The redesign of Potsdamer Platz depicts the struggle to revive Berlin Germany. This central
and highly visible square has undergone a series of strategic revisions to restore its vitality
and so to meet place-enhancing objectives. Specifically the book critically addresses the
challenging tasks of restoring Potsdamer Platz from a state of disintegration to a condition
worthy of a world-class city although the questions remain unanswered as to how far the
objectives have been achieved. The book enables readers to become familiar with the various
stages of transformation aided by the authors¿ hand-drawn illustration ¿ a series of sketches
accompanied by narrations focusing on how to critically read ¿cities in transformation¿. As a
whole it presents an overview of the strategic process of urban regeneration. The findings
from this theoretical exploration help reposition our understanding of the process of re-making
a ¿city in decay and transition¿ and introduces new strands of regeneration ideologies
politics and methods.
