Students undertake research into the history of Berlin's experimental housing projects and develop design proposals of their own.
Partners: University of Melbourne
Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology | BIFT Architecture & Design Innovation Workshop
This Summer Design Studio is the third in a series of three workshops by environmental architecture students of the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology.
Every year the summer school examined Berlin under a unique theme. In 2017, 21st Century Housing Typologies were in focus, 2018 Urban Surface as a Social Media and in 2019 Common Spaces of the Berliner Hof. Partners: Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
Iowa State University, City College New York & GUtech Oman | Berlin Glass Box
Students from the City College New York, German University of Technology in Oman and Iowa State University were challenged to design a building in Berlin meeting future climate demands in light of climate change. Partners: Iowa State University, City College New York and German University of Technology in Oman
Hochschule Anhalt, Dessau | Berlin Alexanderplatz
Studierende aus der Hochschule Darmstadt befassen sich mit der architektonischen Entwicklung eines Baufelds am Alexanderplatz in Berlin, unter Berücksichtigung des aktuellen Masterplans und der Nachbarschaft zur Volksbühne. In einer Workshop-Woche in Berlin sollen Konzeptansätze erarbeitet werden, die im weiteren Verlauf des Semesters in Dessau vertieft werden. Partners: Hochschule Darmstadt
TU Graz | Experimental housing on the ground of the Eutritzscher Freiladebahnhof in Leipzig
In this design workshop, TU Graz master students developed experimental mass timber housing at Eutritzscher Freiladebahnhof in Leipzig, focusing on urban planning, individualized pre-fabrication, and multi-use spaces, during a one-week field trip to Berlin. Partners: TU Graz
Berlin and the Spree
The river environment of the Spree is the focus area to analyse and discuss the long-term interactions between humans and water along rivers as catchment areas for ecological. technological, industrial and societal realities. Partners: TU Braunschweig;; University of Pennsylvania.
Ghosts of Berlin
There is a new focus on the role of the museum as one of cultural story-telling and situating that story in the context of a physical place. What does this mean for the design of museums today and into the future? Partners: University of Technology Sydney
Universidad Diego Portales | Five aspects of the City of Berlin
Students from Universidad Diego Portales are analysing five aspects of the city of Berlin: parks, mobility, the river and its canals, the wall, and monuments, documenting their exploration in video format. Partners: Universidad Diego Portales
Living on Top of Tempelhof
Students explore a specific type of house and home that will be increasingly important in the future due to the changing way we are living and working: housing for urban nomads.
Partners: Manchester School of Architecture; TU Braunschweig; Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile
Unlivable Berlin – Housing for Inclusion
Students are asked to consider what it means to accommodate those that are marginalised, forbidden or unaccounted for, and to redress cultural hostilities through architecture and urban thinking.
Partners: University of Melbourne
