Collection ● Utopie Kulturforum

Longing for Unity

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

Destruction and Reconstruction

Vision of a new Philharmonie

Utopia Philharmonie

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

A new library at the Kulturforum

An architectural vision between functionality and symbolism

The Germania dystopia

Realization of an Utopia

The construction and opening of the Philharmonie

The Future

General restoration and new conception

Dystopia Germania

The destruction of a district

Utopie Kulturforum

KGM: landed!

The Building

The Neue Nationalgalerie as a visionary building

The new beginning

Beyond Eden

The construction of St. Matthew’s Church

Utopia Culture Church

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

Perspective

The building in the reception

The master plan

The Kulturforum

Synthesis of the Arts

The Philharmonie as a unity of interior and exterior

Utopia Kulturforum

The Philharmonie and the Forum

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

The Staatsbibliothek (State Library) as Hyperspace

On the Utopian Potential of Hans Scharoun’s Reading Landscape

Planning and Reality

The Tiergarten district

The Hall

Architecture and Performance

A new Beginning

The reconstruction of St. Matthew’s Church

The Collection

The visionary spirit of Classical Modernism