SELF MADE CITY: MECHANISMS OF ALTERNATIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT // MAKE CITY FESTIVAL
An expert panel discussion focusing on the architectural und urban qualities of self-initiated development and how these can be transferred as principles to new projects in the conditions of other cities.
How can new processes in architectural production contribute to a sustainable urban development and which policy adjustments enable new typologies and hybrid programs?
GUESTS:
Ute Weiland, Dep. Director of the Alfred Herrhausen Society, International Forum of the Deutsche Bank: On synergies between governance and self-initiated, alternative development and the effects on the neighborhood – an international view point.
Paola Alfaro d´Alencon, TU Berlin Urban Research and Design Laboratory: on Ephemere Development, initiatives and their short and longer-term effects – a look at three case studies.
Prof. Irena Baumann, Bauman Lyons Architects, University of Sheffield, UK: On Retrofitting Neighbourhoods: Small Blueprints Big Transformation. Sam Brown, Researcher – NaCSBA Research & Development Programme, UK: On Collective Custom Build, Right to Build legislation the goals of the Urban Room policy.
Tina Saaby, City Architect at Copenhagen Municipality: On Strategic Urbanism.
Tuukka Linnas, architect, Kalasatama and Malmi Project, Helsinki City Planning Department, Finnland: “Learning from Berlin – Creating Possibilities for Co-Housing in Kalasatama, Helsinki”.
Dr. Klaus Boemer, Managing Director of Gewobag EB (Berlin): On how alternative models can work for large scale, mixed-use developments—example of the Eckwerk, Holzmarkt, Berlin.
Florian Koehl, Architect and initiator of Berlin Baugruppen Projects: On parameters for the future of Baugruppen.
CONCEPT and MODERATION by: Kristien Ring AA PROJECTS – author of SELF MADE CITY and URBAN LIVING
EXHIBITION: URBAN LIVING Strategies for the Future
URBAN LIVING Strategies for the Future
The massive need for living space in many big cities today is a chance to forge a new era of housing by creating new qualities. The URBAN LIVING exhibition presents ideas and best practice examples for new, affordable living typologies, vibrant neighborhoods and a resilient urban development. The exhibition shows strategies that improve urban life while strengthening specific characteristics of individual neighborhoods.
Projects from the international URBAN LIVING workshop and from the SELF-MADE CITY publication are presented.
DAZ Deutsches Architecture Zentrum, Berlin
Curated by Kristien Ring
Exhibition Design and Architecture: AA PROJECTS, Berlin – Ellen Ashenden, Lisa Kreft (Research), Kristien Ring
With contributions by: Trudy Bittner Rosser, Marcos L. Rosa, ifau und Jesko Fezer
Exhibition graphic design: Panatom
Photographs of Exhibition by: schnepp • renou
Featuring Projects by:
03 Architekten, augustinundfrank, Barkow Leibinger, BARarchitekten, Beckmann N’Thépé, Bel – Sozietät für Architektur, Bruno Fioretti Marquez, Canals Moneo + GPS, Carpaneto, CITYFÖRSTER + Mark Niehüser, COBE Berlin, Deadline, De Zwarte Hond, Die Baupiloten, Die Zusammenarbeiter, Duplex, fatkoehl, fatkoehl + Urban Catalyst Studio, Fink & Jocher, ifau und Jesko Fezer, ifau und Jesko Fezer | HEIDE & VON BECKERATH, Herault Arnod, Imke Woelk, Jan Wiese, JUNE 14 Meyer-Grohbrügger & Chermayeff, Kaden & Partner, NÄGELIARCHITEKTEN, OFFSEA, PPAG, realities:united, Talli + Schnitzler, Temperaturas Extremas, VUKOJA GOLDINGER, wiewiorra hopp schwark, zanderrotharchitekten as well as all from the Urban Quarter Friesenstraße Exhibition in cooperation with the Senate Department for Urban Planning and the Environment, Berlin.
With the kind support of:
WBM Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Berlin-Mitte mbH
GEWOBAG Wohnungsbau-Aktiengesellschaft Berlin
STADT UND LAND Wohnbauten-Gesellschaft mbH
GESOBAU AG
degewo AG
HOWOGE Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH
Umweltbank
TEDxBerlin: SELF MADE CITY lecture
Kristien Ring presented SELFMADE CITY at the TEDx Berlin conference, City 2.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdFrd3eVSQ
urban design and living spaces created in self-initiative
Berlin is thought of as the city of Urban Pioneers, a place where everything is possible and where space can be taken over and transformed. -Voids and unused spaces waiting to be occupied, old buildings engaged with new program. The self-determined design of space, building, living and working, be it in the form of builder collectives (Baugruppen), co-op’s (Genossenschaften), co-working spaces or other project forms, has produced an architectural diversity and quality in Berlin over the last fifteen years that is exemplary. In the lecture „SELFMADE CITY BERLIN“ Kristien Ring will talk about the condition in Berlin, present best-practice case studies and talk about which qualities and potentials these projects have for city planning.
