Critical Sustainability Course at TU Berlin

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The highly interactive course Critical Sustainability is the compulsory module of the TU Berlin's Sustainability Certificate and is being offered as a block week for the first time - The course is taught in German, but all levels of German knowledge are welcome to participate.

Participants actively shape the course from the very first minute. Through artistic and scientific educational formats, they repeatedly come together with other people in numerous individual, small and large group works. At the same time, students develop their own intervention research project in fixed small groups.

The Critical Sustainability course thus offers a space to overcome isolation, promote interdisciplinary exchange and take action. Together, the participants analyze the interdependencies between technology, the individual, nature, society and democracy (TINS_D) across all disciplines - and democratize them through individual and collective interventions.

Students from all degree programs and colleges/universities are cordially invited. They contribute their different professional knowledge and expertise, as well as their fundamentally different personal perspectives and backgrounds. Together, they will scrutinize their understanding of sustainability and, in particular, expose existing social power and nature relations. This forms the basis for actively contributing to the socio-ecological transformation of society. Critical theory and radical theories of democracy form the theoretical basis for the course.

The registration deadline for the course is March 16th 2025, and a confirmation of registration will be sent out on March 17th.

Text: André Baier

IMPORTANT:

Please note that this course is offered by another institution. Any questions regarding the registration process, participation, methodology and contents, have to be addressed directly to TU Berlin.

Acknowledgement of credits would only be possible for the amount of credits of one elective (3 credits), and only if the necessary documents certifying the successful completion of the course are presented.

Critical Sustainability
Block week + 2 x 2h video conference
Campus of the TU Berlin
Monday, 07 to Friday, 11 April 2025
09.00 to 17.00

https://www.tu.berlin/km/n-zertifikat/kritische-nachhaltigkeit

Exhibition: "The Demolition Question & Power to Renovation" // 14 March - 18 May 2025

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Motif: Neustadt (2021) by Julius von Bismarck and Marta Dyachenko
Photography: Henning Rogge / Emscherkunstweg

The exhibition ‘’The Demolition Question & Power to Renovation‘’ approaches the still all too present phenomenon of demolition and its consequences from different perspectives.

While „The Demolition Question“, curated by Alexander Stumm, shows around one hundred buildings in Berlin, Kassel, Munich and the state of Brandenburg that have recently been demolished or are threatened with demolition and analyses the consequences of this practice anchored in fossil modernism, the film project „Power to Renovation“ by HouseEurope! illustrates that, in addition to resources and energy, large amounts of affordable housing are also being destroyed. This makes the issue of demolition one of the central challenges of our time.

You are cordially invited to the opening on Thursday, 13 March 2025 at 7 pm.

From April, ‘’The Demolition Question & Power to Renovation‘’ will be complemented by the special exhibition ‘’Fix It - Renovation instead of Demolition‘’, curated by Architects4Future in cooperation with the Association of German Architects BDA and supported by the Allianz Foundation.

The exhibition and accompanying events are open to the public and can be visited without registration.

Further information at https://www.daz.de/de/abrissfrage-renovation/

Text: Deutsches Architektur Zentrum DAZ

Reduced DIA office hours this week

Dear All,

Due to various circumstances (illness, vacation) we regret to inform you that the DIA office will only be open on Thursday with Heike this week during the normal office hours. We hope to be there for you with our complete team from March 3.

Thank you for your understanding.

Heike Kleine

DIA acadmic coordinator

SAVE THE DATE: Summer Semester Kick-Off

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Enjoy your semester break, rest and recharge your batteries for an exciting Summer Semester 2025.

We're looking forward to seeing you again in April!

Further details about the semester kick-off coming soon to Incom.

OPEN CALL - IMAGINE THE FUTURE New ideas for Wittenberg's old town center

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Do you have an idea for Wittenberg's city center?
Do you want to try out which visions for city centers are fit for the future? 

Our city centres urgently need to change in order to cope with social change, digital transformation and climate change. That's why Stadtlabor Wittenberg is funding at least five ideas for a sustainable city center this year with up to €25,600. The call is aimed at individuals, associations, institutions, retailers, schools, students, collectives and anyone else who cares about the future of our cities and our coexistence. The ideas can relate to public space, a vacancy or the further development of existing shops and facilities for the common good. All further information can be found HERE. (The information is available in German, but auto-translate tools give you a very good translation to English)

As part of the federal program ‘’Sustainable inner cities and centers‘’ of the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building, the Stadtlabor Wittenberg deals with experimental and sustainable approaches to inner city development.
All information about Stadtlabor Wittenberg can be found here: www.stadtlabor-wittenberg.de 

Texts and images: Stadtlabor Wittenberg

VorOrt Haus | Saturday 15.02. Volunteers needed!

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Subbotnik / construction day: Saturday 15.02. 10:00–16:00

Do you already know the VorOrt Haus?

The listed building at Wolfgangstraße 13 (right next to Kaufland and the Bratwurst Gas Station thingie ) is being refurbished and filled with life by the VorOrt Verein. Maybe you've already been to the KüfA (Kitchen for All) or another event.

