“The Place of Utopia”: UFA Cinema Center (1993-1998) – Coop Himmelb(l)au – Dresden, Germany

Authors

  • Claudio Conenna Aristotle University Thessaloniki

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2012.81.03

Abstract

The present paper about the UFA Palace in Dresden tries to reveal the way in which an architectural paradigm proves to be a link in the evolution chain of the history of architecture from everything that an architect observes, perceives and post-interprets. Thus, we notice in the UFA Palace some re-elaborated or re-discovered architectural elements and spatial situations from the architecture of Le Corbusier, Kiesler, Piranesi, El Lissitzky, Kasimir Malevich, Marcel Breuer, or James Stirling. The architectural work we analyze demonstrates to be didactic because it observes the past without imitating it, but being inspired by it, it simultaneously gets adapted to the zeitgeist and to continue being a paradigm. 

Key words: Coop Himmelb(l)au, UFA, Dresden, deconstruction.

Author Biography

Claudio Conenna, Aristotle University Thessaloniki

Claudio D. Conenna


Italo-Argentino, nacido en Tandil-Buenos Aires-Argentina, (1959).

Arquitecto graduado en la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina/1984.

Ph.D. en el Politécnico de la Univesidad Aristóteles de Tesalonica -Grecia/1999.

Actividades Profesionales: Arquitecto proyectista en Argentina y Grecia.

Actividades Académicas: Docente de Diseño Arquitectónico e Historia de la Arquitectura en la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad Nacional de la Plata - Argentina (1985-93).

Docente de Diseño Arquitectónico y Teoría de la Arquitectura en la Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Aristóteles de Salónica - Grecia (2001- hasta la actualidad)

Idiomas: Español, Italiano,Inglés, Griego

 

Claudio D. Conenna


Argentinean/Italian, born in Tandil-Buenos Aires-Argentina, (1959).

Architect graduated at Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism National University of La Plata, Argentina/1984. Ph.D. at Polytechnic School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/1999.

Professional Activities: Architect Practitioner in Argentina and Greece.

Teaching Activities: Lecturer Architectural Design and History of Architecture at Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism National University of La Plata, Argentina (from 1985 to 1993).

Lecturer Architectural Design and Theory of Architecture at Polytechnic School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (from 2001 to the present).

Languages: Spanish, English, Italian and Greek

 

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Published

2012-06-26

How to Cite

Conenna, C. (2012). “The Place of Utopia”: UFA Cinema Center (1993-1998) – Coop Himmelb(l)au – Dresden, Germany. Arquitetura Revista, 8(1), 17–22. https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2012.81.03

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2012): Jan-Jun

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