summaery2024: Projects

Project information

submitted by
Verena von Beckerath

Mentors
Verena von Beckerath, Till Hoffmann, Hanna Schlösser

Faculty:
Architecture and Urbanism

Degree programme:
Architecture (Master of Science (M.Sc.))

Type of project presentation
Exhibition

Semester
Summer semester 2024

• Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8 - Hauptgebäude / Main Building

Available during summaery opening hours

Project description

There are people right there. There are faces that are no longer to be found in the city centre today, and that can only be seen far beyond the outer ring road. There is a learned and independent bourgeoisie, which still believed in culture as a fundamental asset. There is a timeless elegance, devoid of vulgarity. There is dignity. There is a different lighting and, above all, a softer light. (...) So the quiver we feel when we study Cerati's photos, to which even those who – like me – did not live through those years are not insensitive, is not just one of nostalgia for nobler times, or times that seem nobler to us. It is also the promise of a future, of renewed sobriety, of a beauty that is not flaunted yet which is full of meaning, of places that are not only consumed but also used to pause, to congregate, to express dissent, to rejoice, to enjoy what is there for all.

Giorgio Fontana, Milan Towards the Future, in: Carla Cerati – Milano 1963/1973, Milan 2023

Milanese metamorphosis ist der Titel einer langjährigen Untersuchung der Fotografin und Schriftstellerin Carla Cerati (1926-2016). Die 2023 bei Humboldt Books erschienene Publikation Carla Cerati – Milano 1963/1973 begleitet unser Interesse an Wohnhäusern und deren Repräsentation aus einer spezifischen Epoche in Mailand. Das Seminar beinhaltet eine dreitägige Exkursion nach Mailand und schließt deren Nachbearbeitung ein.