FUTURE OF LIVING – URBAN AGRICULTURE – CULTURAL MEMORY
To tap the potential of global learning by building a Sino-German network of city makers who are pioneering for novel models for livable cities.
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
Premio Berlino Fellowship 2017 – 2018
The Premio Berlino award aims to promote contemporary Italian architecture, facilitate exchange of experience and cultural knowledge, and encourage internationalisation and mobility of Italian architecture professionals, providing two emerging architects with a six-month opportunity in Berlin for further professional development. Partners:Italian Cultural Institute, Berlin; Italian Ministry of Culture, Rome; Italien Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome
Borders and Territories. #1 Identity in Place
During the first event of the programme, participants from diverse disciplines engage in discussions to provide an introduction to the ongoing development concerning territories, cultural borders, identities, and geopolitical corridors, sharing insights into their motivation, work, and positions on these matters. Partners:creative industries fund NL; Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich
Craftsmanship in the Digital Age #5: Craft in Code
A lecture by Richard Sennett, concluding the ANCB series Craftsmanship in the Digital Age. Partners:Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau (BBSR), Bonn; Netherlands Embassy in Berlin; Baunetz; NOWlab@BigRep, Berlin
Craftsmanship in the Digital Age #4: Alternative Sketch to Site Processes
The digital era enables new structures for managing communication in the building process, like BIM. These frameworks involve manufacturers of building components and facilitate closer communication between architects and the production of finished components. Partners:Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau (BBSR), Bonn; Netherlands Embassy in Berlin; NOWlab@BigRep, Berlin; Rieder Group, Maishofen
Craftsmanship in the Digital Age #3: Resetting Values for Architecture and the Building Industry
The third discussion explores societal issues impacting architecture practice, with a focus on factors like cost efficiency and energy performance. Digital fabrication presents an opportunity for closer collaboration between manufacturers and architects, allowing for the reintroduction of critical craftsmanship values in building practice. . Partners:Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau (BBSR), Bonn; Netherlands Embassy in Berlin; NOWlab@BigRep, Berlin
New Functions of the Surface
Thinking the city as a sequence of layers, this investigation into the cities' envelope, surfaces and spheres goes beyond façades, roofs and pavements to serve as the starting point for a societal, technological, cultural and infrastructural analysis, offering a new integrated understanding of the city. Partners:Schüco International KG, Bielefeld
Rural-Urban Transition: Strategies in Diversity
A conversation with the curators of the 2017 UABB - Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Shenzhen: Cities, Grow in Difference (城市共生) exploring diverse visions and strategies of urban growth to face the challenges of excessive urban expansion and the uniformisation of social life.
Partners: UABB – Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Shenzhen, Hong Kong
Craftsmanship in the Digital Age #2: Innovative Building Components
This second discussion explores the potential of digital fabrication to expand the functional scope of building components beyond the structural and the aesthetic. Partners:Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau (BBSR), Bonn; Netherlands Embassy in Berlin; NOWlab@BigRep, Berlin; Rieder Group, Maishofen
