Keywords
Urban regeneration
Historical memory
Historic fabric
Second World War
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Abstract
Twenty-first century Germany is undergoing a highly particular urban development process: over 75 years after the end of the Second World War, we are seeing a new wave of reconstruction in the historic city centers destroyed during that conflict. These initiatives, originating from public demand, involve a combination of precise reconstructions and wholly new projects. In order to understand the interest of these processes for contemporary urban design, we take two case studies: Frankfurt, in the territory of the former West Germany, and Dresden, in the former East Germany. Both processes set out from unsatisfactory urban situations as a result of rebuilding in the first forty years after the war. In response to this, they introduce a new fabric that restores the historic townscape and contextualizes local urban landmarks. Legible, well-defined urban ensembles are thereby created.
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