SELF MADE CITY - part of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia
14th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia – contributor
SELF MADE CITY 2014 (Arsenale, Venice)
3 Workshop Sessions focus on the architectural und urban qualities of the Self-Made City, based on the best-practice examples from Berlin, Germany of the last ten years. –Which qualities, how these are essential for sustainable urban development, as well as how they can be transferred as principles to new projects in the conditions of other cities. An installation, presentations and discussions:
Saturday, 25.10.2014
Session 1: 11:00 – 13:30 “SELF MADE CITY_Berlin: PIONEERS”
PIONEERS –Typological and architectural manifestations: new solutions for the mixed and lively urban core. Flexibility, Construction, Typology, Shared Green and Open Spaces, Common Spaces, Private-Public Spaces, Cost Effectiveness, Land-Use and Financial Models, Ecological Building Solutions, Mixed-Use, Urban Interaction
SELF MADE CITY_Berlin Intorduction: (10 min.)
Kristien Ring, AAPROJECTS Studio, author of SELF MADE CITY
Best-Practice Examples From Berlin: (10 Min. each)
Julia Dahlaus, dmsw Partnership of Architects
Laura Fogarasi-Ludloff and Jens Ludloff, Ludloff+Ludloff Architects
Almut Gruentuch-Ernst, Gruentuch-Ernst Architects
Verena von Beckerath, HEIDE & VON BECKERATH Architects
Sven Froehlich and Ulrike Dix, AFF Architects
Gunnar Ring, ZOOMARCHITEKTEN
Florian Koehl, fatkoehl architects
Followed by an open discussion with questions from the audience, moderated by Kristien Ring.
Saturday, 25.10.2014
Session 2: 16:30 – 18:00 “SELF MADE CITY_International Forum”
PROGRAMS – New development models, negotiation of spaces and inclusion, affordability and the resulting impulses for the city.
International Forum_ How can our cities grow in a way that what we add brings benefits for everyone? How are alternative models working?
Impulse Talks: (10 min each)
Kristien Ring, AA PROJECTS, ‘SELF MADE CITY_International’ Introduction
Association Poveglia for All, „Post-crisis community: scandal of Poveglia“
Poveglia video (5 Min.) „L’Isola: Visual note by Francesca Balbo and Ignazio Lambertini“
Riccardo Bermani, Association About-Venice, „Creating a Community Garden in Venice“
Armina Pilav, Association for Culture and Art CRVENA – Sarajevo, „Sarajevo and Self-Made Solutions in the Context of War Emergency“
Igor Kovacevic, CCEA, Prag
Philipp Misselwitz, Urban Catalyst Studio and Chair of International Urbanism and Design Institute, TU-Berlin
Followed by an open discussion with questions from the audience, with expert: Christian Burkhard, Editor Architectuul Unfinished/ moderated by Kristien Ring and Florian Koehl.
Sunday, 26.10.2014
Session 3: 13:00 – 14:30 “SELF MADE CITY_of the FUTURE”
PROCESSES –On new processes, the expanded role of the architect and the resulting impulses for the city. What are the different organizational models and how do these affect the project and resulting architecture.
Impulse Talks: (10 min each)
Florian Koehl, Introduction
Matthew Griffin and Britta Juergens, Deadline Architects
Verena von Beckerath, HEIDE & VON BECKERATH Architects
Jan Edler, REALITIES:UNITED Studio for Art and Architecture
Martin Froehlich, AFF Architects
Nikolai von Rosen, Artist, Berlin/Zurich
Marco Clausen, Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin
Mario Husten, Juval Dieziger, Uta Mühleis, HOLZMARKT, Berlin
Followed by an open discussion with questions from the audience, moderated by Kristien Ring and Florian Koehl.
