The European Alps and the Himalayan Mountains have both a great natural beauty and an age-old tradition with their own characteristics. In both locations the questions of sustainability and the smart integration of tourist facilities to best serve the people are urgent issues.
Inflexión / Turning Point
The Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial, XII BEAU, showcases winning projects and finalists that explore resilience, ecology, and social values, embodying a turning point in Spanish architecture characterized by sustainable construction, revitalized urban centers, and alternative strategies for urban development driven by younger generations' vision for the future. Partners:XII BEAU – the 12th Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial
ReTooling the Trades. #3: Extending Smartness – The Next Generation
The discussion combines smart city topics with the exploration of new components, such as participatory and self-made-city processes, to understand their role in urban planning systems. Partners: Netherlands Embassy in Berlin
ReTooling the Trades. #2 City – Climate – Architecture.
The second part focusses on a rising awareness of climatological issues in the design process with the potential for a more site-specific and contextually relevant architecture in the future. Partners:Dutch Embassy in Berlin; TU Berlin
University of Sydney – Curatorial Practice in Architecture
This design studio introduces students to a collaborative, multidisciplinary action research setting for curatorial practice in architecture. Focus this year will be on the theme of Perception at the site of the airport Tempelhof. Partners: University of Sidney
Universidad Europea de Madrid | BERLIN AGRICULTURAL URBAN SITES_Tempelhofer Feld
Students from the Universidad Europea de Madrid are examining urban infrastructures and new inner peripheries for their potential in city naturalization and cyclical yield. Their work includes cycling through Berlin agricultural sites and developing urban devices to inform design strategies. Partners: Universidad Europea de Madrid
Make_Shift City. Die Neuverhandlung des Urbanen
Can the urban commons, places and spaces of the common, be renegotiated by architects and planners?
Partners: jovis Verlag, Berlin
ArchiAid: The Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Program
On the occasion of the Aedes exhibition opening, the dialogue focusses on the challenge of the architecture profession to connect and moderate between technical and governmental conditions as well as cultural behaviour related to environmental needs.
Partner: Japan Federation of Construction Contractors, Tohoku Branch Office; UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, Los Angeles; Japan Foundation, Cologne; Tchoban Foundation. Museum für Architekturzeichnung, Berlin; Repro Ringel, Berlin
Transmaterial Aesthetics: Experiments with Timber in Architecture and Technology
The International Conference by HS Wismar and UTS Sydney explored the increasing use of timber in architecture, showcasing how it is combined with other materials to create innovative structures with altered properties. The conference highlighted the emergence of a new techno-aesthetic paradigm called transmateriality and referenced historical and contemporary examples of timber applications in architecture.
Regional City – Local Campus in the Metropolitan Fringe
ANCB and its partners explore the need for new working approaches and tools to understand and support the future of the Region as City. While urban areas receive significant attention, the periphery is often overlooked despite being home to a large population.
Partners: msa Münster School of Architecture; Leibniz Universität Hannover; HafenCity Universität Hamburg; TU Berlin; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm; Leibniz-Institut für Regionalentwicklung und Strukturplanung, Erkner
