The architect Prof. Dr. Wolf R. Eisentraut (BDA) celebrates his 80th birthday on December 1. The new exhibition at the Marzahn-Hellersdorf District Museum is dedicated to his life and work to mark the occasion. His "dual" life as an architect, in the GDR and in united Germany, is characterized throughout by his commitment to building and building culture. Whether on the North Sea or on Usedom, on the Brocken or in Saxony, but above all in Berlin, one encounters his architectural testimonies. In particular, however, Eisentraut shaped the face of Marzahn with buildings of high recognition value.

The exhibition, curated by building historian Dr. Oleg Peters, provides insights into Eisentraut's creative processes in three thematically arranged rooms, shows how architecture is created and considers the role of individual and collective creativity. While the first room focuses on his biography and presents three of his main works, the second room highlights his services to architecture and urban development in Marzahn. Here in particular, Eisentraut proved that his creativity was not thwarted by the constraints of the construction industry, but was challenged by them in the first place. The third room focuses on housing construction, a theme that runs through Eisentraut's fifty-year career. It is also shown that Eisentraut was one of the architects who witnessed important parts of the work being demolished after 1990. The journey through an architecture of possibilities is exciting, as Eisentraut was not spared the fact that many of his designs disappeared into a drawer.

Texts, photographs, documents, video and audio stations are complemented by numerous objects. Architectural models, design sketches, building documentation, newspaper articles, theater posters, stage designs and much more can be discovered on a tour of the exhibition. This is also thanks to the Berlinische Galerie, the German Broadcasting Archive and the Association of German Architects (BDA) in Berlin, but above all to the anniversary celebrant himself, who opened his extensive archive for the exhibition.

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