Amidst the climate crisis, there is a resurgence of wood in construction, with architects and clients opting for wood and wood-hybrid structures to cut resource use and CO2 emissions. The event accompanying the Aedes exhibition "Wood's Up!" invites participants to engage in a guided tour of the exhibition followed by a discussion about challenges and possibilities in wood construction.
WATER: CURSE OR BLESSING!? – #1 We Want Water!
This Lab Talk looks at the whole water cycle and building future resilience. It aims to identify and explore solution-driven, sustainable, water-related architectural and urban development projects. Partners:Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin, PolyUrbanWaters Research Project
Dialogreihe: Re/View the Next
A dialog series as part of the Aedes exhibition Re/View the Next - A Discursive Collage on Aims, Challenges and Innovations with HPP Architekten.
Partners: HPP Architekten
Urban Care Dialogue Brazil
Three days of workshops and open lectures dedicated to advancing sustainable urban projects in Brazil.
Partners: Building Health Lab
AAVS Urban Phoenix Berlin 2023
The AAVS Urban Phoenix Berlin 2023 program is centered on the focal point of the ICC, Berlin. This iteration delves into the practical realms of urban and architectural innovation, alongside purposeful public interventions.
Partners: AA Visiting School London; TU Berlin
Organic City_Hansaviertel Berlin (Interbau 1957)
The workshop project, Organic City_Hansaviertel Berlin (Interbau 1957), connected with the concept of organic architecture and design in order to develop new perspectives of interdisciplinary conceptual learning.
Partners: University of Thessaly, Volos Greece; ensa Nantes, Nantes France; University Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli Italy; Anhalt University, Dessau Germany
Environments for Communication
This workshop and exhibition showcases experiments by students who worked in interdisciplinary teams to create new spatial and visual concepts for Aedes. Partners: Berlin International University of Applied Sciences
CONCRETE SOLUTIONS
A Lab Talk to present the 2022 OBEL AWARD winner, Seratech, for their technology to decarbonise cement and concrete, and to discuss the essential changes that concrete must undergo to support the transition path to a sustainable future. Partners: The OBEL AWARD, Copenhagen
Future Thinking: How to Make Things Better
How can architecture act as a tool for betterment? This Lab Talk showcases Australian and German examples to actively address climate challenges and extract general valid paramenters and local mitigation factors.
Partners:Deborah Ascher Barnstone, University of Technology Sydney; Australian Embassy Berlin
Climate Change: What can Architecture Do?
Although climate change is the greatest challenge facing humankind today, we do not seem to be able to come to any international consensus on how to begin to mitigate the causes. This studio asks, what can architecture do? Partners: University of Technology Sydney
