The State Congress for Architecture and Urban Development will take place in Stuttgart on April 19. The event will focus on the topics of “Work – Life – Places: When work changes, places change”. Find out more about the ARCHIKON 2023 congress and the program here.

The State Congress for Architecture and Urban Development will take place in Stuttgart on April 19. The event will focus on the topics of “Work – Life – Places: When work changes, places change”. Find out more about the ARCHIKON 2023 congress and the program here.

The 20th century paradigm of the separation of functions still has an impact on urban planning today. Transformations in the work process have an impact on neighborhoods, architecture and the environment. If there is a shift towards a more sustainable economy in the future, this will also have an impact on built structures. For this reason, the State Congress for Architecture and Urban Development chose the theme “Work – Life – Places” for this year’s edition of ARCHIKON. When work changes, places change”. Both the upheaval in the economy and the advancing digitalization demand a statement in architecture. For Markus Weismann, State Board Member of the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects and Chairman of the New Working Worlds Strategy Group, this debate is not limited to the redesign of the classic office building: “Against the backdrop of comprehensive structural change, we should be much more concerned with intelligent, networked work on all scales.”

And so, on April 19, ARCHIKON 2023 will set itself the task of questioning existing structures. The aim is to involve all generations in the development of new solutions. The congress will offer a wide range of events to attract a broad audience. On the one hand, ARCHIKON 2023 will take a look at overarching framework conditions. On the other hand, it will also look at individual scale levels in detail. Input from the fields of regional and urban planning as well as interior design, and the examination of cultural, social and professional aspects will provide a comprehensive picture. The program includes debates and presentations in plenary sessions as well as seminars on specialist topics.

An opening dialog will be followed by the Positions seminar series. Ten specialist lectures will be held in parallel to impart the latest knowledge and innovative solutions. Prof. Dr. Alain Thierstein from the Technical University of Munich, for example, will speak on workplaces between urban and rural areas. At the same time, Ulrich Pohl from COBE Architects in Copenhagen will be talking about the interiors of the day after tomorrow. And Ricarda Pätzold from the German Institute of Urban Affairs in Berlin will give a keynote speech on inner cities as places of work.

After the lunch break, representatives from planning, municipalities, science and business will debate the extent to which changing values are affecting the built environment. They will shed light on cultural, economic and technological aspects. The panel discussion will be followed by a second seminar block. This is entitled Reflections. The seminar topics of the morning will be reflected on in discussion rounds following keynote speeches – for example by Beat Aeberhard from the Basel Cantonal Department of Urban Planning & Architecture or Jörn Wächtler from the Adidas company in Herzogenaurach. The group of debaters is diverse. In addition to mayors and business representatives, the discussion group includes university lecturers and planners.

The second seminar block will be followed by a review of the most exciting seminar content. Markus Müller, President of the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects, and Markus Weismann will then give an outlook on professional policy. For the organizers, one thing is very clear with regard to future working environments: “Planners are affected by this change at all scales and have the opportunity to shape the changes spatially.“

Registration for the congress is still open. Participation costs 185 euros for chamber members. A reduced rate is offered for young professionals, students and trainee lawyers.

Also represented as a speaker at Archikon 2023: Andrea Gebhard. Here the Chairwoman of the Federal Chamber of Architects in conversation.

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