Baugruppe is super! – accompanying program

Discussion Panel
February 6, 2015, 6 PM, Galerie Kvalitář
Guests – Verena von Beckerath (architect, Berlin), Manfred Kühne (Department of Urban Planning and Environment, Senate of Berlin), Jürgen Patzak-Poor (BARarchitects), Vladimír Fialka (Institute of Planning and Development of the Capital City of Prague, IPR)

German architects and representatives from the cities of Berlin and Prague will meet at a round table to discuss residential construction. Architect Verena von Beckerath will speak not only about her personal experiences with baugruppe houses, but also about broader issues related to current trends in housing – for example, new forms of neighborhood, changes in individual spatial needs, and the activating influence of baugruppe projects on urban environments. The discussion will focus on the support of the Berlin Senate for the creation of innovative residential projects. The aim of the discussion, as well as the exhibition "Baugruppe is super!", will be to reflect on the possibilities of implementing baugruppe buildings in the Czech Republic. The panel is part of the twentieth anniversary of the Partnership between the cities of Prague and Berlin.

The panel will be conducted in English.

The places for the discussion are already filled; a video recording will be available for interested parties on the website www.baugruppe.cz.

We invite you to the vernissage on February 6, 2015, at 7:30 PM with an opening speech by the Deputy Mayor Matěj Stropnický and the Director of IPR Prague Pavla Melková.
Entry is free.


Presentation: Berlin. Individually initiated urban projects and architectural interventions
February 19, 2015, 6 PM, Galerie Kvalitář
Guests – Kristien Ring (architect and curator)

Berlin is considered a city where it is possible to freely transform space, gaps, and empty places. It is possible to occupy unused space and fill it with a new program. Kristien Ring, curator and founder of AA Projects, will characterize the current form of Berlin and analyze the potential of these strategies for sustainable urbanism in the future using the example of the book "SELF MADE CITY" (Jovis, 2013).

The presentation will be conducted in English. Please register at vystava@baugruppe.cz.


Baugruppe-Casting
Galerie Kvalitář, 20 – 25 participants
Instructors – ifau (Institute for Applied Urbanism, Berlin)

A unique opportunity to realize your baugruppe! An afternoon workshop for interested parties with architects, aimed at explaining the principles of baugruppe and gaining new impulses for designing houses according to your ideas, tailored to conditions in Prague. The instructors are ifau – Institute for Applied Urbanism, co-authors of the house "R 50 – cohousing," which is presented at the exhibition and has been nominated for the European Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award 2015.

The capacity of participants is limited; date and time will be specified. Please register at vystava@baugruppe.cz.


Meetings with curators and architects
On selected days of the week (on Sundays), the gallery will have its authors – curators and architects present to answer visitors' questions. Topics for discussion include housing today, individuality and community, showcasing architecture, and more.

Changes to the accompanying program are reserved.


Curators of the Exhibition
Helena Doudová, Marek Kopeć

Co-organizer of the project
Institute of Planning and Development of the Capital City of Prague
Vladimír Fialka, Žofie Raimanová

Project partners
Czech-German Future Fund, Capital City of Prague, Goethe-Institut in Prague, Czech Architecture Foundation, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic

Exhibition architects
Kopeć Dušek Architects – Marek Kopeć, Ondřej Dušek

PR and fundraising
Jana Doudová

Graphic design
Laboratory – Petr Babák, Richard Rozhoň

Illustration
Nikola Giancintová

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