Would you like to know more about a particular tenement house in Berlin? Are you curious about its past owners, tenants, and businesses? Or how the rooms were designed and used before? Or about which kind of decoration the facade has, or had? Urbancontentsberlin offers research on the architectural features and historical developments of singular tenements. Each house is unique and has a story that is thrilling to discover!
Research Details
Fortunately, it is still possible today to find out many things about the past of each house. For example, we can investigate who were its owners and its most important tenants until 1943, and sometimes even beyond. Subsequently, if it was a high class tenement, there are good chances of coming across past personalities of the city. You will then see how this house was connected with the biographies of its builders and dwellers.
Not only we can still pinpoint the precise year of construction, but also the year of each separate building part, when that is the case. Furthermore, if the town records are still available, we can piece together a detailed history of the construction developments along the years. These developments, including their historical documents, are also a fascinating window into the past of the city. There are many other sources that can help us in the reconstitution process, from old photographs, to insurance, property, or business records, and others.
My expertise makes a difference not only by knowing where to look, but by interpreting the materials and contextualize them in the time period. On the other hand, my background in architecture is useful when surveying the building on site. My expert knowledge in tenement houses allows me then to execute an analysis of the typology and the architectural style, identifying the features of that building that are exceptional.
Step by step, we will extract a story full of meaning from these testimonies of time and have the chance to learn much about the past and about architecture.
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If this introduction got your attention, get in touch. The preliminary site visit and the offer submission are free of charge. In this occasion, I can show you completed research projects, so you have a more precise expectation about the work process and the results. Each research assignment is specifically adjusted to the building in question, the available material, the client’s particular interests and budget at disposition. The offer is composed of detailed prices for each task, so that it is transparent, flexible and is adaptable to what we find along the way. At the end of the project, you will get a material catalog and a written document, and you can request a presentation. So get in touch, I’m looking forward to uncovering the cultural dimension of the house that is important to you.
Tenement Research
