Aedes Network Campus Berlin

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Regula Lüscher, Director of Urban Development of the City of Berlin and Dieter Kosslick, Director of the International Film Festival Berlin

pRovIDIng a UnIqUe ShaReD

pLatFoRm FoR ContempoRaRy

URBan DISCoURSe

public Debate with Dr. Robert annibale, Citigroup, new york, peter Claussen, BmW group and Dr. edward Schwarz, holcim Foundation

architect Rem Koolhaas and philosopher peter Sloterdijk converse on architecture, urbanism and philosophy

public Debate with Stefan Behnisch, Behnisch architekten and tony mcLaughlin, Büro happold, in the anCB courtyard

yoshiharu tsukamoto, atelier Bow-Wow, in discussion with Christopher Dell, musician and theoretician, and matthias Sauerbruch, architect.

greg hise, historian, niklas maak, FaZ newspaper, Roger Sherman, architect, and peter tokofsky, getty museum, during a public Debate

Colin Ripley, Ryerson University toronto, contributes to the Urban playScapes debate

architect César pelli talking to anCB Director Kristin Feireiss while visiting with a delegation of yale University trustees

Book presentation by andreas and Ilka Ruby, Ruby press

anCB Director Kristin Feireiss gives an introduction at a public Debate

Students from yale University present to review panel which includes their professor David Chipperfield

Reception in the anCB garden. the background shows the BmW guggenheim Lab under construction.

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mISSIon Statement

For more than three decades Aedes Architecture Forum, the

architecture gallery, has been exhibiting and publishing in-

ternationally acclaimed, pioneering architects and urban

designers. Building upon this expertise, in 2009, founding

directors Kristin Feireiss and Hans-Jürgen Commerell estab-

lished the Aedes Network Campus Berlin (ANCB).

Increasingly, our urban environments are impacted upon

as much by abstract global economic, political, social and

climatic phenomena, as by tangible local phenomena. Con-

sequently, architects, designers and planners

need new tools and approaches that combine the

knowledge from different disciplines and across

sectors.

ANCB is a metropolitan laboratory offering uni-

versities from around the world a shared plat-

form on which students, researchers and prac-

titioners from architecture, urban planning and

related disciplines come together with industry,

governance and the public. Together we contrib-

ute to the understanding of our urban environ-

ments and respond to the challenges we all face.

We believe the solutions for our future lie in the potential of

new technologies and materials and the opportunities these

advances may generate for changes in our human behaviour.

At ANCB we challenge architecture and indeed also urban

design and planning, as disciplines, to serve as “Cultural

Communicators”. We raise awareness of critical urban is-

sues in the public discourse, and we facilitate interdiscipli-

nary processes, which are fundamental to the envisioning

of effective responses to the urban challenges of our times.

In our daily work, in our extensive programme of public de-

bates and design studios, we are dedicated to further explor-

ing and promoting the role of our ‘city making’ professions

as Cultural Communicators.

Located in the centre of Berlin, ANCB draws from the mani-

fold resources this city provides. The city’s often painful and

difficult, but also fascinating history has lead to a unique ar-

ray of urban challenges and answers. Vast undefined spaces,

and a rare openness toward temporary uses and experimen-

tation: Berlin today can be viewed as a metropolitan

laboratory in itself – and at ANCB we seize this op-

portunity!

Hans-Jürgen Commerell, ANCB Director, introduces a Public Debate in the Design & Politics series

ANCB challenges experts of city-

making to tackle current urban issues.

Together we redefine the key questions

and create synergies across disciplines.

the anCB URBan ChaLLengeS:

SenSoRy envIRonment the city is an intense sensory affair; always

lit up, always the noises of man and nature to

hear, always smells to enjoy and hate. as urban

populations have increased dramatically, is it

time to strike a new balance between what is tech-

nologically possible and what is environmentally

sustainable, functionally necessary and human-

ly healthy? and in that context, what is de-

sign’s potential for a more conscious

perception and enjoyment of these

sensory surroundings?

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hyBRID IDeaS FoR the URBan FUtURe

This knowledge is characterised by innovative ideas.

We call them “hybrid-ideas”, because they result from

collaboration across sectors and disciplines. As an or-

ganisation ANCB is independent, accessible and flexible.

