The kick-off event #1 The Urban Approach examines the built environment as a holistic factor for health production and optimisation. Partners:UNStudio, Amsterdam
Recovery Spaces
ANCB’s ten-year anniversary symposium examines what positive influence can the design of spaces and surroundings have on the recovery process of the people and societies affected and, in general, what can space-making contribute to a better and healthier living environment around the world?
Partners: Jiyan Foundation; ZRS Architekten Ingenieure, Berlin; TU Berlin; Bauhaus-Universität BU Weimar
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
New Space for Built Experiments in Rural China
In China, where dynamic urbanisation and globalisation processes have been taking place, the question arises: what happens to the countryside?
Partners: Li Xiangning, Shanghai
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
Animalesque
Humans need animals and insects to survive: from the honeybees that pollinate plants, to the ants that help maintain a healthy soil, to the birds that control pests. Partners: AA Architectural Association Visiting School London and TU Berlin
Animalesque Spring Talks
A Lab Talk to kick off visions about an Animalesque utopia in cities. Partners: AA Architectural Association Visiting School, London, Fab Lab Berlin, NABU Berlin, TU Berlin
Rural Moves
The revitalisation of rural areas has been neglected for a long time not only in China, but also in Europe and worldwide, and has consequently given rise to big socioeconomic and political challenges. Aedes has identified built examples in Songyang (China) that provide fascinating impulses for the discussion regarding the improvement of rural regions also in Europe.
Partners: The People's Government of Songyang County; Songyang Cultural Bureau; Zhejiang Xinhu Foundation
