In collaboration with the renowned Berlin-based studio B+ (Brandlhuber, Janke, Grawert, Jurčić), the atelier explores “The Dangers of Retro-Nostalgia in the Concept of Non-Demolition.” The study site is Hansaviertel, developed for the Interbau 1957 exhibition (Bakema, Gropius, Aalto, Niemeyer, et al.). Hansaviertel faces a paradox of heritage protection: efforts to fix its historical image often hinder development, causing gradual degradation. This raises key questions: what, how, and why to protect, and when might protection block architecture itself? Studio B+ works with the creative, individual, and sometimes heretic re-use of existing structures, using legal and heritage limits to explore new architectural paradigms – a great lesson in reconstruction, transformation, and completion.

The workshop is organized by the Institute of Experimental Creation and is part of the teaching at the Rozwalka studio.