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CHOOSE and WATCH ONE video minimum. Note  1 to 3 KEY TAKE AWAYS, and reflect which sustainability aspects apply to cases discussed? Is there a clear priority at the expense of another aspect? How inter-related are these? Draw the 10 themes 'flower' and show the aspects that are covered more or less. You will also discuss the video you watched in small groups in class.

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Anupama Kundoo: More Common Than Different (25 mins)

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Anupama Kundoo: More Common Than Different (25 mins)

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Anupama Kundoo: More Common Than Different

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“You cannot want adventure AND security. It’s two different things.” Renowned Indian Architect about her view on life and architecture.

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Watch + read about R-Urban (Doina Petrescu at AAA)- Urban Commons

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Watch + read about R-Urban (Doina Petrescu at AAA)- Urban Commons

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http://www.plastischedemokratie.de/en/models/r-urban-agrocite-animalab-recyclab-ecohab/ and video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9vUnWsKboQ

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R Urban (AgroCité + AnimaLab / RecycLab / EcoHab)

Network of resilience-building institutions in cities

R Urban consists of a growing network of facilities run by the residents themselves. The concept is based on the French social philosopher André Gorz. He calls for people to produce only what they consume and to consume only what they produce. The project is primarily intended to strengthen resilience in cities. An urban agriculture (AgroCité with AnimaLab), a recycling station (RecycLab) and community housing units (EcoHab) form the nodes. While sustainability is about maintaining the status quo, resilience asks about changing and adapting systems. Against the backdrop of climate change, unemployment and housing insecurity, R Urban aims to address social inequality and inequitable access to resources through local and community action. Meeting places, space for engagement and other forms of working are created. Changing lifestyles are having an impact on the city.

Strengthening the resilience of cities by creating a social and ecological network in which no more is produced than is consumed. Changing the city by changing the way of life. Space for encounters, engagement and other forms of work.

The change in lifestyle has an impact on all the existing intersections in the network, on the actors and on the city itself. The concept is constantly evolving and is being continued in other cities (e.g. London, Paris, Gennevilliers). In 2017, the project in Colombes had to come to an abrupt end, as the city government had a car park built on the site. Fortunately, the project found a new home in the neighbouring town of Gennevilliers, but it showed not only the opportunities but also the difficulties and challenges of a temporary transformation of urban spaces.

atelier d'architecture autogérée (aaa): Constantin Petcou and Doina Petrescu

2018, Source: http://r-urban.net, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
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Flyer R-Urban, 2012, partial view, Source: http://r-urban.net/en/press/

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R Urban (AgroCité + AnimaLab / RecycLab / EcoHab) : Plastische Demokratie

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R Urban (AgroCité + AnimaLab / RecycLab / EcoHab) Network of resilience-building institutions in cities R Urban consists of a growing network of facilities run by the residents themselves. The concept is based on the French social philosopher André Gorz. He calls for people to produce only what they consume and to consume only what they produce.

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Sustainability in Scandinavia:" Sara Grahn

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Harvard CGBC 2015 Fall Conference "Sustainability in Scandinavia:" Sara Grahn

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Mariam Kamara from Atelier Masomi on 'architecture's ability to alter the narrative' (26 mins)

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Mariam Kamara from Atelier Masomi on 'architecture's ability to alter the narrative' (26 mins)

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Mariam Kamara's approach to architecture is as much about sociology and anthropology as it is about building.

A firm believer of design's significant role in the functioning of society, she kicked off her Design Indaba Conference 2019 talk by painting a picture of her home country, Niger, giving a clear portrayal of its context.

She explained that the land-locked country's dry climate and flat terrain has economic implications of its own. In addition, with a largely Muslim population, there are conservative-leaning nuances too that must be considered. Another challenge is presented in being restricted to just 3 locally-available materials: recycled metal, compressed earth bricks and cement.

All these factors intrinsically inform the projects Kamara and her studio Atelia masomi have taken on.

Niamey 2000 for example, is a housing complex inspired the cultural behaviours and habits that takes into consideration the communal nature of the local society. Made with compressed earth bricks, it responds to the city of Niamey's need for increased density without violating the sense of privacy that the locals covet.

The Hikma Religious and Secular Centre in Dandaji on the other hand, is a de-facto response to a very serious concern. With Niger having one of the youngest populations globally, Kamara says a problem presents itself in that this population has "very little access to education and a lot of access to religion," making way for an intense situation that could potentially result in radicalisation.

With a brief to create to separate projects, the team felt strongly that religious institution and educational instritution should be combined in order to aid agency between the two.

"All of a sudden the relationship between the two, which nowadays all over the world, really you have this confrontation between secular knowledge and religion," she says.

