This series of events is dedicated to the topic of river bathing and river spas in the larger context of current urban developments. It engages in discussions with stakeholders from science, politics, and urban society from Germany and abroad. Partners:Flussbad Berlin e.V.
Rebuild by Design
A symposium on the occasion of the opening of the ANCB exhibition After Hurricane Sandy - REBUILD BY DESIGN - Resilient Planning Through Collaborative Design. Partners: Henk Ovink, Rebuild by Design, New York; United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington DC; Schindler, Ebikon; Dutch Embassy in Berlin; Zumtobel, Dornbirn
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
Berlin Waterfronts 2011
Berlin has a voluminous presence of water both surrounding the city and crossing it. Despite this, Berlin's relationship with the water is not clear, and historically the Spree doesn’t seem to have the leading role as public space that the rivers in Cologne, Paris and London have. Partners:Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile
WATER – CURSE OR BLESSING!?
Accompanying the Aedes exhibition, the symposium focuses on the question of how architects and urban planners in the Asian-Pacific region are coping with water-related issues and offers insights into specific scenarios found in the urban areas, while also incorporating a larger perspective of the region as a whole, which faces a heterogeneous mix of water-related threats and issues ranging from flooding to shortages, including pollution and other challenges.
Partners: Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin (DKLB)
Watershed: Rivers Wild / Rivers Tame
The studio explores how rivers have shaped our civilization, and how we, in turn, have shaped them. Partners: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
LIQUID LIFE
Berlin's urban setting is seen as an open field where relationships amongst communities can be understood as a continuous process. Adopting four distinct media, students and professors from UEM develop proposals for urban reconfiguration along the River Spree in the socio-economically charged context of Berlin's Kreuzberg. Partners:Universidad Europea de Madrid