SELF MADE CITY Comes to LONDON: Symposium at Canning Town Caravanserai
SELF MADE CITY Comes to LONDON:
Symposium at Canning Town Caravanserai
for the national custom & self build week 2014, an evening of talks and debate at the Canning Town Caravanserai, London
Speakers:
Kristien Ring
Harriet Harriss
Cany Ash
Semra Ekinci
Liza Fior
Mel Dodd
Richard Brown
Sarah Wigglesworth
Jon Broome
Ted Stevens
https://myspace.com/arch1membersclub
AIR, ROTTERDAM, "SELFMADE CITY: Qualities and Potentials from Berlin for Future Sustainable Urban Development", Lecture by Kristien Ring / Workshop / Discussion / pdf Publication
AIR Architecture Institute Rotterdam + Gothe Institut
Workshop, Excursions, Lecture and Discussion
Theme „SELFMADE CITY: Qualities and Potentials for Future Sustainable Urban Development“
SELFMADE CITY. Berlin: Self-Initiated Urban Living and Architectural Interventions - publication presentation
The self-determined design of living and working spaces, be it in the form of co-housing, co-op’s, co-working spaces or other project forms, has produced an architectural diversity and quality in Berlin over the last fifteen years that is exemplary. On the other-hand, the term co-housing has become inflated and now also the focus of public criticism. SELFMADE CITY makes a case for differentiating; looking more closely at the specific qualities of self-initiated projects. SELFMADE CITY presents the evolving condition in Berlin, including a survey of over 120 projects, an analysis of the qualities and potentials of these projects as well as 50 best-practice case studies. On their own accord, Selfmade projects have realized important criteria for creating socially oriented, sustainable urban developments and also provide important visions for the future. Now it is on the agenda to learn from the experiences and the Best-Practice examples –how mixed-use, lively urban quarters, shared spaces and long-term affordability can be realized and maintained. The goal of the book and the discourse event “SELFMADE CITY” is to offer new impulses, present potentials and to discuss the fields of action.
Host: Senate Department For Urban Development And The Environment Berlin
Venue: RADIAL¬SYSTEM -V-, Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin / Studio C
Date: Friday February 15th, 2013 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- in German -
Greeting: Permanent Secretary Ephraim Gothe, Senate Department For Urban Development And The Environment Berlin
Introduction: SELFMADE Not READYMADE – Kristien Ring, AA PROJECTS author of Selfmade City
Short presentations in Petcha Kutcha format:
WHAT NEXT? CHALENGES AND FIELDS OF ACTION
Selfmade As A Model For The Future? – Reiner Nagel, Senate Department For Urban Development And The Environment Berlin
How Much Community Does The City Need?– Constanze Craemer, Netzwerkagentur Generation Wohnen
What Do We Mean By Urban? – Florian Koehl, FAT KOEHL Architects
Selfmade For Everyone? – Christian Schöningh, Die Zusammenarbeiter
Who Can Afford What? – Marc Richter, ZOOMARCHITEKTEN
Gated community VS New Shared Space? – Julia Dahlhaus, DMSW
Reflection: (with all)
SELFMADE But How? Moderation: Franziska Eidner, cultural scientist and publicist
Outlook: Permanent Secretary Ephraim Gothe, Senate Department For Urban Development And The Environment Berlin
Publications:
SELFMADE CITY. Berlin: Self-Initiated Urban Living And Architectural Interventions, Kristien Ring, AA PROJECTS in cooperation with the Senate Department For Urban Development And The Environment Berlin (Eds.), German / English, 21 x 27 cm, 224 Pages, EUR (D) 29,80 ISBN 978-3-86859-167-5
Broschure "Living in a Community – From the Idea to the Joint Home", Netzwerkagentur GenerationenWohnen in cooperation with the Senate Department For Urban Development And The Environment Berlin (Eds.), German / English. Available at Netzwerkagentur GenerationenWohnen, Pufendorfstr. 11, 10249 Berlin (beratung@stattbau.de)
In cooperation with:
Stattbau Berlin www.netzwerk-generationen.de
Wohnbund www.wohnbund.de
AA PROJECTS aa-projects.eu
JOVIS Verlag www.jovis.de
RADIALSYSTEM -V- www.radialsystem.de
AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE Living the Modern
For the first time in Germany, the German Centre of Architecture DAZ presents modern Australian architecture at a glance, its tradition and diverse transformation. “Progressive Modernism” and Housing is a genuine Australian theme that gives identity to the specific building culture in Australia. The exhibition “Living the Modern_Australian Architecture” shows the independent development of Australian Architecture by means of innovative, excellent architectural solutions that are intriguing on an international scale, and yet still widely unknown. The exhibition - curated by Dr. Claudia Perren (Sydney) and Kristien Ring (Berlin) – closes this gap.