ANCB is many things to its many collaborators:

anCB is a Space of alternative education for architec-

ture students and academics from universities world-

wide. At ANCB alternative approaches to designing the

city are developed and tested. Our design studios focus

on real urban issues and connect participants to their

peers from other disciplines, thereby chal-

lenging existing habits of design.

anCB is a platform for collective observation

and discussion around critical issues facing

the city. This platform is accessible to all

urban protagonists: from residents, to pro-

fessionals who are involved in making urban

spaces, buildings or products, and also to all

those who manage and guide city transforma-

tion.

anCB is a think-tank for non-university enti-

ties that wish to undertake joint enquiries into urban and

architectural topics with specialists and leading practi-

tioners from other vocational fields, such as governance,

industry, research and design.

anCB is a network, both established with leading inter-

national representatives from the fields of architecture

education and practice, urban design, construction and

building product industry, urban governance, art and ur-

ban culture; and growing with professionals represent-

ing the social and political sciences, health, sciences,

among many others.

anCB is a Knowledge Resource that continuously gen-

erates fresh and innovative ideas ranging from positions

on urban challenges, to working methods, processes and

mechanisms for ‘city making’, to detailed design

proposals for buildings, spaces and products of

the future city, rooted in case-studies from Berlin.

the anCB URBan ChaLLengeS:

SeCURIty an increased need for security, whether

perceived or real, often turns public spac-

es into mere theatres of safety: public spac-

es where behaviour is observed by surveil-

lance technology and interaction confined by

gates and barriers. Can design’s response

keep pace with desires for increasing

degrees of security? and what is the

impact on the overall growth

of the city?

the anCB URBan ChaLLengeS:

moBILIty Urban mobility concerns not only modes

of transportation but also the social and cul-

tural movement patterns that they influence,

both within and between urban regions. how do

we examine and appreciate this interdepen-

dency? how will relationships between pri-

vate space, workspace and common social

space influence mobility? and how will

mobility manifest itself physical-

ly in the future?

At ANCB we collect knowledge, edit

knowledge, produce knowledge – and

we share it.

Architects Matthias Sauerbruch and Frank Barkow as Design Studio guest critics, discuss with students from Universidad Europea de Madrid

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anCB appRoaCh

Both the relentless urbanisation of the world and on-going

climate changes threaten to make urban living unsustain-

able. At ANCB we have condensed these critical challenges

into ten themes, which help to define, guide and organize

our work: Heritage, Security, Migration, Mobility, Resource

Consumption, Orientation, General Welfare, Sensory Envi-

ronment, Water, and The Commons.

We View Human Behaviour as Key for Change

We ask questions about behaviour because we understand

that addressing these critical issues successfully depends as

much on changes in the behaviour of urban populations as

it does on new design, infrastructure and technology. Behav-

iour stems from decisions, which in turn are influenced by

positions, values, and desires. Governance supports certain

political, social, and cultural actions that have an impact on

the spatial organisation of our daily lives – at home, at work,

and everywhere in between.

We Explore the Potential of Innovative Materials and

Advancements in Technologies

We monitor and evaluate the potential offered by new materi-

als and technologies. Advances in these fields continuously

change architecture and design in many ways. New materials

impact the way we build, and technological advances have

the potential to change our behaviour: how we move through

and interact within urban spaces.

We Make the Discourse an Interdisciplinary Collaboration

In order to be addressed effectively, critical issues must be-

come politically relevant – and to be politically relevant, the

public must champion them. Thus they must be debated in

an open and knowledgeable manner. We bring together the

knowledge of industry, research institutes, education, poli-

tics/governance and the wider public.

We Use Design as Our Modus Operandi

For us the process itself is the key: Rather than focusing on

the preparation of a refined and elegantly functioning end

product, our approach to design focuses on sophisticated

processes and methods of thinking and communication. As

a multi-faceted discipline Design is perfectly suited to bring-

ing together knowledge from diverse sources. Relying on

visual information, design has the potential to synthesise,

envision and communicate all at once.

