THINKING SPACES – ACTIVE INTERPRETATIONS

Commissioned by Tanz in August, Berlin 2007

Over three Saturdays during the festival, a series of tours, talks and presentations took place at various locations in the city focusing on the architecture of theatre and contemporary performance spaces.

8 AUG – HISTORY (in German)
Sites – Renaissance-Theater, Hebbel-Theater und Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz works by the architect Oskar Kaufmann. Led by architects Myra Wahrhaftig und Ulf Meyer

25 AUG – REPRESENTATION (in English)
Site – The philological university library by Sir Norman Foster in Dahlem to look at the influence of the emerging science of bionics in this environmentally friendly architectural design. Led by architect Tor Lindstrand

1 SEP – CURRENT (in German)
Site – RADIALSYSTEM – Led by the buildings architect Gerhard Spangenberg
Post discussion with the architects Markus Bader (Raumlabor), Matthias Böttger (Raumtaktik) and the theater director Max Schumacher (Post-theater) on the production of rooms and the concept of an editable building.