HOUSING AND…

This lecture series brings the question of housing into prominence. Not only does it aim to look at the role of architects, but also and mostly, it explores the various ways in which contemporary housing practices have been built, thematized, debated and mediated. It moreover calls for a multi-lenses approach, which covers from questions of intersectionality, human rights and environment.

It invites a diverse group of guests to examine Housing in between architectural production, the historical, socio-political and territorial context, the heritage and cultural making processes, as well as the public space and the public debate.

This event has been conceived by Carsten Ruhl and Daniela Ortiz dos Santos together with a workshop and a seminar in the scope of a Blended Intensive Program from the Erasmus mobility program.

The fourth lecture scheduled for the 4th of December 2024 has been created in cooperation with the Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität (MGGU). It invites artist Zilla Leutenegger, who is contributing for the current exhibition OUR HOUSE at the MGGU.

Program

23.10.24 “Housing and co-participatory design: the Collegium Academicum IBA Heidelberg” by Hans Drexler [DGJ Architektur | University Siegen]

06.11.24 “Dwelling With Class – Building Structures of Classism in Architecture” by Rosanna Umbach [University of Bremen | TU Wien]

13.11.24 “Urban Habitats and Multispecies World- Building” by Daniela Brasil, [Graz Museum]

04.12.24 “Visiting Myself” by Zilla Leutenegger from Zurich. This talk starts at 18h and takes place in the Museum Giersch of the Goethe University.

22.01.25 “Negotiating Space: Housing, Migration, and Segregation among Highly Skilled Indian Migrants in Frankfurt” by Dhara Patel [TU Darmstadt]

12.02.25 “Wohnen und Visuelle Kultur: Mediale Strategien des Gesellschaftspolitischen” by Irene Nierhaus [University of Bremen]. This talk will be held in German.