Martin Gropius – der Architekt: Vorträge und Gespräche zur Feier des 200. Geburtstages von Martin Gropius

In the organizer's words:

To mark the 200th birthday of Martin Gropius (1824-1880), experts will discuss the significance of his life's work for his time and for building in Berlin today.

The Gropius Bau was built according to plans by architects Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden and opened in 1881 as a museum and school of arts and crafts. In its dual function as a training center and museum, it initially housed classrooms and studios in addition to collections of European arts and crafts and an art library. The heart of the exhibition building was and still is the atrium, which opens slightly lowered to all four points of the compass.

Program

Jenny Schlenzka, Director Gropius Bau: Welcome

Petra Kahlfeldt, Senate Building Director: Introduction

Christoph Rauhut, State Monuments Office: What remains? The legacy of Martin Gropius in Berlin

Hans-Dieter Nägelke, Architecture Museum: Martin Gropius in the Architecture Museum of the TU Berlin

Amrei Buchholz, Baukunstarchiv: Ornament as a source of ideas. Martin Gropius' sketchbooks from the Baukunstarchiv of the Akademie der Künste

Arnold Körte, architect: On the experience of space in the Gropius Bau

Karl-Ludwig Lange, photographer: Photo documentation of the restoration of the Gropius Bau 1981-1986

Carsten Boelter, building historian: Drewen - a rediscovered early work