{"id":12113,"date":"2019-10-14T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T08:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/magazin\/artikel\/die-architekten-sind-montiert\/"},"modified":"2020-07-24T10:45:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T08:45:55","slug":"die-architekten-sind-montiert","status":"publish","type":"magazine-article","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/magazine\/article\/die-architekten-sind-montiert\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Architects\u201d have been installed"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-copy\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p>Each of the letters that Ralf de Moll and Christiane Dellbr\u00fcgge mounted on the wall of the 180-square-metre foyer to the Humboldt Forum\u2019s event rooms measures half a metre in height. They form a lofty and memorable band of text that adorns the walls all around the room much like a frieze: \u201cThe Architects\u201d. The letters spell out the first names of all of the architects who have worked at the site of the Berlin Palace. They reflect the location\u2019s as well as the building\u2019s 600 years of history, from the Renaissance palace designed by Konrad Krebs, the Baroque transformation under Andreas Schl\u00fcter, the construction of the Palace of the Republic, and the palace\u2019s reconstruction under Franco Stella.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline block-no-margin  hyph-disable\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\".h3\">Unanimous recommendation<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p>Political and social epochs, claims to power and prestige, destruction, courage and reconstruction have determined a changing history that has played out at Schlossplatz. The jury of the \u201cKunst am Bau\u201d competition conducted by the German Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning on behalf of the building owner, Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, unanimously recommended the realization of this project. \u201cThe straightforwardness of the letters underscores architect Franco Stella\u2019s rationalism,\u201d the awarding jury said. \u201cThe names both reflect the history of the building and open it to the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-header\" >\n\t<block-header inline-template>\n\t\t<figure role=\"group\" aria-labelledby=\"desc_m_69e96b476441a\">\n\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes_d\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00062771-300x186.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":186,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"large\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00062771-1024x633.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":633,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00062771-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00062771-768x475.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":475,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00062771-1536x950.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":950,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00062771-2048x1266.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1266,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"original\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00062771.jpg\",\"width\":2500,\"height\":1546}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt_d\" : \"Crowd in a large, bright room with an exhibition, tables, and creative displays.\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path_d\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay_d\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop_d\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background_d\" : true,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale_d\" : 1,\n\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes_m\" : [],\n\t\t\t\t\"alt_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"path_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background_m\" : true,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale_m\" : 1,\n\n\t\t\t\t\"has_mobile_format\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"has_ad\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"audio_description_yt\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:61.84%;\" v-if=\"sizes\" data-motion-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"tween\":{\"yPercent\": [-15,15]}}'>\n\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :scale=\"scale\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\" media-id=\"desc_m_69e96b476441a\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"autoplay-audio-description-btn icon-background icon-audio-describtions\" @click=\"audioDescriptionPlay\" v-if=\"hasAudioDescription\" aria-label=\"Audiodeskription aufrufen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-row end-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info\" aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"isOpen ? 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They designed the font, created the moulds, cast the letters in concrete and installed them in the foyer of the Berlin Palace. Their search for an ideal material for the letters led them right back to Schlossplatz and the concrete foundations of the Palace of the Republic. The worn concrete pieces were pounded to rubble and six tonnes of coarse-, medium- and fine-grain concrete was delivered to Delbr\u00fcgge\u2019s and Moll\u2019s workshop. They used this recycled concrete to produce sans serif letters in the Antiqua style, known as the classic typeface of architects, sculptors and engineers, who, throughout the periods of classicism and rationalism, used linear majuscule fonts for their designs and building plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline block-no-margin  hyph-disable\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\".h3\">Interplay of hierarchies and ways of seeing<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p>Delbr\u00fcgge and de Moll have thus created a frieze which incorporates the history of architecture and at the same time locates it in the here and now. Name after name, strung together without gaps, encourages this string of letters to engage in dialogue with the history of the site. But it also is a source of confusion, for it is possible to make out other words and names in the stream of letters: \u201cold\u201d, Anna or Johanna, for example. This was explicitly pointed out by the predominately female jury. The reinterpretation, the with hierarchies and ways of seeing, is the very embodiment of the Humboldt Forum\u2019s wish to serve as a venue for experiences, learning and encounters, which can be experienced starting in September 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-CTA block-CTA-long leftgradient\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row center-xs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/de\/architektur\/kunst-am-bau\/\" aria-label=\"Mehr \u00fcber \u201eKunst am Bau\u201c\" class=\"teaser teaser-cta-wide \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template>\n\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69e96b4767d9a\" 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