Well as is usually the case after long weekends, Monday came far too soon. 8am Monday morning, never a happy time for a college student. The majority of the morning was spent viewing various housing projects in the former West Berlin from the post war period. Not saying these projects aren't significant but they definitely lacked some of the flare of the car museum from last week. Nonetheless, I present the housing projects.
The first complex we viewed was by far the most important. The Unite de Habitation (above) by Le Corbusier. The project is situated overlooking the 1936 Olympic Stadium and is still completely function today.
The next few projects were from a larger scheme to create various housing projects throughout West Berlin by many big name architects to show the progressiveness of the West. The complex above is the entry from Walter Gropius whom you may remember from the Bauhaus.
Above is the entry from Alvar Aalto, the famous Finnish architect.
The last significant entry we saw was that from Oscar Niemeyer (above), who is Brazil National Treasure and is still practicing today at the ripe age of 102. After lunch and a lecture regarding WWII and post WWII Germany, we went down the Kurfurstendam and visited the Kaiser Wilhelm Kirche (below).
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