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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Akademie der Künste, Berlin; 2012

Language ‏ : ‎ English, German

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3883311790

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3883311791

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.2 x 2.2 x 27.4 cm

Weight : 0,862 kg

The book is accompanied by video documentation on DVD, illustrating the application of the techniques.

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Project description in English: In a four-year project, 5000 architectural drawings and photoreproductions by Hans Scharoun (1893–1972) from the architectural archive of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, have been subjected to a materials analysis, preserved with a new treatment method, and digitized. The collection comprises plans on 138 important construction projects by Scharoun, such as the Berlin Philharmonie. The book presents the results of the analyses and the methods applied in a clear and detailed manner. The main focuses of the conception were on minimizing the conservation treatments carried out on the plans, which had been damaged through storage and use, and on developing a new system for rehousing them. In particular, the methods for flattening the rolled, large-format plans, and for mending tears in tracing paper, were adapted to fit the special technological features of architectural plans. The book is accompanied by video documentation on DVD, illustrating the application of the techniques. A particular focus of the project was the technological analysis of the photoreproductions. The Hans Scharoun archive mainly contains diazotypes, but also ferrogallic prints, gel lithographs, and silver gelatine contact prints. History, technology, related processes and characteristic identifying features are described and explained using macroscopic and microscopic illustrations. The accompanying plate of illustrations reproduces the documentation in summarized form and facilitates identification of photoreproductive techniques on the actual object. The project was a cooperation of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, with the Program in the Conservation of Works of Art on Paper, Archives- and Library Materials of the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design and the Museum of Architecture of the Technische Universität Berlin. It was funded within the framework of the KUR-Program (Program for the Conservation of Moveable Cultural Assets) of the Federal Cultural Foundation and the Foundation of German States and supported by the Gesellschaft der Freunde der Akademie der Künster

Authors: Eva-Maria Barkhofen - Irene Brückle - Eva Glück - Susanne Grzimek - Hildegard Homburger - Eva Hummert - Peter Konarzewski - Michael Kühner - Stephan Lohrengel - Tanja Morgenstern - Antje Penz