FUSION less: A plea for less | less:Demolition | Theresa Keilhacker

With Theresa Keilhacker, President of the Berlin Chamber of Architects

Kick-off event // Presentation of the "Fusion" series

Demolition moratorium

In 2021, 230 million tons of construction and demolition waste were produced in Germany, which accounts for 55 percent of all German waste. In September 2022, a broad alliance of architects, urban planners and theorists called for a moratorium on demolition in an open letter to Federal Minister Klara Geywitz. This temporary halt to demolitions should be used to work together with many stakeholders to develop ecologically and socially sensible criteria under which the current practice should be possible to a very limited extent in the future.

FUSION WiSe 2022/23
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The climate, biodiversity and energy crises are forcing us to radically question current building practices. Fusion Talks 2022/23 introduces actors who are using 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.