Borders and Territories. #2 Spatial Representations of Connections and Disconnections
This Lab Talk deals with spatial representations of connections and disconnections and the transfer of geopolitical and socio-cultural imaginaries of the world. Partners:ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Hamburg
FUTURE OF LIVING – URBAN AGRICULTURE – CULTURAL MEMORY
To tap the potential of global learning by building a Sino-German network of city makers who are pioneering for novel models for livable cities.
Reinier de Graaf, OMA: Four Walls and a Roof. The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession.
Architecture critic Niklas Maak and OMA Partner Reinier de Graaf discuss the role of the architect and the challenges of the profession in today’s society.
Partners:Netherlands Embassy in Berlin
Lab Talk Series: überFLUSS
This series of events is dedicated to the topic of river bathing and river spas in the larger context of current urban developments. It engages in discussions with stakeholders from science, politics, and urban society from Germany and abroad. Partners:Flussbad Berlin e.V.
How Do We Make Better Cities?
OMA partner Reinier de Graaf presents his position on the scourge of #Notopia, discussing the global pandemic of generic buildings that make London resemble Tianjin and Dubai resemble Dallas, highlighting the importance of supporting cultural identity.
Partners:The Architectural Review, London; Dutch Embassy in Berlin
Peter Cook Enjoys Being Silly
34 years after his first show at Aedes Architecture Forum - Peter Cook and his companions Wolf Prix, Zvi Hecker, Odile Decq and Thom Mayne exchanged ideas and experiences about a life devoted to architecture and the importance of being silly.
Urban (in)securities: Science. Fiction. International Politics
This one-day programme within the frame of the Bucerius Summer School 2016, focuses on the interplay between city planning, securitisation and international politics. Partners:Bucerius Summer School, ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Hamburg
Urban (in)securities. #1 The City as Target
Natural disasters, terrorist attacks and epidemics impact the physical appearance of our urban environment and evoke fears about the visible and invisible insecurities targeting our cities. Urban spaces are identified as an interface for vulnerability and contagion with a growing demand for the state to defend and police public places.
Partners:Dr. Nadine Godehardt, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin; ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Hamburg
Taksim, Tahrir, Occupy & Co. #2 Visuality and Urban Space
The Lab Talk concentrates on the visualisation of urban spaces during civil resistance incidents and protests. The digital sharing of these visuals on social media ‘virtualises’ and instantly ‘internationalises’ these spaces, facilitating the immediate production and transportation of news and laying the ground for interaction among protesters and between protesters and non-protesters.
Partners:Dr. Nadine Godehardt, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin; ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Hamburg
Taksim, Tahrir, Occupy & Co. #1 Political Meaning of Urban Space
The Lab Talk explores the political meaning of urban space, highlighting how incidents in everyday urban spaces affect (inter-)national politics and focussing on civil resistance and protest movements that frequently occupy streets, public squares, financial and governmental districts or central city parks.
Partners:Dr. Nadine Godehardt, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin; ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Hamburg
