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Urban Activism in Eastern Europe and Eurasia – Strategies and Practices

Posted on November 9, 2020 by designabilities

Buchbesprechung von Tom Bieling Städte und urbane Räume stellen sich uns oft als Orte dar, die von autoritären, neoliberalen Strukturen geprägt sind. Im jüngeren historischen Verlauf Osteuropas und Eurasiens gibt es hierfür – anders als im „westlichen“ Kontext – nochmals ganz eigene … Continue reading →

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Arriving somewhere between playful Utopias and nomadic Personality

Posted on May 1, 2020 by designabilities

by Deniz Karakuş “Everyone knows the bit in Collodi’s novel where Pinocchio, having traveled through the night on the back of the talking donkey, arrives happily at dawn in ‚Playland‘. In his description of this infantile utopian republic, Collodi has … Continue reading →

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Was wären Forschung und Gestaltung ohne Spekulation?

Posted on January 21, 2020 by designabilities

Was wären Forschung und Gestaltung ohne Spekulation? Unter diesem Motto veranstaltet das Zentrum für Designforschung  am Freitag, den 31. Januar 2020 ein Symposion am Department Design der HAW Hamburg. Mit dabei: Daniela Rosner (“Critical Fabulations”) von der University of Washington, … Continue reading →

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Looking for a multidisciplinary and performative architectural Sketch

Posted on July 15, 2019 by designabilities

by Deniz Karakuş Sketch is one of the most common ways of creating and transferring thought in architecture. The sketch, which was attributed to a representative role in architecture until the second half of the 20th century, has started to … Continue reading →

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Willkommensstadt: Wo Flüchtlinge wohnen und Städte lebendig werden. #BookReview

Posted on June 21, 2017 by designabilities

»Verbietet das Bauen!« Mit diesem Leitspruch argumentiert Daniel Fuhrhop seit einiger Zeit für den Erhalt und die Nutzung bestehender Bausubstanz und sammelt Ideen zur Beseitigung von Leerstand und der Belebung unserer Städte. In seinem jüngsten Buch konfrontiert er einige dieser … Continue reading →

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Positions on Emancipation: Architecture between Aesthetics and Politics

Posted on April 2, 2017 by designabilities

The blurred lines of architecture between aesthetics and politics have been discussed during the “Positions of Emancipation” Symposium at University of Luxemburg (Schengen), over the last two days. Architecture has been largely characterised by a lack of clear positions, at … Continue reading →

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Building Gravity: On Gravity in Architecture, Urban Development and Utopia

Posted on January 9, 2017 by designabilities

PROTOCOL Magazine’s recent issue (No. 8) showcases a variety of original works brought together under the theme of “the ground”. In their contribution “Building Gravity” Fernando Luiz Lara* (Austin University of Texas) and Tom Bieling** discuss the concept of “gravity” not exclusively related to the … Continue reading →

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