Addding, "And so for us that was an opportunity to address that and help de-escalate that tension in just a very benign, very simple way."

Beyond this, the centre also enabled the team to devise new ways of producing old forms, given that the project took its initial cue from reviving a derelict mosque. Instead of starting anew, they used this as an opportynity to produce new interpretations of old techniques.

She ackowledges that a big part of her studio's role became fixing: "We were starting to feel as though we were becoming repairmen and women, where every time there was a project, all of a sudden there were all these opportunities for fixing something or for making a contribution towards making something better."

Kamara's talk concluded with the revelation of the Artisan's Valley project in the city of Niamey, which is a collaboration between Atelier masomi and Design Indaba. Inspired by the work of Nigerien historian and politician Boubou Hama, it aims to create a public space that can sustain various social functions. The greater goal is to bring together both sides of the valley, a divide between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' which was perpetuated beyond colonial rule.

Like her other projects, she sees this as a means to foster a more positive perception of her home country. "I think it's a great step towards changing the narrative of a place that has been deeply negative," she says. All the details of Artisan's Valley are available here.
Watch the full talk: Watch more talks: Francis Kere: African architecture should copying the West David Adjaye on evolving typologies in architecture

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Architecture's ability to alter narratives with Mariam Kamara | Design Indaba

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Mariam Kamara's approach to architecture is as much about sociology and anthropology as it is about building. A firm believer of design's significant role in the functioning of society, she kicked off her Design Indaba Conference 2019 talk by painting a picture of her home country, Niger, giving a clear portrayal of its context.

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Dorte Mandrup Interview: Where Place Meets Sculpture

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建築家

美学、空間、素材、構造の再定義。それが坂茂さんの一貫した建築哲学である。紙管や輸送コンテナを利用した常識破りの建築は、震災からの復興支援に結実してその先見性が証明されることになった。クーパー・ユニオン建築学部を卒業後、磯崎新アトリエを経て1985年に坂茂建築設計を設立。主な作品に｢カーテンウォールの家｣、「ハノーバー国際博覧会日本館」、「ポンピドー・センター・メス」などがある。日本建築学会賞作品部門、オーギュスト・ペレ賞、芸術選奨文化部科学大臣賞など受賞多数。これまで慶応義塾大学、ハーバード大学、コーネル大学などで教鞭を執り、現在は京都造形芸術大学教授を務める。

社会の役に立たない建築家

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美学、空間、素材、構造の再定義。それが坂茂さんの一貫した建築哲学である。紙管や輸送コンテナを利用した常識破りの建築は、震災からの復興支援に結実してその先見性が証明されることになった。クーパー・ユニオン建築学部を卒業後、磯崎新アトリエを経て1985年に坂茂建築設計を設立。主な作品に｢カーテンウォールの家｣、「ハノーバー国際博覧会日本館」、「ポンピドー・センター・メス」などがある。日本建築学会賞...

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Talk by Thomas Norgaard Christensen & Co (20 mins)

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Talk by Thomas Norgaard Christensen & Co (20 mins)

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Sustainability in Scandinavia

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Harvard CGBC 2015 Fall Conference "Sustainability in Scandinavia:" Thomas Norgaard

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"Sustainability Is A Synonym Of Beauty": In Conversation With Anna Heringer

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"Sustainability Is A Synonym Of Beauty": In Conversation With Anna Heringer

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Talking to the Louisiana Channel, German architect Anna Heringer outlines the way she works and her multi-disciplinary approach to architectural practice. Growing up in a small town at the Austrian-Bavarian border close to Salzburg - Heringer spent a year living and working in Bangladesh at the age of 19, a place that is now home to a majority of her office's projects. Heringer describes herself as a mix of things in addition to being an architect, describing herself as an activist and a development worker - using her creativity to explore ideas in a variety of forms and media.

As an architect, Anna is very conscious of the value of understanding the local context and sense of place when undertaking a new project, linking to her passion for creating architectural responses rooted in sustainability. "For me, it is essential that the materials are local, the energy sources are local, and with energy sources, I think of human labor". Saying that if human labor is not used, "we create a social problem." In tandem with the importance of local know-how and local building techniques, Anna is also steadfast about using local materials which are more environmentally-friendly and have less embodied energy, "We have fantastic local materials all around the world, we just need to see and be aware of them. Less concrete, more earth - we can't continue to build as we do. Here in Germany, I figured out that the cheapest solution always is the least sustainable, while in Bangladesh the cheapest solution also is the most sustainable."

To see more architecture videos, check ArchDaily's full coverage of Louisiana Channel's series of interviews. News Via Louisiana Channel.
Detailing her work in Bangladesh, Anna realizes the value of knowledge sharing in a cross-cultural context - where in addition to "sustainability being a synonym of beauty", architecture can also play a part on a social scale, as she explains using the example of the METI School project, how the builders of the project, with the wages they earned, then put that money back into the local community, purchasing goods from local markets.

