Legal Cities? Urban Renewal and Immigration in Berlin’s IBA 1984/87
On Monday, 23 January, architect and architectural historian Esra Akcan (2011-2012 Rechtskulturen Fellow at Humboldt University Law School) will talk in Recht im Kontext‘s Rechtskulturen Colloquium about Urban Renewal and Immigration in Berlin’s IBA (Internationale Bauausstellung / International Building Exhibition) 1984/87. Her paper deals with world cities at the wake of the twenty-first century and their ambivalent relation to legality. On the one hand, housing laws and regulations instituted by the city senates and municipalities play a significant role in determining the future of urban architecture, on the other hand, countless informal housing settlements around the world as well as ... continue reading
