Die Macht der Archive | Gespräch

In the organizer's words:

In their exhibition "draw love build / sauerbruch hutton tracing modernities", Louisa Hutton and Matthias Sauerbruch allow their work to enter into a dialog with architectural ideas, designs and visions of the 20th century. Visitors are encouraged to build associative bridges between the past and the present. This creates an open exchange that leads to surprising discoveries, exciting connections and, not least, new questions.

For this examination of 20th century modernism, individual objects were selected from the holdings of the Academy of Arts' Baukunstarchiv and brought together thematically. The selection documents not only pioneering positions in architectural history but also the history of collecting and organizing itself.

In a panel discussion, Matthias Sauerbruch and his guests will explore questions relating to architectural archives. What potential do archives hold? How can they be activated? And in what way do archives determine the future of building?

Matthias Sauerbruch in conversation with

Amrei Buchholz, Director of the Architectural Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin,
Anke te Heesen, Professor of the History of Science at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and
Dirk van den Heuvel, Associate Professor of Architectural History at Delft University of Technology

With Matthias Sauerbruch, Amrei Buchholz, Anke te Heesen, Dirk van den Heuvel

In German and English