I think architecture is a really powerful tool to shape our society. Just by the way, we choose our materials, construction processes, and how many people are included in the building we can really make an impact. To me, the essential question that I always have in the back of my mind when I am designing and deciding is: what if seven billion people would decide the same way? Would it contribute to social justice? To the environment? All these questions are central because I deeply believe that the world is not changing through one big decision. It's the everyday small decisions that are really shaping our environment and society - Anna Heringer

Heringer's METI School won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007, utilizing sustainable bamboo frame construction in conjunction with historical building techniques using locally available earth. Anna Heringer is an honorary professor of the UNESCO Chair of Earthen Architecture, Building Cultures, and Sustainable Development, where she focuses on the use of natural building materials in architecture. Over the years, Anna has realized projects across continents - ranging from Asia to Africa and Europe. Together with Martin Rauch, she has developed the " Clay Storming" method - brainstorming using clay - that she uses to teach at various universities, including ETH Zurich, UP Madrid, TU Munich and GSD/Harvard.

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"Sustainability Is A Synonym Of Beauty": In Conversation With Anna Heringer

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Talking to the Louisiana Channel, German architect Anna Heringer outlines the way she works and her multi-disciplinary approach to architectural practice. Growing up in a small town at the Austrian-Bavarian border close to Salzburg - Heringer spent a year living and working in Bangladesh at the age of 19, a place that is now home to a majority of her office's projects.

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Siv Stangeland - Helen & Hard (from 58 mins in ) Vindmollebakken- participatory design

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Siv Stangeland - Helen & Hard (from 58 mins in ) Vindmollebakken- participatory design

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Architects Climate Action Network Finland

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10.- How can we reimagine living environments?

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Grace Kim: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)

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Grace Kim: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)

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Grace Kim: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)

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Loneliness doesn't always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the people around us -- and it's often the result of the homes we live in.

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Kengo Kuma Interview: Architecture for Our Time

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I have this 'provocative' case study, I'm not sure it fits very well, but I think it can raise thoughts and discussions. It's a project by Lacaton et Vassal in Bordeaux, they were asked to embellish an old Plaza and in the end they took the statement to doesn't change anything at all, is it still architecture? Is it sustainable? Does it answer to the 10 holistic sustainable architecture themes well?

https://www.lacatonvassal.com/index.php?idp=37#

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Place Léon Aucoc, Bordeaux

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Bordeaux, France
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1996

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Ville de Bordeaux

This project fits within the framework of an "embellishment" plan for many town squares instigated by Bordeaux City Council in 1996. The square is triangular in shape, bordered by trees, with benches and a space for playing pétanque, like a village square.
Around it, the houses with their sober but well-designed facades form an excellent example of estate architecture and of collective public housing.
On our first visit we get the feeling that this square is already beautiful because of it's authentic, lacking in sophistication. it possesses the beauty of what is obvious, necessary, right. Its meaning emerges directly. People seems at home here in an atmosphere of harmony and tranquillity formed over many years.
We've spent some time watching what happened there. We've conversed with a few of the local inhabitants.
Then we asked ourselves about a development project on this square with a view to its embellishment.
What does the idea of "embellishment" boil down to ?
Does it involve replacing one groundcover with another ? A wooden bench with a more-up-to-date design in stone ? Or a lamp standard with another, more fashionable, one ? Nothing calls for too great a set of changes.
Embellishment has no place here.
Quality, charm, life exist. The square is already beautiful.
As a project we've proposed doing nothing apart from some simple and rapid maintenance works - replacing the gravel, cleaning the square more often, treating the lime trees, slightly modifying the traffic- of a kind to improve use of the square and to satisfy the locals.

Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, architects

Ce projet intervient dans le cadre d'un projet d'"Embellissement" de plusieurs places, engagé par la ville de Bordeaux en 1996.
La place est en triangle, bordée d'arbres, avec des bancs et un espace pour jouer à la pétanque, comme une place de village.
Autour, les maisons aux façades sobres mais bien dessinées forment un bel exemple d'architecture de lotissement et d'habitat collectif social.
A la première visite, nous ressentons que cette place est déjà très belle parce qu'elle est authentique, sans sophistication. Elle a la beauté de ce qui est évident, nécessaire, suffisant. Son sens apparaît clairement. Les gens semblent y être chez eux, dans une atmosphère d'harmonie et de tranquillité, façonnée depuis de nombreuses années.
Nous y avons passé de longs moments à regarder ce qui s'y passait. Nous avons dialogué avec quelques uns de ses habitants.
Puis nous nous sommes posés la question d'un projet d'aménagement sur cette place à des fins d'embellissement.
A quoi renvoie la notion d'"embellissement" ?
S'agit-il de remplacer un matériau de sol par un autre, un banc en bois par un banc en pierre, au design plus actuel, ou un lampadaire par un autre plus à la mode ? Rien n'impose des changements trop importants.
Ici, l'embellissement n'a pas lieu d'être.
La qualité, le charme, la vie existent. La place est déjà belle.

