The process and significance of townscape change in the historic town centre of Potsdam, Germany 1871 - 1914

This paper describes morphological changes occurring in the German baroque town centre between the wars of 1871 and 1914. Published on RUDI on September 3, 1998.

Introduction

A key to the understanding of historic townscapes is an appreciation of their genius loci. As the inhabitants of a town add to and modify their built environment so it comes to represent their accumulated experience. When exploring the nature of a historical townscape it is thus valuable to examine not only its...