We Learn from Berlin

The study of actual urban fabric and situations

generates rich insights that compliment the da-

tasets of urban research. The global is evidenced

in local, on-the-ground situations and manifest-

ed at the scale of the urban block and its typolo-

gies of buildings and public spaces. Berlin is

particularly appropriate for such fieldwork. The

exciting and painful experiences that have rendered Berlin’s

urban fabric, have made it a repository of wide-ranging ide-

ologies and approaches to ‘city making’.

We Share Ideas and Knowledge

We want to influence. We want to expose and critique the

ideas and knowledge created at ANCB. Thus we record and

archive the knowledge collected, tested and debated. We

recall it again and again to revise it or to connect it with

new enquiries, and we make it publicly available. Our archive

is not static. Rather, it is a living and growing open source

knowledge-base that advances ‘city making’ in terms of

meaning, language and method.

We Draw from the Unique Expertise of Aedes

When the Aedes architecture gallery was founded in Berlin

over 30 years ago it was the first time that contemporary

architecture and it’s urban environment were presented in

such a comprehensive way – for public consideration and

public questioning. ANCB continues in that tradition: we be-

lieve that traditional architecture training no longer suffices

for the complexity of our urban situations. We therefore ad-

vocate for a more comprehensive view of our discipline and

advance the public discourse about the future of the city.

the anCB URBan ChaLLengeS:

WateR new infrastructures are required to deal

with rising water levels, sudden and torrential

rain, water shortages and polluted run-off into

drinking water supply. meanwhile water con-

sumption continues to grow; water remains a

cherished recreational amenity especially during

hot summers and freezing winters; and it car-

ries emotional, symbolic and mystical sig-

nificances for urban residents. Design

must facilitate the integration of

these varying demands.

The solution for the urban future lies

in the closer connection of two key

aspects: human behaviour and new

technology.

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anCB aCtIvItIeS

The activities at ANCB fall into the following four categories:

University Design Studios

public Debates

Collaborative Research projects

advanced Studies programme for Urban Design

University Design Studios

Using this format, university teachers and their students ex-

plore a defined urban challenge through specific case study

sites and/or building typologies in Berlin. The content of

these University Design Studios is either independent (cor-

responding to the programme of the respective university) or

integrated (corresponding to the ten urban challenges identi-

fied by ANCB). The studios are enriched with lectures, site

visits and urban tours tailored to the specific case study. In

addition the studios may draw from the results generated by

previous design studios.

University Design Studios Thus Far

More than 50 University Design Studios have taken place to

date. The most popular topics include temporary urbanism;

the Berlin S-Bahn Ring as multi-functional infrastructural

spine for new urban activities; and building and open space

typologies for contemporary modes of urban life.

public Debates

This format offers short and provocative presentations that

jumpstart the debate between peers, in the presence of a

public audience. Whether as single events or as a series, our

public debates are not about showcasing projects or portfo-

lios. Instead key figures from politics, design, policymaking,

and governance, take on topics ranging from climate change

to the social fragmentation of urban societies. Our debates

aim at generating an understanding of the complexity of the

issues our cities are facing today - and the debates indicate

possible directions for our response.

As a Symposium

My Knowledge Space: A Public Library for the 21st Century

The New Berlin Library as Prototype. Prior to the competi-

tion phase for the new library on the former Tempelhof air-

port field, ANCB initiated an occasion in May 2011 to dis-

cuss this proposed project with the Berlin Senate for Urban

Development and the Central and Regional Library of Berlin.

International experts of library science, architecture, sociol-

ogy, culture, industry and politics debated the role of the

library in the public domain of a global city, library concepts

for the new media age, and its location and urban interface.

As a Once-Off Debate

Atelier Bow-Wow: Architectural Behaviourology.

In March 2010 Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow

Wow presented the Atelier Bow-Wow concept of be-

haviour in architecture (people, climate and build-

ing) as a recurrent theme in the creation of space,

effectively synthesising human life, nature and the built en-

vironment. Matthias Sauerbruch and Christopher Dell joined

him on stage to draw out participant aspects of his thesis.

Rem Koolhaas - Peter Sloterdijk:

An Architectural-Philosophical Debate, November 2011

This philosophical-architectural dialogue took place in No-

vember 2011. It stands within the glorious tradition of both

disciplines attempting to solve the complexity of the world

in an encyclopaedic knowledge.