Comme projet, nous avons proposé de ne rien faire d'autre que des travaux d'entretien, simples et immédiats : refaire la grave du sol, nettoyer plus souvent, traiter les tilleuls, modifier légèrement la circulation, ..., de nature à améliorer l'usage de la place et à satisfaire les habitants.

Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, architectes

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Our House - inspiring architecture for our future | Siv Helene Stangeland | TEDxStavanger

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Architecture's ripple effect: Designing for big impact (13min)

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Architecture's ripple effect: Designing for big impact | Thomas Bryans | TEDxGuildford

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Paracity: urban acupuncture | Marco Casagrande | TEDxNapoli

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Cooperative housing in Spain. Passive low-tech techniques and decission making process for the whole building with its inhabitants

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http://www.rolfdisch.de/en/projects/building-for-social-purposes/

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Rolf Disch - Building for Social Purposes

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Senior citizens' residence Bürkle-Bleiche (courtyard with biotope) Senior citizens' residence Bürkle-Bleiche (façade, partial view) Building for Social Purposes Long before the office dealt with issues of energy supply and climate change, it was known for its social projects. Schools, kindergartens, youth centres, sports halls: Is not it a convincing idea today to convey the idea ...

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128 Arquitectura y DiseñoUrbano – Lineal Gran CanalPark, Mexico City, Mexico

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128 Arquitectura y DiseñoUrbano – Lineal Gran CanalPark, Mexico City, Mexico

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UIA - Union Internationale des Architectes

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UIA 2030 Award - Category 5 - Parque Lineal Gran Canal - Regional finalist

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Joe Myers of World Economic Forum writes:

The idea of a sponge city is simple - rather than using concrete to channel away rainwater, you work with nature to absorb, clean and use the water. "Floods are not enemies," explains Professor Kongjian Yu. "We can make friends with floods. We can make friends with water." What we have done is totally wrong, he says.

Kongjian Yu is a Chinese landscape architect, professor for landscape architecture at Peking University and the founder of the planning office Turenscape in Beijing.

He returned to China after studying landscape architecture at Harvard University in the US, determined to tackle one of the biggest problems facing cities. His solution was to work with nature rather than against it.

Sponge cities also include green walls and roofs, permeable pavements and green buildings.

The Sponge City indicates a particular type of city that does not act like an impermeable system not allowing any water to filter through the ground, but, more like a sponge, actually absorbs the rain water, which is then naturally filtered by the soil and allowed to reach into the urban aquifers. This allows for the extraction of water from the ground through urban or peri-urban wells. This water can be easily treated and used for the city water supply.

Read more: This man is turning cities into giant sponges to save lives

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Joe Myers of World Economic Forum writes: The idea of a sponge city is simple - rather than using concrete to channel away rainwater, you work with nature to absorb, clean and use the water. "Floods are not enemies," explains Professor Kongjian Yu. "We can make friends with floods.

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Wang Shu – Ningbo Historic Museum, China

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Wang Shu – Ningbo Historic Museum, China

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Wang Shu's Ningbo History Museum built from the remains of demolished villages

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read and watch work by Andres Lendager- Resource Rows

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read and watch work by Andres Lendager- Resource Rows

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Nominated for Mies van der Rohe Award 2022

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Building towards the future | Takaharu Tezuka | TEDxKyoto

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Over the course of two weeks, over 150 participants took part in a diverse curriculum convened by practitioners in the field of spatial practices. Acting as a non-disciplinary learning environment, the School proposes, designs, builds, negotiates, maintains, performs and celebrates an educational and convivial space in and around Haus der Statistik, Berlin. At the same time, it becomes a dynamic actor within a process of urban transformation, serving as a common sphere of action between participants, neighbors and civic society.

In this video, participants of the school reflect on what they have encountered during those seventeen days of intense, critical, caring and resourceful collaborations. Through a multilayered and overlapping narrative, they share how they have brought the School into being, from building pieces of its physical environment to creating a range of non-tangible support structures. Further they describe their understanding of the school as a place for finding new ways of engaging with each other and making accessible, intersectional and plural futures.

Making Futures Bauhaus+ is a cooperation between raumlabor and the Berlin University of the Arts on the occasion of the Bauhaus' Centenary. It is funded by the federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community.