Esra Akcan, the Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow at the Academy in fall 2016, was at the Academy to explore the context of discriminatory housing regulations through her focus on the 1984/1987 Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA) in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Her project brings a fresh approach to architectural history both in terms of its concept—open architecture and the right to the city—and by means of her style, including extensive interviews and visual documentation.