In the realm of media architecture and its role in supporting struggles for social justice, the recent Media Architecture Biennale 2023 (MAB23) in Toronto, Canada, shed light on a captivating aspect: The rapid and vast propagation of solidarity lighting in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The synchronized illuminations, infused with activism and global art projects, became a powerful emblem of worldwide support for Ukraine during its time of crisis. Two emphatic female political leaders in Europe initiated the lighting solidarity message. Surprisingly, the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag illumination on iconic buildings worldwide defined an image of solidarity even faster in the press than large crowds of people in anti-war protests the weekend after the war began.
Berlin: The Latest Architecture and News
Cities Light Up in Solidarity with Ukraine
Space With 8 Walls / FAKT Office
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Architects: FAKT Office
- Year: 2020
LES Eventspace / RHO
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Architects: RHO
- Area: 400 m²
- Year: 2023
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Manufacturers: KEIM, RODECA GMBH, Eurograte, Kirsch Audio, Magis S.p.A.
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Professionals: Room Division Berlin, Balzer Balzer Studio, Kirsch Audio Germany
Robert Koch High School / SSP Rüthnick Architekten
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Architects: SSP Ruthnick Architekten
- Area: 23740 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: B&S BAU & Sanierungs GmbH, B&S BAU & Sanierungs GmbH, BOTAN Baugesellschaft mbH , BSB Boden Service UG, Dachdeckermeister Frank Lange, +9
Umspannwerk Sellerstrasse Energy Plant / Heide & von Beckerath
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Architects: Heide & von Beckerath
- Area: 1666 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Lamberts
Berlin's Iconic Brutalist Mäusebunker Building Spared from Demolition
The former animal laboratories of the Charité in Lichterfelde, also known as the Mäusebunker building, have now been placed under monument protection, saving it from the threat of demolition that has been slated since 2010. The brutalist structure was designed by architects Gerd and Magdalena Hänska and built from 1971, and put into operation in 1982. While its strong image, combined with its function as a laboratory for animal tests, resulted in the general public’s distaste for it, the Brutalist building slowly gained acceptance and even a cult status among brutalist fans.
3 Hoefe Office and Residential Building / Tchoban Voss Architekten
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Architects: Tchoban Voss Architekten
- Area: 33875 m²
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: Kone GmbH
Arcostraße Housing Complex / blrm Architekt*innen
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Architects: blrm Architekt*innen
- Area: 13050 m²
- Year: 2023
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Professionals: Holzwarth Landschaftsarchitektur, planning hhp berlin
Henning Larsen Wins Competition for a New Urban Center for West Berlin
Henning Larsen has been selected as the winner of an international competition for the design of Kurfürstendamm 231, a new mixed-use urban development in western Berlin, Germany. Other finalists in the competition included Cobe, David Chipperfield, and Mäckler Architekten. The winning concept centers the neighborhood around an urban courtyard which acts as a large-scale meeting place for the local community. Nine buildings define the courtyard, including the existing Agrippina House, which is set to be rehabilitated through the project.
LOVO Building / Christoph Wagner Architekten + Wenke Schladitz
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Architects: Christoph Wagner Architekten, Wenke Schladitz
- Area: 1200 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: AGROB BUCHTAL, Carl Stahl, Cinca, SOLTIS
Riv Residential Building / Zanderroth Architekten
Blue Hour at Spreepark / Modulorbeat
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Architects: Modulorbeat
- Area: 1728 m²
- Year: 2022
A Mangrove for Berlin: Tropical Architecture for the Academy of Architecture
From Costa Rica, architect Bruno Stagno not only reflects on how responses to the environment can be the main basis for inspiration and identity in architecture but also proposes going a little further, with contemporary tropical architecture for an entire latitude.
What happens when these limits are extended? What happens when these motivations escape outside of the tropical context? Bruno Stagno presents here the project "A Mangrove for Berlin", his participation in the 1995 competition for the Reconstruction of the Berlin Academy of Architecture, "Berliner Bauakademie", an emblematic work of the architect Friedrich Schinkel.
TechnoCampus Berlin / Tchoban Voss Architekten
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Architects: Tchoban Voss Architekten
- Area: 29620 m²
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: KLINKER, Schüco, WAREMA Renkhoff
Beyond Fitness Studio / MAG.DESIGN + DRAA
Kornversuchsspeicher Extension / AFF architekten
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Architects: AFF architekten
- Area: 3588 m²
- Year: 2023
ArchiVision: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Museum for Architectural Drawing
On the occasion of the anniversary exhibition of the Tchoban Foundation Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin, Sir Peter Cook, Mikkel Frost, Jean-Louis Cohen, Sergei Tchoban and the show’s curator Eva-Maria Barkhofen will discuss architectural drawing through the ages and its artistic role in the design process with moderator Natascha Meuser.
TOURIST x FUTURO: Immersive Experience at Futuro 13 in Berlin
The Futuro House is a unique, futurist-style dwelling designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in the late 1960s. The house was envisioned as a portable, prefabricated structure that could be easily transported to remote or difficult-to-reach locations.The house has a distinctive flying saucer shape, with a circular floor plan and a domed roof. The outer shell of the house is made of reinforced fiberglass, with a high-gloss finish that gives it a futuristic look. It sits on four legs, which elevate it slightly off the ground and provide stability on uneven terrain.