Legal Cities? Urban Renewal and Immigration in Berlin’s IBA 1984/87
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 the most exciting street art exist at a slippery slope between legality and illegality. »This lecture will focus on Berlin-IBA 1984/87 ... continue reading
