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An online urban design workshop for international students from European schools of architecture.
An online urban design workshop for international students from European schools of architecture.
Bauhaus Universität Weimar | Université de Liège
Riga Technical University
Bauhaus Universität Weimar
Riga Technical University
Université de Liège
Keys
Landscape
Open access
Multigenerational
Program
Shopping and Trading
Urban Sports
Chicken Farm
Keys
Social Interaction
Inside-Outside
Contribution
Program
Sport
School
Restaurant
Keys
Identity
Culture
Ecology
Program
Free
Keys
Defrost
Re-link
Create
Program
Gardening
Co-Working/Fab Lab
Workshops
Living
In times of digitalization, structures that once shaped our daily life and played a major role in the dynamic of our cities now fall obsolete. The well-established retail model of the department store is one of these species going extinct. In Germany, Karstadt was the largest and best known department store chain that dominated the retail market. Once a symbol of wealth and urban development, the large buildings combined the functions of commercial, social and mobility hubs and occupied key locations in the city.
The Urban Design Hackathon is a 24h online workshop for international students from four European universities. In mixed teams you will be developing urban design ideas that define the future of the soon to be closed Karstadt department store at Berlin Leopoldplatz in the diverse working-class district of Berlin-Wedding. The aim is to contribute to the development of a productive and resilient city.
The building was designed by german Architect Helmut Kriegbaum and built in 1978. Located directly on the central Leopoldplatz, the Karstadt with its corner location and around 130 m facade is the most distinctive property on Müllerstrasse. The property, which is visible from afar, has direct access to the Leopoldplatz underground station and extends over approx. 9,500 m² of floor space across the entire block between Schulstrasse / Leopoldplatz and Antonstrasse.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 22
40s Self-Introduction Video:
Name
University
Home Town
Current City / Where would you like to live
Why would you like to participate
to martina.maldaner.jacobi@uni-weimar.de
Université de Liège
Bauhaus Universität Weimar
Lecture by Stefan Signer
Bauhaus Universität Weimar
Lecture by Steffen de Rudder
The Urban Design Hackathon is organized by the “Chair of Urban Design” of the Bauhaus University Weimar. It started as part of the “International Virtual Academic Collaboration” (IVAC) program of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). It is now funded by “Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre“.
Chair of Urban Design
Steffen de Rudder
Martina Jacobi
Pola R. Koch
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6
2. OG, Raum 202
99423 Weimar Germany
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The Urban Design Hackathon is organized by the “Chair of Urban Design” of the Bauhaus University Weimar. It is part of the “International Virtual Academic Collaboration” (IVAC) program of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6
2. OG
99423 Weimar
Germany
phone: +49 (0) 36 43/58 2601
e-mail: staedtebau1[at]archit.uni-weimar.de
e-mail: urbandesignhackathon[at]uni-weimar.de
All data on this website is for information purposes only. It does not claim to be complete or correct. We reserve the right to make changes.
Image Credits
The images on this page are in most cases protected by copyright. The source/copyright of the images is the “Chair of Urban Planning and Design” of the Bauhaus University Weimar, unless otherwise stated below.
Videos: Martina Jacobi
Mice Video by thiago rizardi from Pexels
Site Images: Martina Jacobi, Pola Rebecca Koch, Stefan Siegner, Felix Torkar, Denis Barthel
Images Project Stairway to Chicken: Patrīcija Helēna Dzērve, Noé Misson, Leila Unland, Toms Čudars
Images Project From Mono to Multi: Richard Corsyn, Eliza Anna Zeibote, Maximilian Schmidt, Laura Bertelt
Images Project The Ant(i) Mall: Gaultier Arnould, Laura Svede, Jasmin Min Chu, Corentin Generet
Images Project ShareStadt: Pauline Oldrizzi,Olivier Roulet, Jekabs Ozols, Florian Brettner
Videos Input Lectures: Karel Wuytack, Elisa Baldin, Ludwig Voz, Adam Peterkenne
Dinosaur Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com
Design: Leonardo Hermel
The Urban Design Hackathon is a 24h online workshop for international students from European architecture schools.
Over its past three editions, we tested and successfully established a new format of digital teaching and international collaboration – despite the pandemic and without environmentally harmful air miles. Supported by technically advanced tools, the virtual room became a common ground for learning and intercultural exchange for students and academics from ten institutions across Europe.
We invite students to develop future scenarios for obsolete structures in the urban environment. It is a novel approach, where the ugly and outdated are not simply erased but valued for their grey energy and embraced as catalysts of a resilient and sustainable further development of our cities.
Organization | International 24h Urban Design Hackathon
Architect | Reaserch and Teaching Assistant
Chair for Urban Design
Bauhaus University Weimar
Organization | 24h Urban Design Hackathon
Architect | Reaserch and Teaching Assistant
Chair for Urban Design
Bauhaus University Weimar
Organization | 24h Urban Design Hackathon
Architect | Professor
Chair for Urban Design
Bauhaus University Weimar
Deadline October 20.2023
Seminar Master and Bachelor final year Arch + Urb
6 ECTS
English
20 Final Years Bachelor and Master Students
4 – 6 from each University
Please send your portfolio to
urbandesignhackathon[at]uni-weimar.de
As part of the application process, we ask all participants to submit a 40-second self introduction video with the following information:
FRI 17.11.2023
14:00 – 14:15 Welcome / Opening
14:15 – 14:45 Presentation Participant Universities
14:45 – 15:30 Team Definition
15:30 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 16:10 Team Presentations
16:10 – 16:30 Tutorial BBB / Tools
16:30 – 17:00 Q&A / Meet up
Day One – FRI 24.11.2023
13:00 – 13:10 Welcome / Opening
13:10 – 13:30 Introduction / Task
13:30 – 14:10 Input Lecture
14:10 – 14:20 Break
14:20 – 15:00 Input Lecture
15:00 – 15:30 Q&A
16:00 – 00:00 Section 1
Day Two – SAT 25.11.2023
08:00 – 12:00 Section 2
12:00 – 13:00 Feedback with Tutors
13:00 – 00:00 Final Section
00:00 DEADLINE
Day Three – SUN 26.11.2023
13:00 – 15:30 Final Presentation
15:30 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 17:30 Discussion Round / Closing
The Bauwelt Magazine about the the second edition of the Urban Design Hackathon in the issue 10.2021.
The newspaper “Berliner Tagesspiegel” on the Karstadt Hackathon and the demise of city centers (17.4.2021)
The Bauwelt Magazine about the Urban Design Hackathon in the issue “Die handelnde Stadt”.
