digitalderive:

Rhur University, Bochum 1961

My advisor recommended I study this scheme, similar to what I am proposing for the update of the Killam Library with my thesis. In this scheme a large one level plane unites a series of multi story structures. For me the result is similar to that of a computer chip when viewed from above. 

If I can relate the core ideas of this scheme, connectivity, to the development of the Dalhousie university campus then I would highlight the addition of the LSC building and tunnel system which joined various historical buildings including the new library during the early 70s. This was a device which also intended to unite various elements of the campus into one whole, in this case the connection device navigated existing structures, where in the Bochum sceme the campus was created ‘new’. 

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Ehrenhalle, Nürnberg. Fritz Mayer, 1930. Built as a memorial to the fallen Nürnberg soldiers in WWI (and used in in a slightly different way by the Nazi’s). View this on the map

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Dannenwalder Weg, Berlin-Märkisches Viertel, by Martin Maleschk. 

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Altenbauna, Germany, Joseph Heinrich Darchinger, 1966.

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fuckyeahbrutalism:

St. Luke Protestant Parish Center, Mannheim-Neckarau, Germany, 1965-66

(Carlfried Mutschler)

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Haus des Deutschen Metallarbeiter-Verbandes, Kreuzberg, Berlin,

Erich Mendelsohn/R. W. Reichel, 1929-30. View this on the map

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functionmag:

Bathhouse
Magdeburg, Germany
Johannes Göderitz, 1926

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functionmag:

Pressa Church
Cologne, Germany
Otto Bartning, 1928

ryanpanos:

Final Whistle by Lotta Heinz

Mensch und Freiraum (Köln-Ehrenfeld), by Seltene Erden.

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Freidrichshain, Berlin, by Songkran. View this on the map

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mikasavela:

Die Bastei restaurant (1924) by William Riphahn in Cologne, Germany. Viewing the river Rhine, built over an old fort tower, the restaurant signified a new “ferro-concrete style” of architecture.

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nnmprv:

untitled by matthiaswerner on Flickr.

ludwigdanner:

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letsbuildahome-fr:

A house which was flooded by the Danube after a dam burst near Deggendorf, Germany. Large parts of Central Europe and Germany remained on flood alert with mass evacuations continuing as flood waters reached more towns and the death toll rose to 15.

Photograph: Armin Weigel/EPA

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