The architects Christoph Hesse as well as Jon Ritter and Michael Schumacher present their projects and work in rural areas.
Designed for Humans
Álvaro Siza's legacy is an ideal point of departure for this forum, which sets out to explore demands of human living conditions, traditions in craftsmanship and possibilities of design and production in the new digital era. Partners:CAMERICH
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
TU Graz | Experimental housing on the ground of the Eutritzscher Freiladebahnhof in Leipzig
In this design workshop, TU Graz master students developed experimental mass timber housing at Eutritzscher Freiladebahnhof in Leipzig, focusing on urban planning, individualized pre-fabrication, and multi-use spaces, during a one-week field trip to Berlin. Partners: TU Graz
Kashef Chowdhury
The Exhibition Talk features the work of Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA from Bangladesh, highlighting his architecture's response to extreme climatic conditions and use of local techniques and materials, offering a poetic and socially-driven approach. Partners:Kashef Chowdhury / URBANA, Bangladesh
Expedition und Materialforschungen auf dem Pfefferberg
Kinder aus Berlin im Alter von 6 bis 12 Jahren erfahren viel über die Geschichte des Pfefferbergs und lernen spielerisch den Umgang mit der Materialforschung. Partners: kleine baumeister, Berliner Zentrum Industriekultur
Lab Talk Series: Craftsmanship in the Digital Age
The five-part Lab Talk Series on architecture, values and digital fabrication explores and co-articulates a craftsmanship approach to incorporating digital fabrication into architecture with manufacturers, proponents of newer digital production tools, architects, and building industry representatives. Partners:Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau (BBSR), Bonn; Netherlands Embassy in Berlin; Baunetz; NOWlab@BigRep, Berlin; Rieder Group, Maishofen
New Functions of the Surface
Thinking the city as a sequence of layers, this investigation into the cities' envelope, surfaces and spheres goes beyond façades, roofs and pavements to serve as the starting point for a societal, technological, cultural and infrastructural analysis, offering a new integrated understanding of the city. Partners:Schüco International KG, Bielefeld
Craftsmanship in the Digital Age #2: Innovative Building Components
This second discussion explores the potential of digital fabrication to expand the functional scope of building components beyond the structural and the aesthetic. Partners:Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau (BBSR), Bonn; Netherlands Embassy in Berlin; NOWlab@BigRep, Berlin; Rieder Group, Maishofen
WBM #1 – MIT SYSTEM NACH OBEN
The second WBM symposium explores the further construction and social enhancement of neighbourhoods, the emergence of new living models and the demand for new forms of housing and services.
Partners: WBM Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Berlin-Mitte; IMKEWOELK + Partner, Berlin; InitialDesign, Berlin
