Longing for Unity

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

Utopia Kulturforum

The Philharmonie and the Forum

Utopia Philharmonie

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

The Staatsbibliothek (State Library) as Hyperspace

On the Utopian Potential of Hans Scharoun’s Reading Landscape

The Building

The Neue Nationalgalerie as a visionary building

The Collection

The visionary spirit of Classical Modernism

Realization of an Utopia

The construction and opening of the Philharmonie

The Future

General restoration and new conception

Destruction and Reconstruction

Vision of a new Philharmonie

Beyond Eden

The construction of St. Matthew’s Church

The master plan

Memorial stele

The new beginning

A new library at the Kulturforum

An architectural vision between functionality and symbolism

The Kulturforum

Perspective

The building in the reception

Dystopia Germania

The destruction of a district

The Architect

Mies van der Rohe as a Visionary

Planning and Reality

The Hall

Architecture and Performance

Utopia Culture Church

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

Synthesis of the Arts

The Philharmonie as a unity of interior and exterior

The Tiergarten district

Memorial and Information Point for the Victims of National Socialist »Euthanasia« Killings

Memorial plaque for James Simon