30 May 2017
Symposium
Otto Bartning. Architect of Social Modernism
9 and 10 June 2017, Hanseatenweg
Accompanying the exhibition Otto Bartning (1883-1959). Architect of Social Modernism, an in-depth symposium on 9–10 June at the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg is bringing together experts on Bartning. Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann, an architectural and art historian, who curated the exhibition; Annemarie Jaeggi, the director of the Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin; Werner Durth of the TU Darmstadt/Otto-Bartning-Archiv; and a number of other lecturers will analyse and contextualise Bartning’s oeuvre. On Friday evening, architectural historian Wolfgang Pehnt will hold the opening lecture on the relationship between the two church architects Otto Bartning and Rudolf Schwarz. The exhibition is on view until 18 June.
As an architect and theoretician of Modernism, Otto Bartning significantly influenced the course of 20th century architecture. In addition to Protestant churches, his oeuvre includes high-quality residential estates and social housing, individual residences and interior design. Despite the economy and functionality of his structures, as an architect of social modernism Bartning constantly sought to create a suitable space for the spiritual dimension in social life.
Programme
Friday, 9 June 2017
7 pm, welcoming address, Wilfried Wang, deputy director of the Architecture Section
Opening lecture, Wolfgang Pehnt
Stillschweigende Freundschaft. Der Protestant Otto Bartning und der Katholik Rudolf Schwarz
Followed by discussion with Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann, Wolfgang Pehnt, Regina Stephan and Kai Kappel. Moderation: Werner Durth
Saturday, 10 June 2017
1883 – 1918
10 am, introduction and moderation: Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann
10:10 – 10:30 am, Regina Stephan, Darmstadt/Mainz
Vorgänger, Vorbilder, Vordenker – Bartnings frühe Jahre
10:30 – 10:50 am, Rainer Schmitz, Berlin
“Vorgänge der Abwandlung und Entwicklung”. Otto Bartnings Auseinandersetzung mit Paul Schultze-Naumburg im ‘Kunstwart’
10:50 – 11:20 am, discussion
11:20 – 11:40 am, break
1918 – 1945
Moderation: Regina Stephan
11:40 am – 12:00 noon, Kerstin Wittmann-Englert, Berlin
“Sichtbare Form und Gestalt der Gemeinschaft”. Otto Bartning und der Kirchenbau
12:00 noon – 12:20 pm, Annemarie Jaeggi, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
Otto Bartning, Walter Gropius und die Folgen
12:20 – 12:40 pm, Christian Welzbacher, Berlin
Otto Bartning, der Deutsche Werkbund und die Kulturpolitik in der Weimarer Republik
12:45 – 1:45 pm, afternoon break
1:45 – 2:05 pm, Udo Gleim, Darmstadt
Bau Entwurf Lehre – Das Aktive Bauatelier der Staatlichen Bauhochschule Weimar
2:05 – 2:25 pm, Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann, Aachen
Kirchenbauten ohne “heftiges Gestikulieren und aufdringliches Geschrei”:
Otto Bartnings Tätigkeiten für das Kirchliche Außenamt der Evangelischen Kirche
2:25 – 3:00 pm, discussion
3:00 – 3:30 pm, break
After 1945:
Moderation: Kerstin Wittmann-Englert
3:30 – 3:50 pm, Kai Kappel, Berlin
Not gestalten – Otto Bartnings Beiträge zum Aufbau nach 1945
3:50 – 4:10 pm, Dorothea Deschermeier, Heidelberg
Gebaute Programmatik: Der doppelte Wiederaufbau der Gustav-Adolf-Kirche in Berlin-Charlottenburg
4:10 – 4:30 pm, Paul Sigel, Berlin
Moderator und Vermittler: Otto Bartning als städtebaulicher Berater in Berlin
4:30 – 4:50 pm, Werner Durth, Darmstadt
Otto Bartning in Darmstadt. Impulse zur Baukultur der Nachkriegsmoderne
4:50 – 5:30 pm, discussion
5:30 – 7:00 pm, joint viewing of the exhibition
Event Information
Otto Bartning. Architect of Social Modernism
Symposium 9 and 10 June 2017 (in German language)
Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin,
Tel. +49 (0)30 200 57-2000
Combined ticket for the symposium and exhibition, per day: € 6/4
Exhibition 31 March – 18 June 2017
Tue 11 am – 8 pm, Wed-Sun 11 am – 7 pm
Admission: € 6/4, free admission for under 18s and Tues from 3 pm
An exhibition of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, and the Wüstenrot Stiftung in cooperation with the Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, the Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt and the Technische Universität Darmstadt. Funded by the LOTTO-Stiftung Berlin.
Further information: www.adk.de/bartning
Press tickets: Tel. +49 (0)30 200 57-1514, presse@adk.de
Press kit and photos: www.adk.de/de/presse/pressematerial.htm