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.
We have invited a group of inspiring women from diverse fields to Berlin for this creative exchange. Together, we will:

 Revisit female pioneers in landscape architecture (with Svava Riesto and Henriette Steiner, Architecture and Landscape planning, University of Copenhagen (TBC))
 Examine the economic forces shaping the building sector and looking into ways of transforming (Gyri Reiersen, architect and CEO of TANSO (TBC) and Jenni Reuter, Head of Architecture, Aalto University)
 Explore how art can shift our perspective on the built environment (with Susanne Smitt, artist and sustainability activist and Katharina Bonnevier, architect, MYCKET)
 Discuss political strategies for driving change at the local level (Katrine Østergaard Bang, Association of Architects, Denmark)

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.

The detailed program will be announced on the project website.
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Contact: Birgitte Tovborg Jensen (bitoje@um.dk)