This new book provides a unique analysis of temporary use practices which are currently transforming Berlin. The book draws on results of two research projects: the European 'Urban Catalyst' project and 'Raumpioniere', a study on temporary uses in Berlin. The bilingual (German/English) publication has been conceived and edited by Studio UC/ Klaus Overmeyer, commissioned by the Berlin Senate's Urban Planning Department and published by Jovis Publishers, Berlin.
UC WINS PRIZE IN CONTROVERSIAL BERLIN COMPETITION
Urban Catalyst has been awarded 2nd prize for a design that critiques the intentions behind plans for Berlin’s most central site: the area of the former Palace of the Republic and the planned reconstruction of the Prussian Castle. The public exhibition of the competition entries opens on 20 November 2006 at 6pm, German Centre for Architecture (DAZ), Köpenicker Straße 48/49, 10179 Berlin, staircase B, level 2 (opening hours: 21.11. - 30.11.2006, daily from 2pm to 7pm).
"20.000 QM X 5 YEARS":
URBAN CATALYST DESIGN AT THE VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNAL
Concept for Berlin’s most controversial ruin, the Palace of the Republic is presented at the German Pavilion, 10th Biennal of Architecture (September 10 - November 19, 2006)
Radical processes of transformation are changing the cities and landscapes we inhabit. The traditional instruments of architecture and urban planning are increasingly unable to address the new challenges. Urban Catalyst (UC) is an interdisciplinary platform for research, projects, public interventions, conferences, exhibitions and publications. UC aims to foster public discourse on contemporary urban issues and develop concepts and strategies for planners and architects.
Urban Catalyst developed from a European research project of the same name, which explored strategies for temporary use in residual urban areas (2001-2003) and was founded in 2003 by Philipp Misselwitz, Philipp Oswalt and Klaus Overmeyer.
News from UC members:
new publication:
CITY OF COLLISION - Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism
Birkhäuser Publisher for Architecture
Edited by Philipp Misselwitz and Tim Rieniets
Language: English, ISBN: 3-7643-7482-9
A book launch will be held ad The German Academy of Arts on 21 August
2006 (6pm - 8.30pm)