Conflicts of an Urban Age – Urban Talk: Maximilian Becker, Albert Kreisel, Tobias Schrammek (Urban Oasis), Nina Pawlicki (Habitat Unit), Cielo Holguin Ramirez (Community Leader Moravia) mit Philipp Misselwitz (Habitat Unit), Anh-Linh Ngo... more
Conflicts of an Urban Age – Urban Talk: Maximilian Becker, Albert Kreisel, Tobias Schrammek (Urban Oasis), Nina Pawlicki (Habitat Unit), Cielo Holguin Ramirez (Community Leader Moravia) mit Philipp Misselwitz (Habitat Unit), Anh-Linh Ngo (ARCH+) und Florian Schmidt (Baustadtrat Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg) Die kolumbianische Stadt Medellín und Berlin sind geprägt von sehr unterschiedlichen Planungs- und Beteiligungskulturen und einer anderen Gewichtung formeller und informeller Stadtentwicklungsprozesse.Gemeinsam mit Studierenden und maßgeblichen Akteuren aus beiden Städten hinterfragt das Think&Do-Tank Urban Lab Medellín | Berlin das planerische Handeln in beiden Kontexten und entwickelt neue Instrumente. Ziel ist ein Urban Coding für inklusive, koproduzierte und nachhaltige urbane Nachbarschaften. Die Veranstaltung ist Teil des Rahmenprogrammes "StadtGespräche", die immer Mittwochs um 19 Uhr in der Ausstellung Conflicts of an Urban Age der Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft sta...
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Urban built environments are spatial and material archives. Streets, buildings, open spaces, or infrastructures are registers of historical negotiations and repositories of data. Stories of power, geopolitics, economic systems, labour and... more
Urban built environments are spatial and material archives. Streets, buildings, open spaces, or infrastructures are registers of historical negotiations and repositories of data. Stories of power, geopolitics, economic systems, labour and culture can be revealed through road names and construction materials, portals and pediments, park benches and chimneys. Embodying our desires, needs, and resources, they condition how we live and interact with each other, and trigger countless reinterpretations and re-appropriations. Most of this dense layering is not immediately legible; it has not been decoded. Rather it is part of a more intuitive, lived sense of “urbanity” that generates contemporary individual and collective senses of identity and belonging. These complex urban palimpsests form the constitutive stages upon, with and against which everyday and extraordinary cultural life is performed.
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1 archivo PDF (247 páginas)Aproximación al fenómeno masivo de la urbanización informal, se presentan experiencias en diferentes ciudades en las que las condiciones sociales y económicas no han permitido que las prácticas formales se... more
1 archivo PDF (247 páginas)Aproximación al fenómeno masivo de la urbanización informal, se presentan experiencias en diferentes ciudades en las que las condiciones sociales y económicas no han permitido que las prácticas formales se consoliden. PALABRAS CLAVE: Urbanización global. Urbanización popular. Ciudad informal. Construcción progresiva. Gestión del suelo urbano. Asentamientos temporales. Hábitat. Programas de mejoramiento urbano. KEYWORDS: Urban poor. Squatter settlements. Housing policy
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In der ersten Veranstaltung im neuen Jahr diskutieren wir mit Urban Catalyst über die Ergebnisse ihres langjährigen Forschungsprojekts zum Phänomen der temporären Nutzung. Den Initiatoren ist es gelungen, die Praxis der Zwischennutzung... more
In der ersten Veranstaltung im neuen Jahr diskutieren wir mit Urban Catalyst über die Ergebnisse ihres langjährigen Forschungsprojekts zum Phänomen der temporären Nutzung. Den Initiatoren ist es gelungen, die Praxis der Zwischennutzung auf ein theoretisches Fundament zu stellen und einen internationalen Diskurs anzuregen. Mit zeitlichem Abstand können wir heute Bilanz ziehen und fragen, inwieweit das kulturelle Phänomen der Zwischennutzung der 90er und 00er Jahre eine Veränderung und Erneuerung der Planungspraxis bewirkt hat und welche Erkenntnisse wir für einen zukunftsfähigen Stadtdiskurs gewinnen können? Philipp Oswalt, Klaus Overmeyer, Philipp Misselwitz im Gespäch mit Daniela Brahm (Ex-Rotaprint) und Wolfgang Kil
Donnerstag, 21.2.2013, 19 Uhr, Altes Haus Ungarn, Kinosaal, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 9, Berlin-Mitte ARCH+ features 18 stellt das Kollektiv Urban Catalyst und dessen langjähriges Forschungsprojekt zum Phänomen der temporären Nutzung vor.... more
Donnerstag, 21.2.2013, 19 Uhr, Altes Haus Ungarn, Kinosaal, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 9, Berlin-Mitte ARCH+ features 18 stellt das Kollektiv Urban Catalyst und dessen langjähriges Forschungsprojekt zum Phänomen der temporären Nutzung vor. Urban Catalyst widmen sich, so Kees Christiaanse im Vorwort der gerade bei DOM publishers erschienenen Veröffentlichung, "den offenen Räumen der Stadt, all jenen Gebieten, deren Zukunft für bestimmte oder unbestimmte Zeit unklar ist, die sich also in einem Zustand des Nicht-Mehr und Noch-Nicht befinden." Den Initiatoren gelang es, die Praxis der Zwischennutzung auf ein theoretisches Fundament zu stellen und einen internationalen Diskurs darüber anzuregen. Temporäre Nutzung von unbestimmten urbanen Schwellenräumen wird seitdem von der Verwaltung sowie von Planern und Investoren nicht mehr als Problem gesehen, sondern als Entwicklungsstrategie bewusst eingesetzt. Denn es hat sich gezeigt, dass gerade in von Staat, Planung und Kapital vernachlä...
