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Book cover of Plattenbau Promenades: Christoph Montebelli: Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar, with a concrete slab building. Published by Kerber.
Book cover of Plattenbau Promenades: Christoph Montebelli: Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar, with a concrete slab building. Published by Kerber.
Book cover of Plattenbau Promenades: Christoph Montebelli: Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar, with a concrete slab building. Published by Kerber.
Book cover of Plattenbau Promenades: Christoph Montebelli: Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar, with a concrete slab building. Published by Kerber.
Book cover of Plattenbau Promenades: Christoph Montebelli: Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar, with a concrete slab building. Published by Kerber.
Book cover of Plattenbau Promenades: Christoph Montebelli: Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar, with a concrete slab building. Published by Kerber.
Book cover of Plattenbau Promenades: Christoph Montebelli: Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar, with a concrete slab building. Published by Kerber.
Book cover of Plattenbau Promenades: Christoph Montebelli: Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar, with a concrete slab building. Published by Kerber.
Book cover of Plattenbau Promenades: Christoph Montebelli: Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar, with a concrete slab building. Published by Kerber.
Book cover of Plattenbau Promenades: Christoph Montebelli: Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar, with a concrete slab building. Published by Kerber.

Plattenbau Promenades: Christoph Montebelli

Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar

Text by Philipp Meuser
Text by Christoph Montebelli
Text by Patricia Wruuck

£42.00

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  • Christoph Montebelli's photographs show the unromanticised reality of a former housing utopia
  • A photographic study of failed architectural solutions to the housing crisis from which we can learn for the future 
  • A book that illuminates the connection between housing, living space and social structures
Full Description

Millions of people around the globe live in Plattenbau structures. The majority of these were constructed in the second half of the twentieth century and always went hand in hand with lofty ambitions. They were intended to alleviate the housing shortage and to make daily life simpler. Often, however, the planned cities of the future came to symbolise failed utopias. The hoped-for social mixing largely failed to materialise and residents often felt marginalised. Christoph Montebelli (b. 1980) visited four Plattenbau housing estates on four continents—in Berlin, Hong Kong, Havana, and Zanzibar— and through his photographs explores the relationship between aspiration and reality. Free from oversimplification or prejudice, Plattenbau Promenades conveys powerful insight into these architectural enfants terribles and illustrates the dynamic interaction between local features, visions of an architectural aesthetic, and the people who live there.

Text in English and German.

About the Author

Christoph Montebelli is a German and Austrian photographer, author and economist. His photographic work is particularly concerned with the visual effects of urbanisation, globalisation and climate change. He studied at the University of Rome and as a Fulbright Scholar at Yale University. Christoph Montebelli is particularly fascinated by the interplay between photography, architecture and literature. He had exhibitions in Rome, London, Paris, Rabat and Vienna, among others. For more details see http://christoph-montebelli.squarespace.com/about. His photo project about Pasolini's Rome was most recently shown in New York at the Italian Cultural Institute. He received various awards including Fine Art Photography Awards and PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris.

Specifications
Publisher
Kerber
ISBN
9783735609830
Published
10th Dec 2024
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the USA & Canada
Size
240 mm x 200 mm
Pages
144 Pages
Illustrations
95 color
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