FUSION less: A plea for less | less:Construction | Olaf Grawert

With Olaf Grawert, Pb+ [bplus.xyz] and Institute for Design and Architecture ETH Zurich

Don't Complain

The self-image of architects is defined by building, and the teaching of architecture is designed to familiarize students with design as a built product. Meanwhile, against the backdrop of the climate crisis in Europe, there will be less demand for building in the near future. How can architecture be rethought in terms of agency and make new construction an exception?

FUSION WiSe 2022/23
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The climate, biodiversity and energy crises are forcing us to radically question current building practices. The Fusion Talks 2022/23 introduces actors who use unconventional concepts and ideas to advocate a genuine turnaround in construction and mobility, other forms of city and landscape and contemporary teaching. To mark the 50th anniversary of the ASL department, the fusion builds on the long tradition of progressive ecological positions at the University of Kassel and updates them for the present. less: is a plea for less: fewer cars, less demolition, less concrete, less CO2, less environmental destruction, less sealing, less exploitation, less capitalism. The role of urban planners and architects will change significantly in the coming years. In order to ensure adequate training, we need more courage to experiment, interdisciplinary teaching concepts and a de-hierarchization of structures. The Fusion Talks aim to develop utopian potential and encourage people to change things themselves.

Fusion 2022/23 is conceived and organized by the student project group Less:ON and the Department of Architectural Theory and Design.

Wednesdays between 7 and 9 pm, 26.10.22 - 01.02.23
Room 106, new building ASL, Universitätsplatz 9, Kassel. Admission free. The event is recognized by the Chamber of Architects as further education and training.

Each event will be livestreamed on Zoom. https://www.uni-kassel.de/fb06/oeffentliche-veranstaltungen/fusion

FUSION: Public lecture series - Positions on architecture, city and landscape

Scientists, planners and designers are invited to the weekly public lecture series Fusion to report on their work with a special focus on their position on architecture, city and landscape and to discuss it with the guests. The newly appointed professors and guest lecturers give their inaugural lectures as part of Fusion.