The URA periodical is an annual open-access publication, which will accompany the Sino-German research and development project Urban-Rural Assembly (URA,01LE1804A-D), sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research... more
The URA periodical is an annual open-access publication, which will accompany the Sino-German research and development project Urban-Rural Assembly (URA,01LE1804A-D), sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the FONA program Sustainable Development of Urban Regions (NUR). By combining scientific and essayistic writings, photographic works, and/or ethnographic studies including interviews, spatial mappings and drawings, the URA periodical will seek to bridge academic, practice and policy discourses around global sustainability challenges and integrated planning and governance approaches at the urban-rural interface.
Nikolaus Hirsch (director), Philipp Misselwitz (co-curator) present their curatorial approach for Gwangju Folly II, which uses the ambiguities of follies as a tool of inquiry to address the many notions of public space. The transformative... more
Nikolaus Hirsch (director), Philipp Misselwitz (co-curator) present their curatorial approach for Gwangju Folly II, which uses the ambiguities of follies as a tool of inquiry to address the many notions of public space. The transformative potential of public space has recently been etched into public consciousness during the uprisings in the streets and squares in many cities around the world.
This interview with the Palestinian curator Jack Persekian, conducted in person and by email, began as a conversation with Galit Eilat at Anadiel Gallery in the summer of 2005.
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Jerusalem, Between Urban Area and Apparition From Multi ethnic city to nationalism? Jerusalem in the early 20th century Mamilla
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Due to the Corona pandemic, it was necessary to cancel the conference "Positionality Reloaded. Dimensions of Reflexivity in the Relationship of Science and Society" at short notice. At the time, in May 2020, it was quite... more
Due to the Corona pandemic, it was necessary to cancel the conference "Positionality Reloaded. Dimensions of Reflexivity in the Relationship of Science and Society" at short notice. At the time, in May 2020, it was quite uncertain how far-reaching the consequences of the pandemic would be. This also affected the panel discussion that we had planned in order to collect practical and application-oriented perspectives on transdisciplinarity in academics. As restrictions of traveling and gatherings on social events across the globe intensified, digital conferences gradually developed into an effective format for academic exchange. In this respect, we were thrilled when we were able to save the two-hour panel discussion "Crossing Borders, Creating Together: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Transdisciplinary Knowledge Production" on 15 June 2020 using a live video broadcast. The main questions from the conference served as a guide: To what extent do academic publicatio...
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Globally, and particularly in the global south, the majority of urban housing stock occupied by economically weak households has not been built through state programmes or formal market delivery, but by households themselves. While global... more
Globally, and particularly in the global south, the majority of urban housing stock occupied by economically weak households has not been built through state programmes or formal market delivery, but by households themselves. While global policies like the new UN Sustainable Development Goals are beginning to recognise the importance of ‘inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities’, housing policies in most countries do not build on vibrant self-provisioning practices as a means to achieving them, focusing instead on centralised delivery programmes and market dynamics. A ‘Co-op City Network’ explored this across Brazil, Eastern and South Africa, India and Germany, finding that networked, transdisciplinary, action-oriented research is needed to help overcome established binaries between programmed and self-provisioned housing and forge new co-designing approaches.