The Dutch star-architect Rem Koolhaas and the German star-

philosopher Peter Sloterdijk conversed about biographies

and ambitions, about metropolises and provinces, about

sustainability and futurology, about Europe and crises. The

event was collaboration between ANCB and The Netherlands

Embassy in Berlin.

As a Series

Design and Politics: The Next Phase.

This 7-part podium debate series was co-conceived with

Henk Ovink, Director of National Spatial Planning, Nether-

lands Ministry for Infrastructure & Environment, and sup-

ported by the Netherlands Architecture Fund and the Neth-

erlands Embassy in Berlin. It ran from January 2011 to

the anCB URBan ChaLLengeS:

geneRaL WeLFaRe Urban environments play a key role in

the health and general wellbeing of urban

residents, from toddlers to seniors. how can

architecture and urban design best ensure that

our homes, neighbourhoods and entire cities

help in alleviating personal physical and

mental health issues? how can we allevi-

ate collective social illnesses brought

about through spatial segrega-

tion and poverty? We facilitate enquiries amongst our

collaborators from industry,

governance, research and education.

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the anCB URBan ChaLLengeS:

ReSoURCe ConSUmptIon We need to mitigate against the impacts

of irreversible global warming, while still

accommodating reasonable living standards.

architecture, urban design and product design

must harness the potentials of innovative materi-

als and technologies for a wiser consumption of

resources – energy, water and agricultural

land. For our future it is essential that all

users of buildings and city space de-

velop a more conscious behav-

iour of consumption.

February 2012 and involved almost 70 partici-

pants, mainly from the Netherlands and Ger-

many, from fields including architecture, urban

planning, governance and policy development.

With moderation by Henk Ovink, each debate fo-

cused on a challenge facing cities and explored

the most urgent responses necessary in the in-

tentions, respective roles and responsibilities

and the processes of designing and planning

our contemporary cities. In a follow-up collabora-

tion, an 8th summation debate took place in April

2012 at the NAI in Rotterdam, as part of the

opening programme of the 5th Rotterdam Inter-

national Architecture Biennale. Later in 2012 a design studio

will apply the outcomes of the entire series to the real case

study of the Berlin-Brandenburg urban area, and the series

will end with a discussion around these outcomes. A publica-

tion will document and share the results.

Collaborative Research

Our Collaborative Research brings together specialists from

academia, institutes and industry, in order to explore a partic-

ular architectural or urban question. This format undertakes

research over a one- to three-year period with tailor-made

enquiry strategies that include a combination of surveys,

reviews, debates, design-studios, and written papers. Each

research process is structured into the following four steps:

Observation, Conceptualisation, Presentation and Evaluation.

The outcomes of each step are then collated, summarized,

reflected upon and written up in a research file, which is con-

tinually added to as the research studio progresses.

The City Lights Project

This ANCB – Zumtobel research project uncovers contempo-

rary international projects relevant for the improvement of

the future city. Through debates, converstations and a ma-

terclass design studio, exemplary ideas, insights and project

examples are highlighted and discussed. Included are not

only large scale lighting master plans (plans lumières), but

also small projects, public and private, with innovative poten-

tial for taking city lights into the future. What does it mean to

illuminate the city and its architecture today?

advanced Studies programme in Urban Design

This format offers practising architects, urban planners and

designers a chance to add to their skills by delving deeply

into a particular subject. Participants attend lectures and

undertake a design studio project on a part-time basis in

either the Autumn or the Spring academic semester. Courses

and studio classes are taught by leading specialists in the

respective subject area. Participants are selected based on

their statement of interest and a portfolio of their work.

Performing the Smart City: Applying Knowledge, Process

and Technology to the Form of the Future City.

While focussing on the general ‘smart city’ concept, this pro-

gramme will place particular emphasis on the roles of user

behaviour and technological management for ‘performative-

ly’ implementing ‘smartness’. Weekly modules in Urban De-

sign Theory and Energy and Environment will inform a core

Design Studio module. Participants will develop proposals

for case study sites in Berlin. The programme will run from

September to November 2012.

