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
A transatlantic dialogue with Roberta Washington. How can urban planning and architecture take into account the needs of migrants, people of color or those seeking refuge? And how do architects and urban planners from these communities become more visible?
Partners:TU Braunschweig; August Bebel Institut, Berlin; Center for Metropolitan Studies, TU Berlin; Senatsverwaltung für Arbeit, Integration und Frauen, Berlin; Checkpoint Charlie Stiftung, Berlin; Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Berlin; Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin
Transforming Cities
In parts of the world, new city foundations and large-scale urban expansions are still booming, while in Europe, with its already high degree of urbanisation, more cautious interventions in the urban structure are on the agenda.
Partners:Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt, Berlin; jovis Verlag, Berlin
Lab Talk Series: Retooling the trades
The ANCB series ReTooling the Trades is about equipping the capable urban practitioner with an upgraded set of working methods, approaches, strategies, processes and systems for effective and responsible professional practice.
Partners: Netherlands Embassy in Berlin