This Saturday we are doing some work ourselves as part of the current construction work. Slots need to be plastered (for electrical cables).
As a non-profit organisation, we rely a lot on volunteers. Do you have the capacity to help? Come and join us! And feel free to bring your own trowel.

🌱 Vegan, warm lunch included! 

Text: Wencke Hamann (VorOrt)

Studio Presentation - WiSe24/25 - "Bioclimatic Typologies - toward an architecture of the “positive anthropocene”

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Third semester presentations - Studio Master Kim Tzarowsky and Florent Lévêque.

Guest Critics:
CHAZÉE Phillipe, arch.
LÉPINE Albin, arch., ENSA-CF
YIANNIKOURIS Odysseas, arch., artist
Prof. ZAREH Vesta Nele, arch. urb-pl., DIA

Date: January 29th, 2025
Time: 8:40 h - 15:40 h
Place: Room 202, building 13

MEDS Gallery - Architecture and Design Workshop 1st of February in DDS

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MEDS is an international network of interdisciplinary designers and Architects.

During this semester's Dessau Design Show (DDS), organised by the Design Faculty of Hochschule Anhalt, the exhibition „MEDS Gallery“ will be showcasing projects from MEDS Workshop.

The exhibition has been curated by MAID's student Mohamed Abdelbary. For further information, please check the QR code on the poster.

Final Presentations - WiSe2024/25

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Studio Presentation - WiSe24/25 - “RE_SOURCING A New Perspective on the Existing”

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Third semester presentations - Studio Master Prof. Vesta Nele Zareh.

Guest Critics:

Dmytro Krasnyi, Architect - GMP/ Berlin
Anuschka Kútz, Architect - Offsea/ University of Brighton, London
David Levain, Architect/ Urbanist - MANY TERRITORIES, Berlin/ Paris
Anna Bernegg, Landscape planner & Urban Planner - FORWARD, Berlin
Florent Lévêque, Architect/ Urban Planner - Topotek 1, Berlin
Marta Toscano, Architect/ Urbanist - Studio Malta, Berlin/ Stuttgart
Prof. Ariane Wiegner, Architect - Kirchberger & Wiegner Rohde, Berlin

Date: January 30th, 2025
Time: 10:00 h - 15:30 h
Place: Room 205, building 06
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/7377598606?pwd=UjczVmVUTTdvUkUzZm9SeXdDcmp3UT09

Online Lecture - “The Forgotten Vertical Interior”

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Online lecture - Studio Master Fredrik Skåtar - „Cultural sustainability at the Old Dockyards“

Guest Lecturer: Karel Deckers - KU Leuven (Belgium)

Date: January 30th, 2025
Time: 16:50 h
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88167918654?pwd=ODRQL3c0R3kwbXZESkI2eDc2UU8vZz09 

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Studio Final - WiSe24/25 - To be continued...

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Final presentations - Studio Master Philip Rieseberg.

Guest Critics:
Tarek Massalme - STUDIO MARS Berlin
Tobias Rabold, ATELIER TOBIAS RABOLD

Date: January 30th, 2025
Time: 10:15 h - 17:30 h
Place: Room 303, building M

Studio Final - WiSe24/25 - Soundspace - S+

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Final presentations - Studio Master Huong Vu.

Guest Critics:
Dipl.-Ing. Max Wetzig  - Max Wetzig Architekt (a praxis architect in Berlin- Charlottenburg and former scientific assistant at IKE - TU Braunschweig)

Dipl.-Ing. Sabrina Schreiber - frölichschreiber architekten (a praxis architect in Berlin- Kreuzberg and former scientific assistant at Uni Hannover)

Students:
Hinojosa Casado, Natalia
Prendergast, William
Ramji, Srivathsan
Sivakumar, Vijay Siva
Qose, Kledis
Jean Mabhiza
Basha, Livia

Date: January 30th, 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Place: Room 1/99 building 03

Presentation - Studio WiSe24/25- Subversive Ambiguity of Desolving Architecture Fiction

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Third Semester Presentation - Studio Master Ivan Kucina

Guest Critics: Hossam ElYamani, Alexander Kader

Dates: January 28th and 29th.
Place: Building 03, Room 106.
Times: See attachment.

Inaugural Lecture Professorship of Architecture Theory - a 'Dessauer Gespräch' with Prof. Dr. Elke Beyer

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Elke Beyer is an architecture and urban researcher. She studied history at the University of Cologne and received her doctorate from the Institute for History and Theory of Architecture at ETH Zurich. She taught and researched, among others, at the TU Berlin, where she most recently represented the International Urban Studies department at the Institute of Architecture, at the ETH in the field of architectural theory, and at the Leibniz Institute for Spatial Social Research, Erkner. In addition, she has worked as an author and researcher on exhibitions, publications and cultural projects at various institutions, including HKW Berlin, Brücke Museum, Architekturzentrum Wien and the Shrinking Cities project. Her research interests include socio-spatial arrangements of work, transformations of urban spaces in (formerly) socialist contexts, the past and present of late modern architecture, as well as global and trans-local circulation of resources in architecture and planning.

