GRAFT and MAKE CITY

From 11–28 June, the Make City Festival for Architecture and Urban Alternatives will be held in Berlin for the first time.
GRAFT is one of the founding partners and will host lectures and studio talks open to the public! If you’re interested in attending one of the events please register via the links below

THE POTENTIAL OF AN EMPTY CENTRE – SEEKING A MEANINGFUL RESOLUTION FOR THE MARX-ENGELS-FORUM

Monday, June 15, 6-8pm
The Marx-Engels-Forum, which lies between Alexanderplatz and the newest incarnation of the Stadtschloss, is one of the last expanses of undefined area in the centre of Berlin. Here the decision regarding the direction for the city’s future development will be mad: is our urban concept based upon a yearning to heal old wounds, or can Berlin create a new identity for itself? Which position does the creative urban community – always seeking new forms of expression – take on that matter? Can a dialogue between citizens be initiated, that would produce a response that goes beyond a simple yes or no? This panel discussion with the architecture bureau GRAFT and guests hopes to find out.
Panel
Thomas Willemeit (GRAFT founding partner)
Alexander Schwarz (David Chipperfield Architects)
Prof. Michael Mönninger (Journalist, Critic and Professor at HBK Braunschweig)
Antje Kapek (Fraktionsvorsitzende, Stadtentwicklungspolitische Sprecherin Bündnis 90 Die Grünen)
Moderation
David Kasparek (Journalist at “der architekt”)
Venue
ZK/U Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Siemensstrasse 27, 10551 Berlin

THE EVOLUTION OF LEARNING CITIES – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF BERLIN’S RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS

Thursday, June 18, 6-8pm
In addition to economic and demographic aspects, social innovation is playing an increasingly important role in the future development of residential districts. The demand from citizens to participate in the process is also having significant influence upon the direction of urban planning. But where can space be found to develop a radical, new and sustainable model city that respects both market realities and different lifestyles? What, for example, are the negative consequences of initiatives like Tempelhofer Feld 100%? Berlin is a city that’s open to innovation, combining sustainable urban development with active technology transfer: ergo, the perfect conditions for experimental, interdisciplinary city-making. Nevertheless, such debates need to turn talk into action. This workshop will sketch out a framework for the model development of an inner-city area in Berlin that respects both social and demographic changes as well as the need for sustainable approaches.
Presented by Triad Berlin and GRAFT

Panel
Lars Krückeberg (GRAFT founding partner)
Alexander Voigt (Expert and advisor of the Federal German Government on energy storage technologies)
Dr. Philipp Bouteiller (CEO Tegel Projekt GmbH)
Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig (Urban Planer and Politician at Bündnis 90 Die Grünen)

Moderation
Stefan Richter (Triad)
Venue
ZK/U Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Siemensstrasse 27, 10551 Berlin

ECKWERK BERLIN – START WITH A WOODEN HOUSE

Friday, June 26, 2-4pm
With a proposal comprising of five high wooden housing blocks by the Spree, Eckwerk Berlin is trying to do everything right; seeking answers to social, economic and environmental issues via the creation of an urban housing cooperative that brings together the interests of the creative and architectural communities as well as those of investors and developers. The result: affordable, sustainable living and working space for new communities.
During this studio talk, representatives from architects GRAFT, Kleihues + Kleihues and the Cooperative for Urban Creativity (GuK) will lay out their vision. The participatory process they have initiated is already making the world a little bit better.

Panel
Wolfram Putz (GRAFT founding partner)
Johannes Kressner (Kleihues+Kleihues Architekten)
Andreas Steinhauser (Eckwerk)
Dr. Klaus Boemer (CEO Gewobag)

Venue
Märchenwald, Holzmarkt Strasse 35, 10243 Berlin