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Institute for Urban Planning and Architecture (ISA)
The GDR Academy of Buildings's Institute for Urban Planning and Architecture (ISA) engaged in the central tasks of basic research and evaluation, and was a significant actor in East German architecture. In 1992, the present day IRS was founded as a successor institution to the ISA and given a new agenda. Working and research documents from the former ISA comprise the core of archive material held by the Scientific Collections.
The ISA holding of the Scientific Collections is organized in accordance to the ISA's operating structure and research areas (finding aids for the respective departments are listed in brackets and accessible via link).
- A_1 Direktor
- A_2 Information
- A_2_1 Abteilung Information
- A_2_2 Internationale Zusammenarbeit
- A_2_3 Wissenschaftliches Archiv
- A_3 Abteilung Theorie und Geschichte
- A_4 Abteilung Generalbebauungsplanung
- A_5 Abteilung Wohngebiete und Neubaugebiete/ Begutachtung von Bebauungskonzeptionen
- A_6 Abteilung Siedlungsstruktur
- A_7 Abteilung Industriegebiete
- A_8 Abteilung Städtebauprognose
- A_9 Abteilung Umgestaltung
- A_10 Abteilung Stadtstruktur
- A_11 Abteilung Gebäudestruktur
- A_12 Dokumentation zu städtebaulichen Wettbewerben
- A_13 Dokumentation Nationales Aufbauwerk Stalinallee (NAST)
- A_14 Dokumentation Baugeschichte
Further ISA records formerly held by the Central Archives of the GDR Academy of Building can be found at the German Federal Archives, which also hold a large collection of building plans.
