Comments on: Loosely Rigorous http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/05/25/loosely-rigorous/ The Heuristic Journal for Gonzo Blurbanism Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:18 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: FNEX http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/05/25/loosely-rigorous/comment-page-1/#comment-6192 FNEX Sun, 31 May 2009 19:20:45 +0000 http://www.slab-mag.com/?p=1278#comment-6192 Hello OM, these buildings are [url='http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/cgi-bin/hidaweb/getdoc.pl?LIST_TPL=lda_list.tpl;DOK_TPL=lda_doc.tpl;&KEY=obj%2009011370,T,002']listed under preservation[/url] and you are referring to KMA36 / 'Kosmetiksalon Babett' which is now home of Café Babette. It is mentioned that there where nine of those buildings planned on Karl-Marx-Allee, of which only five were realized eventually. The original purpose for these cubes was "Verkaufspavillon", so stores and shops were situated in there in the olden days of the before zero, i.e. 1990. btw: its nice to know you're back in town, see you soon, F. Hello OM,

these buildings are [url='http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/cgi-bin/hidaweb/getdoc.pl?LIST_TPL=lda_list.tpl;DOK_TPL=lda_doc.tpl;&KEY=obj%2009011370,T,002']listed under preservation[/url] and you are referring to KMA36 / ‘Kosmetiksalon Babett’ which is now home of Café Babette. It is mentioned that there where nine of those buildings planned on Karl-Marx-Allee, of which only five were realized eventually.

The original purpose for these cubes was “Verkaufspavillon”, so stores and shops were situated in there in the olden days of the before zero, i.e. 1990.

btw: its nice to know you’re back in town,

see you soon,
F.

]]> By: И.Е. Станков http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/05/25/loosely-rigorous/comment-page-1/#comment-5993 И.Е. Станков Tue, 26 May 2009 08:28:16 +0000 http://www.slab-mag.com/?p=1278#comment-5993 I'll have a look these days. I hope I find an article about them. The magazines themselves are extremely impressive. Very well made, fantastic pictures on which even the blandest commie block looks like the housing of the future, and, quite intelligent text. There are articles not only about architecture all over the eastern block, but also about modern developments in the west as well. And, no, I did not collect them myself as I was much younger than you when the wall came down. The grandfather of a friend of mine gave them to me, because she knew I am crazy about the history of modern achitecture. I’ll have a look these days. I hope I find an article about them.
The magazines themselves are extremely impressive. Very well made, fantastic pictures on which even the blandest commie block looks like the housing of the future, and, quite intelligent text. There are articles not only about architecture all over the eastern block, but also about modern developments in the west as well.
And, no, I did not collect them myself as I was much younger than you when the wall came down. The grandfather of a friend of mine gave them to me, because she knew I am crazy about the history of modern achitecture.

]]> By: OM http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/05/25/loosely-rigorous/comment-page-1/#comment-5976 OM Tue, 26 May 2009 00:18:14 +0000 http://www.slab-mag.com/?p=1278#comment-5976 Hi there И.Е. Станков, that would be great to find out. As soon as I start thinking about what the backstory of the DDR architecture might be all kinds of questions arise. Its still a mysterious culture in many ways, at least to a west coast American who was 17 when the wall fell. Did you collect all those editions of the magazine back in the day? They must be fascinating and totally cool to leaf through. If you come across anything about the pavilion and can scan it would be great to see how the mag represents the architecture, and to see how the building looked when it first went up. In any event, do let me know if you find out the building's original function. Grreetings, Oliver Hi there И.Е. Станков,

that would be great to find out. As soon as I start thinking about what the backstory of the DDR architecture might be all kinds of questions arise. Its still a mysterious culture in many ways, at least to a west coast American who was 17 when the wall fell.

Did you collect all those editions of the magazine back in the day? They must be fascinating and totally cool to leaf through. If you come across anything about the pavilion and can scan it would be great to see how the mag represents the architecture, and to see how the building looked when it first went up. In any event, do let me know if you find out the building’s original function.

Grreetings,

Oliver

]]> By: И.Е. Станков http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/05/25/loosely-rigorous/comment-page-1/#comment-5967 И.Е. Станков Mon, 25 May 2009 18:51:25 +0000 http://www.slab-mag.com/?p=1278#comment-5967 I luckily own almost all the copies of "Deutsche Architektur" issued in the 60s, so I might have a look there and inform you what the theory and practice behind these pavilions were. I luckily own almost all the copies of “Deutsche Architektur” issued in the 60s, so I might have a look there and inform you what the theory and practice behind these pavilions were.

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