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Jerusalem is an ancient cradle of human culture and one of the most important loci of three world religions. But as long as the city has existed, it has been the cause and breeding ground of conflicts, as well as the target and site of... more
Jerusalem is an ancient cradle of human culture and one of the most important loci of three world religions. But as long as the city has existed, it has been the cause and breeding ground of conflicts, as well as the target and site of dispute and war. It is both victim and weapon. During this eventful history, the city
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“IN most societies, conflicts have been viewed as dangerous, corrosive, and potentially destructive of social order and therefore in need of being contained and resolved. There is evidence, however, that social conflicts themselves... more
“IN most societies, conflicts have been viewed as dangerous, corrosive, and potentially destructive of social order and therefore in need of being contained and resolved. There is evidence, however, that social conflicts themselves produce the valuable ties that hold modern democratic societies together and provide such ties with the strength and cohesion they need; that social conflicts are themselves pillars of democratic society.” In his introduction to a case study on urban development in Aalborg, Denmark, Bent Flyvbjerg points to the fact that conflict has often been considered antithetical to urban societies. Yet, the presence of difference in close spatial proximity is a fundamental quality of urban living. “The city is the place, where diverging interests are clashing, where conflicts are consciously fought out. The urban city is stage and subject of societal conflicts and political controversies.” The confrontation and cross-fertilization of differences can stimulate cultural, social, and political dynamics. Hence, the coexistence of differences and the accompanying potential for conflict can be considered to be the impetus for qualities that are generally subsumed under the term “urbanity.” Flyvbjerg
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... 2004. “Mustafa Abu Zahra, Shop Owner, Musrara;”. by R. Nasrallah, Jerusalem, 24 August 2004 View all references; Al‐Kunba, 20043. Al‐Kunba. 2004. “Sa'ed Al‐Kunba, Manager, Faisal Hostel, Musrara;”. ... 2004. “Dr Rassem... more
... 2004. “Mustafa Abu Zahra, Shop Owner, Musrara;”. by R. Nasrallah, Jerusalem, 24 August 2004 View all references; Al‐Kunba, 20043. Al‐Kunba. 2004. “Sa'ed Al‐Kunba, Manager, Faisal Hostel, Musrara;”. ... 2004. “Dr Rassem Khamaisi, Geographer, Haifa University;”. ...
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This interview with the Palestinian curator Jack Persekian, conducted in person and by email, began as a conversation with Galit Eilat at Anadiel Gallery in the summer of 2005.
Research Interests: Contemporary Art, Architectural Theory, Art and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Art and War, and 6 morePalestine: Contemporary Culture, Palestinian Contemporary Visual Art, History of Jerusalem, Israel Palestine, East Jerusalem, and Modern and contemporary art in the Middle East
s of the CHI’11 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM. New York. 2011. Benkler, Yochai. The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom. Yale University Press, New
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War has entered the cities. Since September 11, 2001 at the latest, it has become apparent that this is the case not only in Jerusalem and the Middle East, but also in Western metropolises. This book presents a thorough investigation of... more
War has entered the cities. Since September 11, 2001 at the latest, it has become apparent that this is the case not only in Jerusalem and the Middle East, but also in Western metropolises. This book presents a thorough investigation of the current situation in Jerusalem from a trilateral perspective: Israeli, Palestinian, and international experts air their views. The discussion centers on the production and use of urban space under the conditions created by the conflict, including, for example, the so-called security fence, urban enclaves, exclaves, the approach to monuments and no-man's-land, and the instrumentalization of infrastructures, which leads to the crass juxtaposition of highly developed and impoverished urban spaces. The conflict, however, does not bring with it destruction and violence alone, but also exhibits ambivalent effects and, along with them, new cultural and urban realities. Jerusalem has become a prototype in the age of new urban violence.
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In many cities, urban wastelands and vacant structures suddenly metamorphose in exuberant places. After city planners and the real estate market have failed in their initial attempts to develop them, these sites become the setting for... more
In many cities, urban wastelands and vacant structures suddenly metamorphose in exuberant places. After city planners and the real estate market have failed in their initial attempts to develop them, these sites become the setting for clubs and bars, start-up firms and art galleries, migrant economies and informal markets, recreational activities and nightlife. Indeed, it is often precisely here that innovative cultural production and a vibrant public sphere are to be found. The Urban Catalyst research team explored these unplanned temporary uses in five European countries over the course of several years, and did far more than merely analyze their hidden logic. Building on the team's own participation in a number of different projects, Urban Catalyst examines various ways in which city planning can incorporate informal processes and describes important lessons architects and city planners can learn from temporary users. Included are seminal contributions by Azra Aksamija, Kees ...
