ARCH162

Schauspielhaus History The Schauspielhaus was part of a grandiose new scheme of town planning in Germany, Berlin in the year 1818. Design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, a scene designer and romantic painter, the schauspielhaus was designed to be built as a theater. Although it was completed in 1821, the function of the building changed. During the French revolution it became the house of the Prussian national assembly for several years. After the first world war, its usage changed to a concert hall. During the second world war, the building was severely damaged by allied bombing to a point that it had to be rebuilt. It was in 1977 that is was finally reopened and in 1984 it reopened as a "Gala Concert Hall". [1] Architecture The building is design in a mix of Greek revival and Neoclassical architecture. You can tell its Neoclassical origins by its grandeur in scale, simplicity of forms, and use of the Greek order [4]. This are all evide...

The Atles Museum, Berlin, Germany; 1823-1830; Early 19th Century Architecture in Europe       The Atles Museum is located in Berlin, Germany and began construction in 1823.   While the process took seven years to complete, it is one of the first museums to be built in Europe. The design was fulfilled by Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel ( Kulturbesitz, “Atles Museum: Masterplan Museumsinsel"). The name of the structure is also translated in German as the old museum.   The Atles Museum is acknowledged for being one of the most compelling examples of Neo-Classical architecture. It is a model for many other architecture buildings well into the twentieth century.             The Museum was built on a plinth and was adapted to the Spree river, in the central Mitte district. When designing this musuem , Schinkel gained more space with this technique and enabled the museum to survive f...

Altes Museum The Altes Museum is located in Berlin, Germany built between 1823 and 1830, it was  designed by an architect named Karl Friedrich Schinkel, "the site required a very monumental building. Therefore I preferred one giant order rather than two individual expressions for the two main stories....The building surrounded on all sides by the Ionic entablature or the Ionic columnar hall, with Ionic pilasters at the four corners, forms a simple yet grand main structure into which the two floors are inserted in a subordinate manner”. The building was originally built as a place for the Prussian royal family (or just Berlin in general) to store their art collection but served as a contemporary art museum under the GDR (German Democratic Republic) as well. The building became a key example in the development of museum typologies. Before this building came about, the architectural elements in this structure were only really used (reserved for) buildings of more importance su...