Riesenrad - Palast der Republik


  • Photographer
    Chiara Dazi
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2009
  • Technical Info
    Medium Format, Rolleiflex

The Palast der Republik was a cultural and political important building of the GDR: with the Fall of the Berlin Wall started the discussion about its destiny (and symbolic value). After 3 years slow dismantling, time has thus accelerated: in the city of architectural frenzy, the Palast is pulverized by a vital, joyful energy. It has lost the battle opposing different histories: its walls made of asbestos has been dismantled to rebuild a quasi-copy of the pre-existing, 15th century Prussian style castle, who in turn had been destroyed in the 50s according to the will of the former GDR chiefs. The “new” castle will be an empty container, a façade with modern walls.

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