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Current development and re-development of industrial areas cannot be adequately understood without taking into account the organisational structures and logistics of commodity production on a planetary scale. Global production networks... more
Current development and re-development of industrial areas cannot be adequately understood without taking into account the organisational structures and logistics of commodity production on a planetary scale. Global production networks contribute not only to the reconfiguration of urban spatial and economic structures in many places, but they also give rise to novel transnational actor constellations, thus reconfiguring planning processes. This article explores such constellations and their urban outcomes by investigating two current cases of industrial development linked with multilateral transport-infrastructure provisioning in Ethiopia and Argentina. In both cases, international partners are involved, in particular with stakeholders based in China playing significant roles. In Mekelle, Ethiopia, we focus on the establishment of a commodity hub through the implementation of new industry parks for global garment production and road and rail connections to international seaports. In...
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Contemporary production of urban space is increasingly shaped by the circulation of people, information, money and goods across the planet. Urbanization cannot be adequately understood without considering the relatedness of places on... more
Contemporary production of urban space is increasingly shaped by the circulation of people, information, money and goods across the planet. Urbanization cannot be adequately understood without considering the relatedness of places on multiple scales. The extent to which global connectedness, and its lack or failure, defines everyday life and economic activity in almost any corner of the world, has been put in very sharp focus by the repercussions of the lockdown measures to contain the covid1...
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Urban research in Germany has started to address the socio-spatial distribution and architectures of so-called collective accommodation for asylum seekers, refugee camps, and new forms of ethnic segregation triggered by refugee movements... more
Urban research in Germany has started to address the socio-spatial distribution and architectures of so-called collective accommodation for asylum seekers, refugee camps, and new forms of ethnic segregation triggered by refugee movements in recent years. The spatial practices of refugees themselves within these processes have not yet been a subject of substantive research. Combining research methods from social and architectural sciences, this article investigates the physical, material, social and symbolic appropriation processes and the spatial dimension of homemaking by Syrian refugees currently housed in refugee accommodation in Berlin, Germany. What spatial knowledge is mobilized at the place of asylum in order to turn the accommodation into a home? How do spatial practices and knowledge hybridize practices of the place of origin, experiences made during the flight and the arriving and uncertain period of stay at an unfamiliar place of asylum? How do spatial appropriation proce...
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With the increase of refugee movements since 2014 in Europe and the Near East, the debate of how to plan appropriate shelters and emergency accommodation has gained a new momentum. Established techno-managerial approaches have been... more
With the increase of refugee movements since 2014 in Europe and the Near East, the debate of how to plan appropriate shelters and emergency accommodation has gained a new momentum. Established techno-managerial approaches have been criticised as inappropriate and the professional community of planners and architects was increasingly drawn into debates for alternative solutions. This article traces the “innovations” that promise better, more effective, and more humane emergency shelters using the examples of the “Tempohomes” in Berlin as well as the Jordanian refugee camps of Zaatari and Azraq. In both cases, planners were employed to address the ambivalent reality of protracted refugee camps and include “lessons” from failures of earlier solutions. While the article acknowledges the genuine attempt of planners to engage with the more complex needs and expectations of refugees, a careful look at the results of the planning for better camps reveals ambivalent outcomes. As camps acquir...
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This paper is in the review journal COSUST (2016). Globally, and particularly in the global south, the majority of urban housing stock occupied by economically weak households has not been built through state programmes or formal market... more
This paper is in the review journal COSUST (2016). Globally, and particularly in the global south, the majority of urban housing stock occupied by economically weak households has not been built through state programmes or formal market delivery, but by households themselves. While global policies like the new UN Sustainable Development Goals are beginning to recognise the importance of 'inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities', housing policies in most countries do not build on vibrant self-provisioning practices as a means to achieving them, focusing instead on centralised delivery programmes and market dynamics. A 'Co-op City Network' explored this across Brazil, Eastern and South Africa, India and Germany, finding that networked, transdisciplinary, action-oriented research is needed to help overcome established binaries between programmed and self-provisioned housing and forge new co-designing approaches.
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The Ger settlement of Yarmag is situated in the southwestern fringe of Ulaanbaatar on the way to the International Airport. The highway corridor is one of the main transformation areas of Ulaanbaatar today. Gated communities are sprouting... more
The Ger settlement of Yarmag is situated in the southwestern fringe of Ulaanbaatar on the way to the International Airport. The highway corridor is one of the main transformation areas of Ulaanbaatar today. Gated communities are sprouting up at phenomenal speed, catering for the expectations and status aspirations of the upwardly mobile Mongolians that benefited from the recent economic boom. Here, in the Western part of the River Tuul valley, the air is less polluted and traffic more manageable. For Yarmag this rapid urban transformation is opportunity and risk at the same time. Can its mostly poor inhabitants benefit from new emerging local economy? Will their new neighbors provide jobs or become new costumers? Or, will the rising land prices ultimately lead to a displacement of the Ger population? Beyond mapping and surveying of the status quo, students engaged directly with local residents through interviews and focus groups as well as the organization of direct action and local...