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Stage 4: 2000– (Belonging)

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Today, the New Potsdamer Platz, a result of the biggest redevelopment project in Contemporary Europe (Figs. 4.1 and 4.2), stands out in Berlin’s city scape as a group of skyscrapers clustered in the middle of the city. It does not continue or evolve from other similar structures around it, as sites like Manhattan or central London do. Potsdamer Platz stands alone, rising much higher than its surroundings (Fig. 4.3).

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  1. Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK

    Małgorzata Nowobilska & Quazi Mahtab Zaman

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Nowobilska, M., Zaman, Q.M. (2014). Stage 4: 2000– (Belonging). In: Potsdamer Platz. SpringerBriefs in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02928-3_4

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