Data Processing Center (Rechenzentrum) (Potsdam)

Germany / Brandenburg / Potsdam / Breite Straße
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The block was once the location of the Garrison Church. It is now occupied by a Data Processing Center. The building itself is rather dull - just one of the thousands of concrete slab buildings in town - but it presents a rather interesting piece of art, one of the last big examples of Socialist Realism.
The ground level of the building is covered with over a dozen 6x6 ft frames forming a giant mosaic called "Man Conquers Space", created by Fritz Eisel. In true socialist tradition, the mosaic only features Soviet achievements.
Volker's favorite segment was a picture of the first space walk in history, performed by Russian Alexsey Leonov in 1965.
Ironically, this part of the mosaic turned out utterly wrong. There were supposed to be three large tiles, composing a three-fold picture of earth. Instead, the tiles were placed with the wrong orientation, creating nothing but a giant mumble-jumble, that was not discovered until 2009.
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Coordinates:   52°23'45"N   13°3'12"E

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  • Die falsche Anordnung der Mosaike war schon lange bekannt. Aber in dieser Positionierung ergibt sich (leider nur) für Insider ein(e) andere(r) beabsichtigte(r) Sinn/Aussage.
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