31.10.2024

Green, blue, smart: concepts for the city of tomorrow

Building design

Green can grow upwards: House of the future (photo credits: (c) ludwig.schoenle 2012)

Cities around the world are already facing numerous new challenges today and will continue to do so in the coming decades: Climate change, rising population figures and housing costs, air pollution and changes in mobility are just some of the upcoming issues that call for solutions. The event ZUKUNFT STADT@GRÜNBAU BERLIN, which will take place as part of the bautec trade fair on February 22, 2018 in Berlin, is dedicated to these new […]

Cities around the world are already facing numerous new challenges today and will continue to do so in the coming decades: Climate change, rising population figures and housing costs, air pollution and changes in mobility are just some of the upcoming issues that call for solutions.

The event ZUKUNFT STADT@GRÜNBAU BERLIN, which takes place as part of the bautec trade fair on February 22, 2018 in Berlin, is dedicated to these new requirements and presents exemplary concepts and projects that contribute to making cities smart, resilient and future-proof.

Under this year’s motto “Blue – Green – Smart: Concepts for the city of tomorrow”, Antje Backhaus from the Berlin landscape architecture firm gruppe F, Ferdinand Ludwig, Professor of Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture at the Technical University of Munich and Ina Homeier, Head of the Smart City Vienna project office, will present new ideas and tried-and-tested concepts for dealing with rainwater, using plants to improve air quality and how a city can be smart not only in terms of the use of modern technology, but also in terms of social and environmental sustainability.

10.00 a.m. Welcome

Tanja Braemer, Editor-in-Chief Garten + Landschaft

10.15 a.m. Sustainable rainwater management, new concepts from Denmark

Antje Backhaus, Partner at gruppe F, Berlin

Heavy rain events are no longer a rarity. The result: streets, subway stations and basements are flooded in no time at all – Berlin also had to make this painful experience in 2017. One solution is new concepts for retention and infiltration that incorporate water as a design element and make it a tangible experience. Exemplary concepts by Berlin-based gruppe F in Denmark show how this can be done.

11.00 a.m. Smart City Wien: Framework strategy for a sustainable city

Ina Homeier, Head of the Smart City Wien project unit in the City of Vienna’s Urban and Regional Development Department

Vienna wants to be a global pioneer when it comes to smart cities. Because it is in cities that we decide what our future will look like. A smart city manages to achieve growth while reducing resource consumption. Smart City Wien also pays attention to a high degree of social cohesion and quality of life. A framework strategy provides a common orientation for the developments, and project examples such as Seestadt Aspern show how they have already been successfully implemented.

11.45 a.m. Plants as a response to climate change

Ferdinand Ludwig, Prof. for Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture, TU Munich

Ferdinand Ludwig is a pioneer of building botany and has designed and realized highly acclaimed projects in recent years that combine the growth processes of living plants with a technical approach and architectural concepts. The functional and creative integration of plants provides good answers to the burning ecological questions of our time, such as adapting to climate change.

12.30 – 13.00 Conclusion & discussion

Moderation: Braemer, Editor-in-Chief Garten + Landschaft

The event is recognized as an advanced training event by the Brandenburg and Saxony Chambers of Architects.

Organizer

Garten + Landschaftin cooperation with Messe Berlin

05.11.2024

Project

Landscape in closed rooms

Building design

Landscape, Plants

Exhibitions on landscape and landscape architecture – an untapped potential? In her master’s thesis “Exhibiting landscape. On the transfer of landscape to the interior”, Fanny Brandauer examines the relevance of the “exhibition” medium for landscape architecture. At Regine Keller’s Chair of Landscape Architecture and Public Space at the Technical University of Munich, she analyzes the extent to which landscape and landscape architecture can be translated into exhibitions […]

16.01.2025

Long Night of Museums in Hamburg goes digital this time

Building design

General

Last Saturday, the digital Long Night of Museums took place in Hamburg for the first time. The event exceeded all the organizers’ expectations. Many contributions were produced by the museums themselves and new The Long Night of Museums was a digital experience in Hamburg last weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic. From the comfort of their own homes, visitors were able to […]

Last Saturday, the digital Long Night of Museums took place in Hamburg for the first time. The event exceeded all the organizers’ expectations. Many contributions were produced by the museums themselves and new ones

A virtual tour of the Maritime Museum in Hamburg with Damián Morán Dauchez. Photo: Maritime Museum, Hamburg

The Long Night of Museums in Hamburg could be experienced digitally last weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic. From home, visitors were able to take part in virtual tours, guided tours, musical experiences and live broadcasts in 38 museums via Facebook and YouTube. The Museumsdienst Hamburg proudly announced that over 10,000 people had taken advantage of the offer. A total of 74,000 people were reached via Facebook, a further 23,000 visits were made to the event website and almost 3,700 viewers watched the live broadcasts from six participating museums.

For example, visitors to the Museum of Medical History were able to look back from the coronavirus era to the cholera era. At the FC St. Pauli Museum, curators guided them through the Millerntor and the new permanent exhibition. In the composers’ quarter, the keys of Johannes Brahms’ piano resounded. And at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, a live stream took them on a search for clues on the site. “The high level of commitment shown by Hamburg’s museums and the great response from participants to the digital broadcast of the Long Night of Museums in Hamburg far exceeded our expectations,” said a delighted Vera Neukirchen, Head of the Hamburg Museum Service. “Digital formats will be a valuable addition in the future.”

Originally, almost 900 events were planned for the Long Night of Museums in Hamburg’s 60 or so museums. They had to be canceled due to the spread of the coronavirus. But the organizers are full of praise: “We are thrilled by the creativity, determination and passion of the museum staff, who are creating digital access to our city’s natural science, history, music and art collections even during the necessary museum closures,” Vera Neukirchen continued. Incidentally, anyone who missed the live streams can watch them again and again on the museums’ websites.