Spatial planner Henk Ovink moderates a debate on climate change with Reiner Nagel, Berlin Senate, Edzo Bindels, architect, Paula Verhoeven, politician, Antje Stokmann, landscape architect, and Han Meyer, architect, during the Design & Politics series

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anCB anD ItS CoLLaBoRatIng paRtneRS

By participating in new and innovative research our projects

simultaneously generate and critique ideas: in discussion

with the public and with peers, in design-studios together

with talented international students and passionate practi-

tioners. Partnering with ANCB generates public exposure,

both to an informed public audience and an international

group of specialists. Currently 15,000 subscribers receive

our ANCB electronic newsletter.

Collaborating with Universities and Research

Institutions Worldwide

‘Educating the Global Architect’ was the title of

the inaugural symposium of ANCB, held in April

2009. It instigated a discussion among repre-

sentatives of some of the world’s leading univer-

sities about the changing demands on the train-

ing and education of architects and indeed eve-

ryone else involved with ‘city design’ in today’s

global context. Future strategies and approaches

were discussed and foundations were laid for international

and trans-disciplinary collaboration. This international col-

laboration is now well underway in the daily work at ANCB.

Also discussed and subsequently established was the con-

tinuous exchange between participating universities.

The potential of our specific approach and the early suc-

cess of ANCB were quickly recognised. As a result we were

invited to participate at the International Architecture Educa-

tion Summit in 2011, which discussed making architecture

education more relevant for the 21st century.

Collaborating with governance and Industry

‘City design’ increasingly is a collective task for many fields.

Through our activities at ANCB we are continuously expand-

ing our network and thereby adding new layers of expertise.

While we began collaborating mostly with univer-

sities, recent projects have included representa-

tives from the fields of sociology, product and

industrial design, health and the neurosciences.

We also reach out to all levels of governance and

continuously involve the public: individuals, as-

sociations and interest groups.

ANCB offers a unique base for the integration of

the social, the ecological, the political and the societal realm

– with the physical realm. the anCB

URBan ChaLLengeS: CULtURaL heRItage

each chapter in the story of urbanisation

has inherent socio-cultural and political val-

ues and customs. these are supported by both

the pre-existing and the new physical infrastruc-

ture of the city. as each chapter overwrites the

next and policy decides the ruins to keep and

those to let go of, can the input from design

become as significant as policy itself

and go beyond imagining the ad-

aptation of these infra-

structures?

ANCB integrates its collaborators

into a high-profile international network

of current and future pioneers in

city-making.

The ANCB courtyard with the BMW Guggenheim Lab in the background

BmW guggenheim Lab: a Collaboration in 2012ANCB acted as the local collaborating partner for the BMW Guggenheim Lab. After New York in 2011 and before Mumbai in 2013, Berlin was the second stop of this global initiative.

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University Collaborators:

Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau • Architectural

Association, London • Arizona State University, Tempe

• Berlage Institute, Rotterdam • Berlin University of the

Arts, Berlin • Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Berlin •

Columbia University, New York • École Spéciale d’Architecture,

Paris • Elbe-Elster Secondary School, Herzberg • Escola

da Cidade, São Paulo • Humboldt University, Berlin • IE

Business School, Madrid • Iowa State University, Ames •

Korea National University of Arts, Seoul • La Trobe University,

Melbourne • Leipzig University of Applied Sciences,

Leipzig • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston •

Metropolitan University, London • Nagoya City University,

Nagoya • National University of Ireland, Maynooth • Neisse

University, Wroclaw • Peter Behrens School of Architecture,

Dusseldorf • Politecnico di Milano, Milan • Pratt Institute,

New York • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,

Melbourne • St. Petersburg State University of Architecture

and Civil Engineering, St. Petersburg • Swiss Federal Institute

of Technology, Zurich • Technical University Berlin, Berlin •

Technical University of Lodz, Lodz • Tel Aviv University, Tel

Aviv • Universidad Anáhuac, Mexico City • Universidad de las

Americas, Puebla • Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de

Chile • Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid • Universidad

Iberoamericana, Mexico City • University of Applied Art,

Vienna • University of Applied Sciences Lausitz, Cottbus

• University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Potsdam •

University of California, Los Angeles • University of Limerick,

Limerick • University of Kentucky, Lexington • University of

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia • University of the Witwatersrand,

