News: Living Labs
Blue-green climate modules for the city
The BMBF-funded joint project GartenLeistungen is entering its second phase. In 2020-2021, vertical hydroponic farms in combination with local water recycling for local food production were set up in Berlin-Mitte and Berlin-Wedding in the TU Real Lab Mobile Blue-Green Infrastructure. In the second phase, further prototypes will now be implemented and consolidated.
Manifesto of the free street
With the Manifesto of the Free Street, paper planes e.V. and its research partners WZB and TU Berlin publish a scientifically based vision of how cities could look and function with far fewer cars. The manifesto is now available in German and English in international bookstores.
ALLESANDERSPLATZ
Currently, an "Allesandersplatz" is being developed as a counter-design to Alexanderplatz with the model project Haus der Statistik since 2019: a neighbourhood oriented towards the common good based on the participation of the interested urban society. There is an open call for collective research until 12 December.
When houses make climate… Utilisation of process water in residential construction!
On 22 November, Berlin actors from building practice, planning, science, politics, administration, associations and initiatives will discuss technologies and practices for the use of process water in housing construction.