A very full day pt. 2

Leaving PariserPlatz, we officially visit the city's Holocaust Memorial, designed by Peter Eisenman.  It is actually virtually next door to our apartments, so the students have had and will continue to have many chances to experience the site at different times of day/night.

The site is a field of solid stelle, each a different size, with some angled in various directions.  harder to see in the image below is the undulating ground surface, which allows for people to disappear and reappear as the walk along the paths through the stelle.  The entire place can be eerie, solemn, or simply disorienting, depending upon the person.

Leaving the memorial, we walk towards Potsdamer Platz.  along the way, we stop at the Otto Bock Science of Health Museum, a white cube banded in undulating curves which represent muscle fibres.

11:30, time for our tour of the Berlin Philharmonie!

Lunch comes scattered in Potsdamer Platz, then we walk around the platz...

And down Linkstrasse, following a series of buildings by noted architect Richard Rogers.

Then to the edge, to a tower designed by Renzo Piano.  It has a beautiful and complex articulated skin, and water features at its base.  Many great detail shots I see the students taking.

And our daily group shot:

Finally, over to the New National Gallery, designed by Mies van der Rohe; one of his final buildings.

The students now have the weekend free.  Some will still probably choose to see at least some of the other sites Mr. Puljak and I will see this weekend.  Others will relax, or maybe travel to other parts of Germany.  We will have to follow their blog and see.