Workshop

Dream – Play – Challenge: The Future of Sustainability – An International Workshop Exchange at the Felleshus of the Nordic Embassies, Berlin

A chance to raise our voices together in discussion exploring possible futures for sustainability in the built environment!

Join us for an inspiring exchange with Nordic and German architects, artists and researchers. Share ideas, spark discussions in a creative space, and explore new perspectives on sustainability in architecture.

The building sector is a major driver of the ecological crisis, making sustainable architecture more urgent than ever. But are current solutions enough? Too often, decision-making is limited to a selected few, and the scope of sustainable design remains too narrow.

Through the Dream – Play – Challenge workshop method, we will explore sustainability from social, economic, political, and artistic angles – both locally and globally. A group of inspiring women who are active in a range of fields will join us in Berlin for this creative exchange.

Our programme 

• Welcome by the Nordic Embassies
• Introduction to Dream-Play-Challenge by Dr. Sarah Riviere | Architect | Falmouth University
• Themes to inspire from the last DPC-workshop with Dr. Sarah Riviere and Shivani Chakraborty
• Workshop sessions with Susanne Schmitt and Katrine Østergaard Bang: Connecting play and challenge in your work with sustainability
• Lunch
• Workshop session with impulses from the protagonists as well as the participants
• Wrap-up and take-aways

Workshop Protagonists 

• • Katrine Østergaard Bang | DK | Danish Association of Architects
  • Prof. Pirjo Sanaksenaho | FI | Aalto University Helsinki
  • Susanne Schmitt | DE | artist and activist
  • Camilla Moneta | NO |  Virvle | architect and sustainability counsellor

This event challenges the rigidity of the architecture profession and seeks fresh, collaborative approaches to sustainability. We invite you to step outside disciplinary boundaries, work on shared challenges, and build a sense of togetherness in shaping a more sustainable future.

The workshop exchange is open to everyone – professionals, students, researchers, NGOs, and all who are interested in this question. We will be working together on sustainability and the built environment in the broadest sense.

A project by architects Sarah Riviere, Shivani Chakraborty and Selen Sönmez. Coordinated by Birgitte Tovborg Jensen and Franciska Nordset, Nordic Embassies Berlin.

Register here: Workshop Future of Sustainability | Veranstaltung
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Contact: Birgitte Tovborg Jensen (bitoje@um.dk)