| 1957 Berlin | |
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) Berlin Congresshall (Haus der Kulturen der Welt - "House of the Cultures of the World") by Hugh Stubbins in 2007 | |
| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Specialized exposition |
| Name | Interbau 57 |
| Motto | City of the future |
| Participant(s) | |
| Countries | 13 |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| City | Berlin |
| Venue | Hansaviertel, Westend, Tiergarten |
| Coordinates | 52°31′00″N 13°20′20″E / 52.51667°N 13.33889°E |
| Timeline | |
| Bidding | November 13, 1956 |
| Opening | July 6, 1957 |
| Closure | September 29, 1957 |
| Specialized expositions | |
| Previous | Exhibition of citriculture in Beit Dagan |
| Next | Expo 61 in Turin |
| Universal Expositions | |
| Previous | Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince in Port-au-Prince |
| Next | Expo 58 in Brussels |
Interbau was a housing development, constructed as part of the 1957 International Building Exhibition in the Hansaviertel area of West Berlin. The overall plan was managed by Otto Bartning, and the urban design competition was won by Gerhard Jobst and Willy Kreuer, whose plans were later executed in a modified form.
Working within constraints of size, layout and cost, forty-eight architects designed a huge range of accommodation, both low- and high-rise, with many permutations in plan.
Architects
Contributing architects included:
- Alvar Aalto
- Jacob Bakema
- Paul Baumgarten
- Luciano Baldessari
- Le Corbusier
- Werner Düttmann
- Wils Ebert
- Egon Eiermann
- Walter Gropius
- Arne Jacobsen
- Fritz Jaenicke and Sten Samuelson
- Gustav Hassenpflug
- Günter Hönow
- Ludwig Lemmer
- Wassili Luckhardt
- Oscar Niemeyer
- Godber Nissen
- Sep Ruf
- Otto Senn
- Hans Scharoun
- Franz Schuster
- Hugh Stubbins
- Max Taut
- Pierre Vago
- Jo van den Broek
Gallery
High-rise slab housing ("Walter-Gropius-Haus") designed by Walter Gropius
High-rise apartments by Luciano Baldessari (left) and Jo van den Broek and Jacob Bakema (right)
Housing by Oscar Niemeyer
postage stamp for the International Building Exhibition
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See also
- International Building Exhibition Berlin, also known as IBA Berlin 1983/87
References
- ^ Nerdinger, Winfried (2005). Frei Otto. Complete Works. Berlin: Birkhäuser Verlag für Architektur, Basel, Boston, Berlin. p. 197. ISBN 978-3-7643-7231-6.
External links
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