Berlin, October 18-26, 2024

Exhibition at Architektur Galerie Berlin Opening: October 17, 2024, 7:00 pm

For almost fifty years, gmp has been engaged in conversion. The concept for each location of the travelling exhibition is as unique and dynamic as each of the nearly ninety conversion projects from that time period. After being shown in Venice, Hamburg and New York, the focus in Berlin was on modern buildings in the former East Germany.

At Architektur Galerie Berlin, a prime example of Socialist Classicism located in Karl-Marx-Allee, three completed projects were presented as case studies for the preservation of East German modernist buildings: the Hyparschale Magdeburg (1969/2024), the Kulturpalast Dresden (1969/2017), and the Pressehaus at Alexanderplatz (1973/2023).

The selection exemplified gmp's approach to conversion: based on thorough exploration, concepts are developed that are specifically tailored to the existing structures, whilst ensuring their contemporary use. At its core, the focus is always on the reactivation of what already exists in all its diversity. The past and present of the projects were presented through various media, including film, models, and drawings. A pictorial presentation highlighted additional conversion projects by gmp in Berlin.

Exhibition October 18 - 26, 2024, Tue – Fri, Fri 2:00 – 7:00 pm, Sat 12:00 am – 6:00 pm, Admission free Architektur Galerie Berlin Karl-Marx-Allee 96 10243 Berlin Curators Stephan Schütz and Nikolaus Goetze with Detlef Jessen-Klingenberg Curatorial Advisor and Editor Florian Heilmeyer With the kind support of