Johannesburg • University Teknologi Mara, Malaysia • The

Why Factory, TU Delft, Delft • Yale University, New Haven •

Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich

Collaborators from Institutes:

Alfred Herrhausen Society, Berlin • Amman Institute for

Urban Development, Amman • Austrian Cultural Forum,

Berlin • Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin • BMW

Guggenheim Lab, Berlin • Senate Chancellery, Berlin • Senate

Department for Urban Development, Berlin • Cassiopeia

Foundation, Dusseldorf • Central and Regional Library,

Berlin • Charité, Berlin • City of Groningen, Groningen •

Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin • Fraunhofer FIRST, Berlin •

Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Potsdam • Getty Museum,

Los Angeles • Georg-Simmel-Centre for Metropolitan Studies,

Humboldt University, Berlin • German Research

Foundation, Bonn • Goethe Institute, Munich, The

Netherlands, Canada • Heinrich Böll Foundation,

Berlin • Hermann von Helmholtz Centre for

Cultural Technologie, Humboldt University,

Berlin • Holcim Foundation for Sustainable

Construction, Zurich • Inpolis, Berlin • Japan

Foundation, Cologne • Kleine Baumeister, Berlin

• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam

• Netherlands Architecture Fund, Rotterdam •

Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam

• Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and

the Environment, The Hague • Pfefferwerk Foundation,

Berlin • plattformnachwuchsarchitekten, Berlin • Secretaria

Municipal de Habitação de São Paulo, São Paulo • Singapore

Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore • Tempelhofer

Freiheit, Berlin embassies of: Austria • Brazil • Denmark •

Japan • Mexico • The Netherlands • Portugal • Singapore •

Spain • Switzerland • Taiwan

Collaborators from Industry:

Arcelor Mittal • Arup Foresight • Axor Hansgrohe • BauNetz

Media • BMW Institute for Mobility Research • BMW Group •

Bulthaup • Buro Happold • Busch-Jaeger • cine + • Citibank

Doppelmayr • ekz Service for Libraries • EPEA, Hamburg •

Kling & Freitag • Minimum • Modulor • Schüco International

Steelcase • Transsolar KlimaEngineering • vitra • Zumtobel

Continous Support and Research partners:

Cassiopeia Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany

Zumtobel Lighting, Dornbirn, Austria

the anCB URBan ChaLLengeS:

mIgRatIon as people migrate – by force or by choice,

for asylum, for well-being, for lifestyle, for

economic opportunities from low-skilled to

high-skilled – their cultural traits, ideas and

spatial practices diffuse along with them. mi-

gration thereby creates and modifies our

physical landscapes. how do we recognise,

respond to and harness the potentials

of migration-induced spatial and

social transformations?

“ANCB, the metropolitan laboratory is

for me the place to explore, test, reflect,

confront and collect my questions

regarding the issues around design and

politics in our urbanised world.”Henk Ovink is Director of National Spatial Planning, The Netherlands Ministry for Infrastructure and Environment

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the anCB team

Kristin Feireiss, Director, founded the Aedes Architecture

Forum in Berlin in 1980. In 2009 she co-founded ANCB The

Metropolitan Laboratory together with Hans-Jürgen Com-

merell. Among many other positions she served as Director

of the Netherlands Architecture Institute from 1995 - 2001.

Hans-Jürgen Commerell, Director, has a background in pho-

tography and communication. He has been co-director of

the Aedes Architecture Forum since 1994 and co-founded

ANCB The Metropolitan Laboratory in 2009.

Áine Ryan, Programme Manager, is an architect and spatial

planner. She is co-director of make use architects, based in

Berlin and Dublin.

Dietmar Leyk, Research Manager, is co-director of lwa wol-

lenberg architects. He has taught at the ETH Zürich and at

the Berlage Institute Rotterdam.

Dunya Bouchi, Programme Coordinator, is a cultural histo-

rian. Prior to joining ANCB she worked in the field of develop-

ment cooperation in Damascus, Syria, for the German Agency

for International Cooperation (GIZ).

