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Positions on the European City for the 21st Century
Tim Rieniets, Matthias Sauerbruch, Jörn Walter, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Jeanine Meerapfel, Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk, Fritz Auer, Thomas Auer, Klaus Bollinger, Michael Bräuer, Arno Brandlhuber, Winfried Brenne, Naomi C. Hanakata, Annette Gigon, Almut Grüntuch-Ernst, Guido Hager, Peter Haimerl, Thomas Herzog, Regine Keller, Christiane Thalgott, Karla Kowalski, Anne Lacaton, Pierre Laconte, Regine Leibinger, Hilde Léon, HG Merz, Günter Nagel, Florian Nagler, Irina Raud, Ian Ritchie, Matthias Sauerbruch, Jörg Schlaich, Helmut C. Schulitz, Thomas Sieverts, Enrique Sobejano, Volker Staab, Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Marco Venturi, Jörn Walter, Wilfried Wang, Edzard Reuter, Tim Rieniets, Christoph Grafe, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Marc Weissgerber, Britta Peters, Anh-Linh Ngo, Jenny Erpenbeck, Steffen Braun, Harald Welzer, Frank Rolf Werner, Fuensanta Nieto, Martin Düchs, Kees Christiaanse
Edited by Tim Rieniets, Matthias Sauerbruch and Jörn Walter
Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Foreword by Jeanine Meerapfel
Photographs by Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk
By Fritz Auer, Thomas Auer, Klaus Bollinger, Michael Bräuer, Arno Brandlhuber, Winfried Brenne, Naomi C. Hanakata, Annette Gigon, Almut Grüntuch-Ernst, Guido Hager, Peter Haimerl, Thomas Herzog, Regine Keller, Christiane Thalgott, Karla Kowalski, Anne Lacaton, Pierre Laconte, Regine Leibinger, Hilde Léon, HG Merz, Günter Nagel, Florian Nagler, Irina Raud, Ian Ritchie, Matthias Sauerbruch, Jörg Schlaich, Helmut C. Schulitz, Thomas Sieverts, Enrique Sobejano, Volker Staab, Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Marco Venturi, Jörn Walter, Wilfried Wang, Tim Rieniets, Christoph Grafe, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Marc Weissgerber, Britta Peters, Anh-Linh Ngo, Jenny Erpenbeck, Steffen Braun, Harald Welzer, Frank Rolf Werner, Fuensanta Nieto, Martin Düchs and Kees Christiaanse
Other Edzard Reuter
About the Book
Constant change is what marks the history of the European city. Over centuries, architecture’s reactions to social disruptions—natural disaster, plague, or war—have fashioned the city into an engine of civilization. And bound up with this has been the promise of economic independence, social cohesion, and individual freedom. Now fundamental challenges, such as climate change, are bringing cities face to face with new transformations that call into question the continuity and sustainability of the ethical foundations underpinning urban ways of life. Bold and decisive steps are needed. How far can urban planning, landscape planning, and architecture foster the vital processes of change? How can the city offset possible losses caused by altered lifestyles, integrate new technologies, or rehearse new forms of behaviour and ultimately sublimate them into a functioning culture? In this volume, the members of the Architecture Section of the Akademie der Künste Berlin and their invited guests from all over Europe introduce their positions by means of projects, visions, and manifestos. Essays by selected authors with different viewpoints supplement the practical discourse. Published by Tim Rieniets, Matthias Sauerbruch, and Jörn Walter on behalf of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin. With a photoessay by Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk.