A significant area of tension on the way to a culture of conversion lies in mediating between changing local and supra-local needs on the one hand and a building stock that may need to be adapted on the other. The following applies to conversion: the smallest possible intervention is often the most sustainable. The team from the Chair of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Planning and Building at the Technical University of Munich has been studying this topic in depth for several years using “outdated” large office complexes in Neuperlach, a large housing estate on the outskirts of Munich. They are embedded in “Creating NEBourhoods Together,” one of five lighthouse projects of the EU's New European Bauhaus. The results of this work include methods for systematically designing transformation processes between neighborhoods and buildings. This workshop will test, refine, and present these methods using an existing inner-city building in Munich and an extended field of practitioners. In addition to the teams from TUM and AbbrechenAbbrechen, participants from the cooperative scene, urban development for the common good, and real estate project development will be invited. At the VerhandelBar, this group and the public will discuss in a condensed format what project development for the common good in existing buildings could look like and which structures and processes still need to be transformed along the way. Since October 2022, the lighthouse project “NEBourhoods” has been creating sustainable, circular neighborhoods in the Munich district of Neuperlach. The project brings together the population, administration representatives, business, and science to develop sustainable and resource-saving solutions in the spirit of the New European Bauhaus. It will serve as a model throughout Europe. In the “Circular Neuperlach” sub-project, the Chair of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Design and Construction investigates how office complexes that have fallen out of use can contribute to regenerative, climate-friendly, and community-oriented urban development through transformative approaches. The focus is on extending the useful life of buildings, conversion, and multiple uses through innovative, circular strategies. With: Heike Skok (Mitbauzentrale), Julius Klaffke (Das große kleine Haus), Johannes Staudt and Carsten Schade (UTO Urban Transformation Office / Circular Neuperlach, Creating NEBourhoods Together) and Laura Höpfner and Jan Fries (Initiative Justizzentrum Erhalten/ AbbrechenAbbrechen) and other guests.
Information on the workshop: archplus.net/de/tomorrow;
Information on VerhandelBar: verhandel-bar.de