San Diego x Bochum x Bukarest | Summer Studio 2026
Students from the University of Kentucky explore the relationship between human scale and activity in Berlin and develop objects that encourage social interaction and engagement with the built environment. Partners: University of Kentucky
What’s Cooking #5
Tue., 14.07.2026, 19:00 How can we create a fairer, more affordable Berlin? Bringing together the Architect’s Union and the Berlin Tenants’ Union, this conversation explores how collective action can connect labour, housing and urban justice.
Radical Hope – Resilient Cities and Safe Havens
Wed., 12.08.2026, 18:30 How can architecture and urban design shape open, vibrant and future-proof cities in an age of multiple crises? In collaboration with the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS, this talk explores how urban vulnerability can be transformed into opportunities for resilient, inclusive and thriving urban futures. Partner: ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS
What’s Cooking #4
Why are women highly engaged in architecture and activism, yet often less visible? Helen Fleming, Simay Peters and Lena Olvedi discuss feminism, rethinking spaces and how bold ideas can transform the built environment.
University of Kentucky | Berlin Summer Studio 2026
Students from the University of Kentucky explore how formal investigations can be translated into site-specific architectural interventions within the public realm of Berlin. Partners: University of Kentucky
What’s Cooking #3
Bika Rebek and Shalini Vimal explore how architecture and ecology can move from afterthought to alliance.
What’s Cooking #2
Silvia Gioberti and Christian Schmidts discuss performance, presence and the relationship between the physical and digital body in space.
What’s Cooking #1
Julian Meisen and Emanuel Heisenberg in the first edition of a new event series, bringing together conversations and fresh perspectives from beyond the architectural status quo
Democratic Design – #4 Democratic Education
The fourth and final Lab Talk in the Aedes programme Democratic Design examines new approaches to teaching the next generation democratic values and participation through planning and design. Partners: Berlin Capital Cultural Fund (Hauptstadtkulturfonds), ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS
Berlin International University of Applied Sciences | 2051
Imagine it’s 2051, and everything has turned out rather well. Ecological collapse, social fragmentation, political polarisation – the defining crises of the early 21st century are now distant memories. We inhabit a world we once only dared to imagine. But how did we get here? Partners: Berlin International University of Applied Sciences
