critical spatial ecological Practice
Project information
submitted by
Merve Dilsad Aladag
Co-Authors
Anna Böhmová, Lara Bulu, Samuel Darko Tenkorang, Ali Baris Colak, Barbara de Andrade, German Gabriel Colque Nava, Patrick Gifford, Richard Hruskoci, Inès Jungmann, Zuzanna Kielar, Shoya Mashiko, Konstantin Plotkin, Eylül Aydin Simsek, Tsz Chung So, Izza Sulistyawati, Ada Tas, Snezhana Grozovskaia, Cynthia Denisse Aguirre Galvez, Vanshika Yadav, Monja Zöller, Maria Anina Bering Christiansen, Ambar Luna Quintanar,
Mentors
Dilşad Aladağ, Elodie Vittu
Faculty:
Architecture and Urbanism
Degree programme:
European Urban Studies (english) (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
– Other –
Type of project presentation
Artwork
Semester
Summer semester 2026
- Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8 - Hauptgebäude / Main Building
(Flur 1. Obergeschoss)
Available during summaery's regular opening hours
Participation in the Bauhaus.Modules
Contributors:
Aslıhan Şenel, Sanaz Sohrabi, Selen Solak, Sonia Levy,
Project description
Critical Spatial Ecological Practice positions creative practice as a primary mode of knowledge production at the intersection of spatial, ecological, and critical theory. Open to Master’s students across all disciplines, the course challenges participants to translate abstract inquiry into tangible, sensory interventions. The curriculum moves beyond the traditional problem-solution dichotomy, instead using practice-based research to navigate complex spatial and ecological entanglements. By grounding theoretical discourse in material and sensory engagement, students are encouraged to confront the ethical and political dimensions of the environments they inhabit.
Through a series of lectures given by international practitioners, artists, filmmakers and architects, including Sonia Levy, Sanaz Sohrabi, Selen Solak and Aslıhan Şenel, participants had a chance to explore modes and rhythms of practice-led research. These lectures were complemented by workshops involving exercises in listening, foraging, creating collages and zines, and finally, collective mapping. Together, these activities provided a space in which participants could experiment with site-specific responses and develop alternative narratives to communicate their findings.
Email: merve.dilsad.aladag[at]uni-weimar.de