Bene Wahlbrink

How do buildings shape our lives, and how do we shape them in return? The seminar "A Journey Through Berlin’s Housing Legacy and Its Adaptation" invites participants to explore the housing legacy of postwar architecture in West Berlin, considering it not merely as a collection of architectural landmarks but as lived environments shaped by social and political transformation.
Our semester focuses on selected housing projects by the architect Jürgen Sawade. Many of these buildings, constructed between the 1970s and the 1980s in Berlin are now at the center of debates: What values do they hold today, and for whom?
The seminar addresses this question by bringing together personal narratives with photographs, videos, interviews, and essays to create a multimedia archive that documents the past, examines the present, and explores possible futures. Through architectural analysis and urban research, the buildings serve as case studies for tracing their development over time.
By engaging directly with residents, the seminar investigates how architecture shapes everyday life and explores the dynamic interplay between the built environment and the experiences of those who interact with it.
 

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Bene Wahlbrink
BA Architektur Module 12/14; MA Architektur, Module 03/05
Montag, 17:00–18:30
Start: 20.4.2026

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