This debate tackles the question of how increased urbanisation affects politics, urban planning and design and how we can better improve the makeup of our ever changing city structure.
Partners: Henk Ovink, Netherlands Ministry for Infrastructure and Environment, The Hague; Netherlands Architecture Fund, Rotterdam; Netherlands Embassy in Berlin; Heinrich-Böll Stiftung, Berlin; Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, Potsdam
Liveable Cities – Architecture Agendas in Singapore and Germany
Six architects from Singapore and Germany discuss what makes a great city to live, work and play in based around examples from Singapore and Berlin.
TouchHouse. Smart Living – Communicating Surfaces
A workshop with kick-off symposium to conceptualise and visualise innovative approaches for the further development of energy-efficient, intelligent building control and to examine its premises and consequences with regard to architecture, urban space and human behaviour. Partners:Busch-Jaeger, Lüdenscheid
Design and Politics. #1 Cradle to Cradle
An interesting example with regard to sustainable urbanism are the Cradle to Cradle® Almere Principles. Opening the series, the Lab Talk discusses whether Cradle to Cradle can be principlised for urban planning and architecture and whether such principles are universally applicable.
Partners: Henk Ovink, Netherlands Ministry for Infrastructure and Environment, The Hague; Dutch Embassy in Berlin
Re-act Lab: São Paulo Architecture Experiment
In a series of public lectures and discussions the studio introduced São Paulo's metropolitan area by revealing the contrasting morphologies and urban tissues, produced over time and addressed the critical role of everyday life in the experience of urban space. Partners: Secretaria Municipal de Habitação de São Paulo; S.L.U.M. Lab and GSAPP, Columbia University, New York; Escola da Cidade, São Paulo; TU Berlin; ETH Zurich; Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft; Doppelmayr; Netherlands Ministry of Spatial Planning; BMW; ARUP
DENK MAL BERLIN – Wer baut die Stadt?
Preview of the documentary film: 'DENK MAL BERLIN' with a subsequent conversation between Georgia Tornow and Regula Lüscher. Partner: Offroad Reports
What Makes India Urban?
A symposium exploring India's urbanism with speakers from Europe and India.
Partners:Asia-Pacific Week Berlin; Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft, Berlin; Embassy of India, Berlin; Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Dehli; Goethe-Institut India, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin; Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
