Scholars from the Urban Theory Lab at the University of Chicago and the Habitat Unit at TU Berlin – in dialogue with leading voices in critical urban geography and political ecology – reflect on the socio-ecological entanglements linking cities to distant geographies of extraction, production, circulation and waste. Partners: Urban Theory Lab, Habitat Unit
Iowa State University & German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) | Urban Form & Urban Nature 2026
Students investigate Berlin’s urban fabric through the lens of climate, sustainability and computational design, exploring the relationship between urban form and nature. Partners: Iowa State University, German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech)
JOANES-Preisverleihung
Preisverleihung eines studentischen Architekturwettbewerb Partner:innen: JOANES Stiftung, bbg Berliner Baugenossenschaft
Baukultur Apéro #2
Im Rahmen der Arbeiten am Baukulturbericht "Gestalten" wird der Gestaltungsanspruch im Spannungsfeld von Erbe, Bestand und Zukunft im Fokus stehen. Partner: Bundesstiftung Baukultur
WATER: CURSE OR BLESSING!? – #6 Water and Economy
The sixth and final Lab Talk in the series explores the connection between water, building and economy. Partners: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), the Embassy of the Netherlands in Berlin
Iowa State University & German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) | Urban Form & Urban Nature
Students from Iowa State and GUtech Oman engage in international, multidisciplinary collaboration. The studio focuses on sustainable urban design and the assessment of environmental performance strategies across multiple scales within Berlin’s urban context. Partners: Iowa State University, German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech)
Baukultur Apéro
Im Rahmen der Arbeiten am Baukulturbericht "Gestalten" widmet sich die Veranstaltung dem Ingenieurbau – mit einem Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Mike Schlaich. Partner: Bundesstiftung Baukultur
WATER: CURSE OR BLESSING!? – #5 Materials, Energy, Technology
The fifth Lab Talk in the series explores the relationship between water, materials, building and technological requirements. Partners: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), the Embassy of the Netherlands in Berlin
WATER: CURSE OR BLESSING!? – #4 Water Infrastructures
The fourth Lab Talk in the series focuses on how to deal with urban water infrastructures in the wake of changing conditions for our cities. Partners: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU); the Embassy of the Netherlands in Berlin; GBA Lab, Shenzhen
WATER: CURSE OR BLESSING!? – #3 Actors, Approaches and Processes in the Global South
The third Lab Talk in the series focuses on integrating water into planning processes using interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder approaches, with insights from the PolyUrbanWaters pilot sites in Southeast Asia Partners: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), the Embassy of the Netherlands in Berlin, PolyUrbanWaters
