West Side Stories

Modernism has many faces: it ranges from far-reaching concepts like the car-friendly city to finely sculpted, curved office buildings and university structures that symbolize a new beginning for society. In Charlottenburg, these ideas come together to form a multifaceted picture of postwar modernism, including the TU campus, the City West, and several cultural institutions. Our guided tour takes you through postwar Berlin, from Ernst-Reuter-Platz to the Gedächtniskirche. The starting point is the Temporary Bauhaus Archive, a bold 1950s design by Paul Schwebes. From there, the walk leads past the concert hall of the University of the Arts to the Museum of Photography: Here, as part of a special exhibition, the Bauhaus Archive presents works by female Bauhaus artists, which are contextualized in relation to current artistic positions.

HIGHLIGHTS
The Campus as an Urban Building Block University architecture and knowledge landscape in post-war Berlin around the TU Berlin
Transparency and a New Beginning The concert hall of the Berlin University of Arts as the starting point of post-war modernism
New Women, New Visions The Women Photographers of the Bauhaus – admission and introduction to the exhibition at the Museum of Photography

Project selection

Temporary Bauhaus Archive / Haus Hardenberg Paul Schwebes
Ernst-Reuter-Platz Bernhard Hermkes
BHR OX bauhaus reuse zukunftsgeräusche GbR
TU Berlin’s Mensa Werner Düttmann
UdK Concert Hall Paul Baumgarten
Breitscheidtplatz, including the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church Egon Eiermann
Bikini Berlin Paul Schwebes and Hans Schoszberger
Museum of Photography Heino Schmieden and Julius Boethke