Reconstruction projects in Potsdam (City Palace, baroque Quartier Barberini, Garrison Church etc.)

[Kiboko]

Beautiful! There seems to be much going on in Potsdam. Next time i visit Berlin i will take the S-bahn to Potsdam to check it out for real.

[mhjo]

I was in Potsdam in late march and was impressed by the many renovations that was done elsware in the city (I was there last time in 1993). However I am nor allowed to post pic's her but I can email some if anyone is interested.

[vittorio tauber]

Originally Posted by Kampflamm

The area next to the palace (referred to as Quartier Barberini) will be reconstructed as well:

Palast Barberini:







On the right you can see the palace:

A faithful replica of Palazzo Barberini in Rome.



Great and appreciable architectural endeavour in progress in Potsdam, I'm longing for getting back there in a couple of years and see with my very eyes all these urban renovations.

[Kampflamm]

A couple of pics of one of the newer buildings. Decent addition imo.



Rebuilt palace on the left:



Source: http://www.kondorwessels.com/index.php?id=154

[JohnnyMass]

Agree. They just forgot to change the palace roof to green instead of gray!

[24days]

Brovo, Germany ! Each year you become more and more beautiful

[Tiaren]

It's about time that they'll throw away that outdated Bauhaus ideology and that WWII self hatred. We've the right again, to live in beautiful cities! Though it's still a long way go...

[durden5573]

Stunning! I'm just floored, what great projects, I cant wait to get back to Potsdam and check out the new developments, nice work!!!!

I'm really impressed with the focus on rebuilding the historical buildings without trying to integrate modern styles like Berlin is so fond of. Very very impressed with Potsdam - einfachklasse!

[Kampflamm]

The Palace:















Pic from the 40s:



Pics courtesy of: Palantir/Stadtbild Deutschland

[cameronpaul]

Love all the restoration work going on in Potsdam, maybe one day it will again be a very beautiful city. The photo above showing a corner of a crumbling 60's heap of shit opposite the new Palace construction site speaks volumes about the TOTAL FAILURE of the modernist movement since WW2

[cameronpaul]

Originally Posted by Chadoh25

I agree with you'll. If we leveled EVERYTHING where something bad might have happened, then there wouldn't be much left, now would there. I'm very pleased to see Potsdam and Dresden rebuilding there historic centers! I hope to see them both very soon!

Of course you are absolutely right. I wonder if the Russians would consider demolishing St.Basil's in Red Square, after all it was built by Ivan 1V ("The Terrible" in English translation) one of the most brutal men of the 16th c. These arguments for not rebuilding are totally vacuous.

[durden5573]

Thanks for the updates Kamp!

I think many of those 'heaps' were build out of necessity after the destruction of the war. The good thing is that they are poorly built with relatively little attachment so as reconstruction and economics progress these will slowly be replaced by, hopefully, historically accurate reconstructions (opposed to something more modernist)

Im still so impressed by what Potsdam is doing - I'm amazed as it sat still for so many years compared to construction going on in Berlin.

[erbse]

Potsdam didn't quite "sat still". It's just that it only suffered from rather minor war damage and demolitions as opposed to Berlin. So the city could focus more on high quality renovations and "minor" reconstructions (such as the Militärwaisenhaus).

Sure, much of Potsdam's Prussian baroque old town core is still gone. But many areas are still there, such as the Dutch Quarter, the area around Brandenburger Strasse, the Russian Quarter (Kolonie Alexandrowka), all the castles (except Stadtschloss being rebuilt now), Babelsberg, Heiliger See, etc.pp.

[Kampflamm]

New vids:

[beefykeefy]

Looking very impressive in Germany.

Wish we had the same vision and conviction in England to improve many of our towns and cities.

[Kampflamm]

Believe me, there are still plenty of towns that don't give a flying fück about their heritage here in Germany as well.

[beefykeefy]

Originally Posted by Kampflamm

Believe me, there are still plenty of towns that don't give a flying fück about their heritage here in Germany as well.

I know, I've seen some of the shocking things done in German towns, even after the war, but something is always better than nothing; as far as I know, there are no similar plans in any major cities here to do anything on a similar scale.

[Kampflamm]

Palace:





Original column:



Pics courtesy of Benni / Stadtbild Deutschland-Forum

[Mr. America]

Nice

[Kampflamm]

Source: unify/Stadtbild Deutschland