Accompanying the main Berlin model is another piece, a CAD design 1:1000 plan - 'das virtuelle 3D-Modell', displayed alongside a more colorful installation, a 1989 modell of the city centre. The 1989 model has again a very particular look, and a high level of detail in certain respects - vast apartment blocks show every window, and trees are more life-like. The colours again help to define older and newer parts of the town, with some bold use of blue and red on newer blocks. The plastic materials used give this more of a toy town feeling. Once again, there are no people or transport, which makes me think this is not trying to promote a lifestyle, but capture a vision of the architecture, old alongside new. Its fairly kitsch in a way, as if the whole thing has been made using models bought from a tourist shop, or like a piece made by Jeff Koons.
Stadtentwicklung Berlin Website
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