The lecture will be held in German and translated into English.
It starts at 6.30 p.m. in the Bauhaus Aula, Dessau.

Date: January 22nd, 2025.
Time: 6.30 p.m.
Place: Lecture hall of the Bauhaus, Dessau.

mitte makeover reveal party | 25.01.2025

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Dear mitte community, curious people and supporters,

The Urban Living Room at Ferdinand-von-Schill-Straße 3 is being redesigned and furnished with more loving and cosy details. Makeover Time!

This was originally scheduled for the 11th of January, but the excitement has to be maintained for a few more days due to a delay in delivery. As always, you have to remain flexible also in 2025.

We are also finally launching our website, where everything to do with mitte and the Young City Makers research project will be documented for you to read.

What?
mitte makeover reveal party
Snacks, music, drinks and testing out the new space

When?
25.01.2025 / 18:00h (6:00 PM)

Where?
mitte / Ferdinand-von-Schill-Straße 3
06844 Dessau

(Text by: Wencke Hamann)

Inaugural Lecture Professorship of Applied Geodesy a 'Dessauer Gespräch' with Prof. Dr. Jens Hartmann

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Jens Hartmann is an engineering geodesist. After studying geodesy at the TU Dresden and the technical traineeship at TLVermGeo (today's TLBG) in Thuringia, he worked as a research assistant at the Geodetic Institute at Leibniz University Hannover. In 2022 - 2023 he was employed through the CASE program (Center of Advanced Scientific Education) at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and at ALLSAT GmbH in Hanover. Since 2023 he has been a substitute professor for applied geodesy at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Subject of his scientific and practical work is 3D object detection with terrestrial laser scanning, multi-sensor systems, quality assurance of measurement data and building monitoring.

The lecture will be held in German and translated into English.
It starts at 6.30 p.m. in the Bauhaus Aula, Dessau.

Date: January 15th, 2025.
Time: 6.30 p.m.
Place: Lecture hall of the Bauhaus, Dessau.

Further events in winter semester 2024/ 25:

Jan 22 Prof. Dr. Elke Beyer, Inaugural Lecture Professorship of Architecture Theory

"A Work Lecture" 'Dessauer Gespräch' with Cecilia Aernaudts

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„With our architecture we want to give the weak a voice in planning their future. After all, they deserve the best place in a town or village, where daily life is the priority and care, support and safety are unobtrusively present. Through sustainable architecture we want to support their limits, but above all ensure a better and higher quality life. The larger and more complex the task, the greater the distance between designer and user. Together with our clients, we want to close this gap through dialogue. Through conversations, drawings, plans and models, we discover the lives of all users. [...] With increased attention to small formats, materials and details, we create living environments that radiate warmth, that have an eye for the future and that strive for a sustainable living environment for everyone. Despite often tight budgets, we look for quality of life in delicate buildings.“ www.osar.be

The lecture will be held in German and translated into English. 
It starts at 6.30 p.m. in the Bauhaus Aula, Dessau.

Date: January 8th, 2025.
Time: 6.30 p.m.
Place: Lecture hall of the Bauhaus, Dessau.

Further events in winter semester 2024/ 25:

Jan 15 Prof. Dr. Jens Hartmann, Inaugural Lecture Professorship of Applied Geodesy

Jan 22 Prof. Dr. Elke Beyer, Inaugural Lecture Professorship of Architecture Theory

Happy Holidays and Important Information

We hope you've enjoyed a very nice time with your friends and loved ones during these Christmas days, and we wish you all the best for the new year. May it be a year full of happiness and personal and professional growth for all of you.

As mentioned in a previous email, there's some important information to take into account for these holidays:

Campus during Christmas holidays

Between December 21st and January 2nd, the university will have the Christmas break. During this time, all the buildings on campus will be closed. Also, from January 2nd to January 7th, most of the buildings will not be heated. 

In case you would like to work on your projects during this time, you may enter the buildings using your BlueKeys from January 2nd. Please take into account that the rooms will be cold, so please, plan accordingly.

Please note that you must lock the door of the building after entering it and unlock and lock again after leaving the building. It is in your own interest that the buildings stay closed even when you are inside.

The buildings may only be used for studying and working on your projects; no other activities are allowed.

The Mensa will stay closed until January 6th, 2025 (included).

Since January 6th is a public holiday, we will start again with the lectures on Tuesday, January 7th, as scheduled.

Best,
Your DIA Team.

"Acting Objects" - images from the performance

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Last Monday, students from the Elective Subject „ACTING OBJECTS / Art Techniques“ presented their performance project at the Bauhaus stage.

Under the guidance of Torsten Blume, Matthias Lipeck and Rigo Saura, the students presented a choreography in which, based on how we interact with the objects that surround us, chairs also became acting objects.

Photo credits: Óscar Marco Sánchez.