A big party took place in “Black Swan” last night. More then thousand performers came to Berlin from all over the world to celebrate the revival of the famous Montana ´66 festival of Method Acting. Black Swan, that is how the people of Berlin are calling the Bettenhaus [more]

The location for the revival festival on Method Acting was announced today. Most of the actors and guests expected the building site of the BND to be the hottest location for Christmas Eve. But it is not. The final spot, where people like Al Jareau, Bradley Cooper, George [more]

When Müllerstraße went on, radically radial, it becomes Chausseestraße. While crossing Chausseestraße today, it happened to me, that I had to stop driving the car. The sense of humor of Müllerstraße changes into Homeric laughter. To drive along the BND-building (German Secret Service) is like a movies of the [more]

As mentioned yesterday, there was this idea to focus on the radial streets of Berlin. As main theme for the International Building Exhibition that was planned for 2020. To focus on the radials: radically. Look at this playground in Müllerstraße, hidden behind a parkhouse, will it fit into [more]

Here comes another surprising picture from Müllerstraße. You remember: this radical radial powerline, heading towards Mitte. No comment on this house, just respect.

Müllerstraße is a cosmos in itself. It is hosting a lot of attractions, not only the Schering factory (now Bayer) but also the glorious Erika-Heß-Eisstadion. A construction as simple as crazy, five times the same: E R I K A.

The interesting roof situation on top of the Schering-building seems to be under construction and is probably changing. I found the former situation on google maps and posted it some pages ago. When I returned to Müllerstraße for further research I was very surprised to find out, that [more]

The car parking that is vis à vis the Schering-factory. My first impression was, that it belongs to the company. And maybe there is a connection in the underground between the two sides of the street, that I could not see. It is on my list for further [more]

What I always wanted to visit: The building, that is part of the Schering-Area, standing at the corner Müllerstraße-Sellerstraße. On the ground floor and the 1st floor it is hosting a Commerzbank. But what about the roof? Is it a little landscape, shaped over the decades by some employees [more]

The strange building that I praised yesterday, here it comes again, as top view.

The Method Acting Architecture is always close to the point, when it get converted into Tourette Architecture. It is a fine line to walk on. One of the radial streets of Berlin is like a walk on this line: Müllerstraße. I will walk this way on the next [more]

Let us continue the research into Method Acting in architecture. Here comes another building, one of my favourites of the glorious year 2012: the Ärztehaus. It is not easy to decipher, which role it took on. What about the column, is it bearing the load of the building? [more]

How could I forget to talk about Casa Camper. It is one of Berlins pearls of Method Acting Architecture. Until today it makes me feel uncertain. Is it acting like this or is it acting like that? It is an example of double role acting, the mastery of Method [more]

2012 was a good year for Method Acting Architecture in Berlin, but what about 2014. Alea 101 is going to be finished by then. In the moment, it is a building site, a well organised building site. The yellow stripes on the scaffolding become a motif itself, it [more]

Method Acting Architecture? Today Altea, tomorrow Alea.

Following the latest style, the phenomena of Method Acting Buildings, I lost the track yesterday. And ended up with the method of an Epic Theatre. Edouard Francois entered the stage as the master of Epic Theatre Architecture. But what about the Epic Theatre itself, the Berliner Ensemble. Will [more]

Here you can see an image of a new building by Edouard Francois, a master of semantics shifting Architecture. Three structures stacked: a 1920´s row-housing situation, a block of the 60´s and cheap prefabricated houses of the 80´s. Housing that imitates archetypes of 20th century housing. Self explaining, a triadic ballet of housing [more]

There is a new style in architecture: Method Acting. Not only Tour Total is playing Monte Verita, also this stunning building appeared recently in Berlin. It is described on the website this way: “… The individual stories project at various depths and angles from the wall alignment in a [more]

Like me, Tour Total was not training today. We have not been training for the Method Acting festival on Christmas Eve. Tour Total has not been dancing naked in the sun. Today Tour Total rested in the grey bed of the sky.

The sun is not only good for measuring the time (see yesterday), it also shows hidden things. Working like an X-ray, the insights of the city become visible. Today the sun was raying Tour Total. The inner structure of the building becomes visible, and with this the utilisation [more]

While spending 72 hours at home I did not witness any crime in our neighbourhood. Instead I found out, that the city works as an astronomical calender. Some distinctive buildings or structures in the city seemed to be strongly related to a moment of sunrise or sunset. The [more]

There is a new building in Berlin, finished in 2012, that brings the discussions of the last years to a crucial point. Is it innovative or is it just a playful interpreation of the good old facade logic of contemporary investment architecture? During my 72 hours in the [more]

There is an apparatus made out of two. The smart phone and the binocular as an untechnical innovation. It is not technics, it is rather a systematical misuse of two monadic systems. Films should be made this way. For my Method Acting experience I will try not to [more]

Before Method Acting will take over control please let me offer one last image to you. The Wolfgang Pauli Street is under construction, the main function of the Wolfgang Pauli Street is moved to the rear development. By this, the Rear Window became the belle etage, where you [more]

Before the Method Acting will immaculate my thoughts again, let me introduce a historical person. His name is Wolfgang Pauli, an extraordinary physician of the 20th century. He was famous for his research in quantum theory. He published some of his research the normal way, by writing books [more]

My weekend with the original NYC-cab brought a lot of surprises. The most memorable is the actor, who was part of the entourage of Lady Gaga. His career lead him into the inner circle of L.A. society, but without further reputation in the history of film. He played [more]

Dear friends. Here comes the ultimative task in our Method Acting class. Two of us got an original New York City Taxi for the next 48 hours to work with. One of them is me. You can call me day and night, here is my phonenumber: XXXXXXXXX911