“Living the Modern_Australian Architecture” presents examples from 25 offices who have transformed, interpreted, used, reformed and converted aspects of modernism within the past 15 years, and deliver insight to their buildings as well as to the culturally and environmentally specific development of modern architecture in Australia. Through the detailed presentation of nearly 50 housing examples, a very personal Australian way of life and building culture will be opened for public viewing. The review is supplemented by prior examples of modernism from the 1950s to the 1980s, presenting works of Glenn Murcutt, Harry Seidler, Gabriel Poole, Sydney Ancher, Neville Gruzman, Stan Symonds and Robin Boyd. Six categories, or keywords, are intended to further the discussion on various aspects of modernism: Minimal, Sculptural, Frames, Interaction, Landscape, and East/West, into which the projects have been grouped. The intriguing examples will prove that the adventuresome and enduring Australian spirit is one with a progressive modern architecture.
By focusing on residential architecture, from free standing homes to high-rise apartment housing, one is invited to have a look at personal, cultural and climate specific aspects and private spaces of life and living in Australia. Architects' primary concerns in the building of living spaces in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Tasmania consider the balance of public and private spaces, a site-specific architecture, and the utilization of alternative energy sources to create successful homes in the fascinating and very different regions of Australia.
The architects represented in the exhibition follow different theories and are exposed to influences from all over the world, but still remain bound to the location in which they build. No matter if right in the middle, on top, dug in, or lifted up, their houses are never closed off from the surrounding. Australian architects have developed a completely extraordinary and strong sense of their surrounding environment and its wild and urban landscape. Each house reacts and interacts differently with its specific surroundings, and would not function in another location. For this reason Australian architecture cannot be "internationalized”, but better described as "Contemporary Progressive Modernism". However, Australian architecture provides forward thinking solutions, especially in regards to sustainable and climate specific design, which deserve wider international professional recognition.
The following projects of the architects and their offices will be presented:
Andresen O’Gorman
Casey Brown
Collins and Turner
Denton Corker Marshall
Donaldson and Warn
Elenberg Fraser
Fender Katsalidis Architects
Grose Bradley BVN
Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects
Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Kerry Hill Architects
David Langston-Jones
Lippmann Associates
David Luck Architecture
Gary Marinko
McBride Charles Ryan
Ian Moore Architects
Shelley Penn
Studio Internationale
Terroir
Kerstin Thompson Architects
Turner + Associates Architects
Stephen Varady Architecture
John Wardle Architects
Wood Marsh Architecture
Asian-Pacific-Weeks Sustainability Conference
Additionally, the DAZ is hosting a symposium within this year’s Asian-Pacific-Weeks Sustainability Conference to be held at the Berlin City Hall. Eight renowned Australian architects will present their work and discuss sustainable solutions of projects in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Tasmania. Current Issues in Australian Architecture and Urban Planning will be discussed. (see p.6 for the schedule)
In addition a catalogue will be published by Hatje Cantz publishing house in English and German language.
Curators: Dr. Claudia Perren + Kristien Ring
Exhibtion at the German Centre of Architecture DAZ, Berlin: 12th September 2007 – 11th November 2007
WE KINDLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK
Patron
BCI Australia
Endorsement
Australian Embassy Berlin
Sponsors
Miele
Lufthansa
Dauphin HumanDesign® Group
Markilux
Ries.es.m.b.ltd
Rosemount
Ingenieurbüro Fritz Spieth
Züco
FORMULA_X: VISION with AFF Architects / Plasma Studio / ECOSISTEMA URBANO
The FORMEL_X Series at the DAZ presents three offices of the up-and-coming generation with their individual positions and sustainable ideas for the future. The series focuses on presenting the offices’ diverse design methodology and design processes.
With back to back solo exhibitions, lectures and interviews, the Londoner Plasma Studio, the interdisciplinary network Ecosistema Urbano from Madrid and AFF Architects from Berlin will present their architectural positions.
FORMULA_X VISION is a discourse event to wrap-up the series. All three offices will come together to discuss their individual approaches to architecture and strategies for developing visions for a better-built future.
Lectures by:
Eva Castro, Ulla Hell / Plasma Studio
Jose Luis Vallejo Mateo und Belinda Tato / Ecosistema Urbano
Martin Fröhlich, Sven Fröhlich / AFF Architekten
Moderation by: Kristien Ring, Director DAZ und Curator of the FORMEL_X Series