Christina Delius, Editor, educated as an urban planner, has

worked in the United States, Honduras and Germany. Her

primary focus has been on urban policy research and plan-

ning in developing countries.

advisory Board

At ANCB we have been fortunate to benefit from the many

long-standing relationships with many gifted and motivated

individuals from around the world, who advise on the de-

tailed development of our enquiry programmes.

matthias Sauerbruch (Chairman)

Stefan Behnisch

olafur eliasson

Christopher Dell

Lukas Feireiss

Zaha hadid

Christoph Ingenhoven

thom mayne

markus miessen

Wolf D. prix

Ursula Schulz-Dornburg

Deyan Sudjic

the anCB URBan ChaLLengeS:

oRIentatIon

our orientation in cities and buildings

depends on codes and clues designed into

spatial form. poor design or limited user-ref-

erence hinders ease of orientation. equally,

over-simplification of form can make for dull

places. how should we strike the balance,

especially in this era of digital navigation

technologies, which arguably impact

our intuitive spatial orientation

skills?

olafur eliasson

Lukas Feireiss

markus miessen

Christoph Ingenhoven

Zaha hadid

matthias Sauerbruch

Wolf D. prix

Christopher Dell

Ursula Schulz-Dornburg

Stefan Behnisch

thom mayne

Deyan Sudjic

ÁineRyan

DunyaBouchi

ChristinaDelius

Kristin Feireiss

Dietmar Leyk

hans-Jürgen Commerell

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anCB FaCILItIeS

The ANCB facilities are located next to the Aedes Architec-

ture Forum in the former Pfefferberg brewery in Berlin’s Mitte

district. Our space comprises of 200m2 wrapped around a

400m2 garden. It functions as an auditorium and as a sub-

dividable studio equipped with 40 individual

workspaces, full printing and internet facilities

and an open kitchen.

A café connects the ANCB studio space with the

Aedes Architecture Forum. In-house guest apart-

ments overlook the garden from an upper floor,

while several independent hostels nearby provide

affordable accommodation for participants.

The surrounding area is well served with bars,

restaurants, supermarkets, and parks. Bike-hire

possibilities abound and the nearby Senefelder-

platz underground station connects the Pfefferberg area to

Alexanderplatz, Potsdamer Platz and the entire Berlin met-

ropolitan area.

Contact

ANCB The Metropolitan Laboratory

Aedes Network Campus Berlin

Christinenstr. 18-19

10119 Berlin

Tel: +49 30 282 70 15

Fax: +49 30 283 914 66

email: berlin@aedes-network-campus.de

www.ancb.de

the anCB URBan ChaLLengeS:

the CommonS the concept of the Commons has come to

the forefront in the context of a sense of ab-

sence of any ‘political’ collective and an erosion

of the traditional hierarchy between formal public

and private space. how should city design re-

spond? Where can we find the true public realm

of the city today? What is its purpose and

what physical spaces support it – from

the formal to the informal, from the

public to private?

Design Studio participants at work in the ANCB studio

Participants of TU Delft Design Studio discuss with Winy Maas in the ANCB garden

The ANCB studio is a space that inspires

creative exchange between students,

professionals and the public.

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architecture professors Wolf D. prix, matthias Sauerbruch and odile Decq at the aedes architecture Forum, during the Inaugural Symposium of anCB the metropolitan Laboratory

anCB programme manager Áine Ryan discusses with arnold Reijndorp, University of amsterdam, during a public Debate

Christopher Dell, musician and theoretician, performing in the anCB garden to Design Studio participants

Berlin motion exhibition, showing the proposals by the University of applied arts, vienna, prepared during the Design Studio on the cinema as future public space

Duncan Wilson, arup Foresight, presenting during opening session of a Design Studio

Students from École Spéciale d’architecture, paris during their Design Studio

exhibition of various Design Studios on the new public library at the tempelhof airfield

hubert Klumpner, Urban-think tank, and marcos Leite Rosa, architect, present the results of the Re-act Lab Design Studio

maria teresa Diniz, São paulo municipality, presents the paraisópolis Favela to Design Studio participants

anCB Research Coordinator Dietmar Leyk discusses with his students from the Berlage Institute Rotterdam and photographer Jan Bitter

anCB Director Kristin Feireiss discusses the city with children during an anCB Junior Campus

Design Studio participants collaborate in the anCB studio

The Aedes Network Campus Berlin is partnered by

Cassiopeia Foundation Zumtobel