Although climate change is the greatest challenge facing humankind today, we do not seem to be able to come to any international consensus on how to begin to mitigate the causes. This studio asks, what can architecture do? Partners: University of Technology Sydney
No Apocalypse Now!
Henk Ovink addresses the current and future climate and sustainability challenges and focusses on using water's unifying and collaborative capacity as a lever to design, progress, scale and speed up inclusive and innovative climate programmes, in partnership with all and by design. Partners:Bucerius Summer School, ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Hamburg
Living Prototypes #1
The mid-term workshop in Barcelona of a European research project on digitally fabricated building components made with bio-based materials. Partners:Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), Bonn; IAAC Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona; WASP, Massa Lombarda; ITKE, University of Stuttgart; FibR, Kernen; CITA, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen; COBOD, Copenhagen
Climate Neutral Design
A roundtable discussion on how to drive and design for climate neutrality taking place on the occasion of the exhibition A Heart of Wood – Sara Kulturhus in Skellefteå by White Arkitekter at Aedes Architecture Forum. Partners:White Arkitekter
ALL GOOD(S). #1
ANCB in collaboration with the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin conceptualises a programme on Dutch and German innovations in material design.
Partners: Netherlands Embassy in Berlin
Iowa State University, City College New York & GUtech Oman | Berlin Glass Box
Students from the City College New York, German University of Technology in Oman and Iowa State University were challenged to design a building in Berlin meeting future climate demands in light of climate change. Partners: Iowa State University, City College New York and German University of Technology in Oman
Animalesque
Humans need animals and insects to survive: from the honeybees that pollinate plants, to the ants that help maintain a healthy soil, to the birds that control pests. Partners: AA Architectural Association Visiting School London and TU Berlin
Animalesque Spring Talks
A Lab Talk to kick off visions about an Animalesque utopia in cities. Partners: AA Architectural Association Visiting School, London, Fab Lab Berlin, NABU Berlin, TU Berlin
Technische Universität Braunschweig, IDAS & University of Pennsylvania | Productive Berlin
Architecture students from TU Braunschweig worked with their peers from the University of Pennsylvania in this one-week intensive immersion in the field. The workshop was accompanied by lectures, discussions and fieldwork and concluded with a joint presentation of the resarch work and design scenarios envisioned by the students. Partners: Technische Universität Braunschweig, IDAS & University of Pennsylvania
Craftsmanship in the Digital Age #3: Resetting Values for Architecture and the Building Industry
The third discussion explores societal issues impacting architecture practice, with a focus on factors like cost efficiency and energy performance. Digital fabrication presents an opportunity for closer collaboration between manufacturers and architects, allowing for the reintroduction of critical craftsmanship values in building practice. . Partners:Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau (BBSR), Bonn; Netherlands Embassy in Berlin; NOWlab@BigRep, Berlin
