Elizabeth Street Garden – Seminar
© Jakub Labedz
Projektinformationen
eingereicht von
Verena von Beckerath
Mitwirkende
York Beese, Jonas Beulich, Tom Deichsel, Hannah Deimel, Luise Fieger, Jannica Grosch, Fenja Kendler, Linus Kohn, Henri Krappitz, Jakub Labedz, Carlotta Lüdecke, Sophia Riegel, Louisa Schaaf, Laurin Schölzel, Julius Schulze, Rebecca Voigt
Lehrende
Verena von Beckerath, Till Hoffmann
Fakultät:
Architektur und Urbanistik
Studiengang:
Architektur (Master of Science (M.Sc.))
Art der Präsentation
Ausstellung
Semester
Sommersemester 2026
- Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8 - Hauptgebäude / Main Building
Während der gesamten Öffnungszeiten der summaery verfügbar
Projektbeschreibung
"While representation forms the very basis of architecture, and serves as a perennial site for its discursive reinvention, its formats and techniques are not exclusive to it. Representation is how architecture demonstrates itself to be not only present within, but critically relevant to contemporary debate, concern, and struggle at large."
Axel, Nick, Hugo Corbett, Salomon Frausto,Nikolaus Hirsch, Marina Otero Verzier, Tamar Shafrir, and Anton Vidokle. “Architecture and Representation—Editorial.” e-flux Architecture, 2017.
The seminar examined the relationship between architecture and representation using a particular case study. A joint project was created against the backdrop of the Elizabeth Street Garden in the NoLIta neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. The community garden, located on a vacant lot, has existed since the 1990s; it is owned by the city government and is managed and maintained by a nonprofit organization and its members. For several years now, the site has also been the subject of discussions regarding affordable housing in New York City. The efforts to preserve the Elizabeth Street Garden—in which local artists and activists, in particular, are involved—are about more than just this one special place. The conflict reflects a citywide dichotomy between urban development and affordability on the one hand, and residents’ need for community, culture, and nature on the other.