In China, and many other countries across the world, rapid urbanisation processes have produced unevenly developed landscapes made up of urban growth centres and disadvantaged hinterlands. The first international conference within the framework of the Sino-German research and development project Urban-Rural Assembly (URA) takes this as a starting point towards a global exploration of the political, ecological and social relevance of integrated approaches in urban-rural planning and governance.
Partners: Habitat Unit, TU Berlin; CAUP, Tongji University, Shanghai
Lab Talk Series: Towards a healthy city
This interdisciplinary lab talk series looks at the built environment as a whole as factor for health production and optimisation. Partners:UNStudio, Amsterdam
Urban Densification
The trend towards even more urbanisation is unbroken. The event presents examples from very different areas – and invites all participants to discuss possible developments in our own cities. Partners: The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, CTBUH, Chicago; Werner Sobek AG, Stuttgart
OSLO: Small City, Big Ideas
Oslo is European Green Capital of the Year 2019 and aims to put its inhabitants at centre stage: Technology-friendly population, car-free city centre, inter-disciplinary collaborations, children’s participation, green leadership, few hierarchies and digital services.
Partners:Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin
INTENCITY Dialogue
With his 'IntenCity' manifesto, architect and urban planner Jean-Paul Viguier stimulates the debate about the working methods of urban design.
Partners: Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés, Paris
Precision, Prototyping & Prefabrication
The lecture and discussion gives an insight into the methodology and creative cogitations of Archi-Tectonics, combining the use of latest digital technologies with philosophical approaches. Partners:Archi-Tectonics / Winka Dubbeldam & Justin Korhammer, New York
Regions on the Rise. Culture and Architecture as Drivers for Rural Development
The symposium invites international policymakers, architects, planners, researchers, economists, curators and related professionals to the successful case study area of Songyang to share and archive experiences, strategies and new ideas for the development of the 'global rural region' of the future.
Partners: Songyang County Committee, Songyang County People's Government
Shenzhen – Shape of the Future
The Exhibition Talk brings together experts who discuss theoretical approaches and presented built examples from Europe and China, with a focus on Shenzhen—a megacity where Industry 4.0 is affecting the urban living environment. Partners:SZFIEC; City Think Tank; DEEP DIVE; School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lab Talk Series: MOBILISING THE PERIPHERY
Urban peripheries - such as informal cities, barrios and suburbs - are typically perceived to present only great challenges. With this five-part series, ANCB and the Schindler Transit Management Group stimulate new ways of thinking, to question the given preconditions of current development and to initiate a discourse on urban realities at the periphery. Four types of periphery, exemplified by four case studies – Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, China and Europe – in connection with participation and social justice are discussed.
Partners: The Schindler Transit Management Group, Ebikon
architektur, bauwirtschaft + industrie 2018
Every two years, the Prinz-Carl publishing house dedicates the Berlin edition of architektur, bauwirtschaft + industrie
