Dessau
23.05.2009
exploring the city on bicycles; visiting Törten - a settlement with a total of 314 single family houses built as low priced appartments; the Kornhaus - a restaurant and pub on the banks of the Elbe; the Meisterhäuser - three semi detached houses for the Bauhaus teachers and director, and finally having a guided tour through Bauhaus.
Berlin
24.05.2009
walking tour through Berlin to the IBA area, Potsdamer Platz,
Brandenburger Tor, administrative district, Unter den Linden
25.05.2009
Visit the longest existing part of the wall "East Side Gallery", go on a boats tour along the Spree, visit the Hansa Viertel with buildings by Aalvar Alto, Walter Gropius, Oskar Niemeyer, Max Taut and Luciano Baldessari.
Visit the Hellerhofsiedlung, built by Bruno Taut
26.05.2009
Visit the Siemesstadt, built by Walter Gropius, Hans Scharoun and Hugo Häring. This settlement expresses the modern concept of building within the city in green surroundings.
Visit the Afrika Straße, built by Mies van der Rohe
Visit Marzahn, a large suburban residential community, constructed in 1979 in "Plattenbauweise", which has been recently redeveloped