ArchiAid: The Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Program
On the occasion of the Aedes exhibition opening, the dialogue focusses on the challenge of the architecture profession to connect and moderate between technical and governmental conditions as well as cultural behaviour related to environmental needs.
Partner: Japan Federation of Construction Contractors, Tohoku Branch Office; UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, Los Angeles; Japan Foundation, Cologne; Tchoban Foundation. Museum für Architekturzeichnung, Berlin; Repro Ringel, Berlin
WATER – CURSE OR BLESSING!?
Accompanying the Aedes exhibition, the symposium focuses on the question of how architects and urban planners in the Asian-Pacific region are coping with water-related issues and offers insights into specific scenarios found in the urban areas, while also incorporating a larger perspective of the region as a whole, which faces a heterogeneous mix of water-related threats and issues ranging from flooding to shortages, including pollution and other challenges.
Partners: Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin (DKLB)
Tsunami Trace File
A public screening of the documentary 'A Tsunami Trace File' by Mathias Klotz and Carlos Perez. Partner: Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile
