Berlin's 1946 Reconstruction Plans Revisited in New Exhibition

A new exhibition at the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, titled 'Berlin plant. Stunde Null,' reconstructs a 1946 show held at the Berliner Stadtschloss that presented radical architectural ideas for the city's post-war rebuilding. The original exhibition featured the 'Kollektivplan' developed by a team around architect Hans Scharoun, which envisioned a city without poor and noble districts. Curated by Hansjörg Schneider, Simone Hain, and Thomas Flierl, the current exhibition explores what Berlin could have become had those plans been implemented, and examines the legacy of modernist thought before and after the Nazi era.