Fusion
Public Lecture Series | Positions on Architecture, City and Landscape
Participation in the lecture series can be combined with the acquisition of continuing education points. Two continuing education points are credited for each event attended. The corresponding certificates will be sent to you at the end of the semester for a fee of 20 euros. Before each lecture, a registration form with name and address must be sent to fusion[at]asl.uni-kassel[dot]de at least fifteen minutes before the start of the lecture. During the lecture, the full name must be given on a list of participants at the entrance to prove attendance.
FUSION stands for movement, exchange, mutual activation and union. The new interdisciplinary lecture series at the Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Planning sees itself as a cooperative and growing interplay between disciplines, positions and generations. The aim is to create spaces in which people can enter into dialog with each other at eye level - from students and international experts to local initiatives.
In the 2026 summer semester, the focus will be on theoretical approaches and reflection processes that underpin critical action in planning, design and research.
The focus will be on the question of how theory can be used to develop an attitude to tackle current challenges such as resource scarcity or the housing crisis - and which analytical, speculative and interdisciplinary perspectives emerge from this.
Five thematically curated, dialogical Wednesday evenings with international guests, three inaugural lectures by new guest professors and the farewell lecture by the deputy professor for Design and Building Construction are planned.
Moderated and conceived by Leo Paulmichl, Helena Rafalsky, Alexander Rakow, Olympia Tomczyk
With the kind support of:
Chamber of Architects and Urban Planners Hesse AKH, Association of German Architects BDA Hesse, Association of German Landscape Architects and the Cook-Bruns-Foundation as well as the Cultural Office of the City of Kassel