This thesis examines the role of politics in transformation of urban spaces. In this
regard, the main focus is Berlin because the city represents how politics of each era is
effective in urban development processes: Once a divided city after the World War II
where Berlin manifested both parties&rsquo / ideological sentience and related urban
strategies, the city soon came under successive transformations in accordance with
the expectations of the new regime upon its re-unification. In this framework, by
studying the Alexanderplatz Project as an example, the thesis questions the urban
space policies of the East Berlin as socialist and the West Berlin as capitalist during
the division years / the political transformation of the East Berlin after the fall of
Berlin Wall / and the current conditions of East Berlin after re-unification.
Here the aim of this study is to understand the different systems of urban space
under the pressure of socialist and capitalist ideologies. Through the spatial analyses
of the former East and West Berlin and through the comparative analyses of East
Berlin in its transformation years the study intends to decipher how such successive
changes took place and became operative under different regimes. Alexanderplatz is
regarded as a unique example with which urban transformation is in accordance with
changes in the political system.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609691/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 June 2008 |
| Creators | Eric, Dilra Nazli |
| Contributors | Sargin, Guven Arif |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.Arch. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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