ABOUT THE EVENT SERIES

For decades, building legislation, the construction industry and vocational training have primarily focussed on new buildings. However, in view of the high consumption of energy and land, climate-damaging emissions and the huge volume of waste, a reorientation is unavoidable. Instead of demolition and new construction, the focus is shifting to repair, conversion and further construction, the rediscovery of resource-saving building materials and construction techniques and the densification of our city and village centres. In order to provide scientific support for these necessary developments, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam has founded the profile line Design?Build?Preserve. The profile line's dialogue on building culture uses keynote speeches and practical examples to ask the following questions together with guests from politics, construction practice, academia and students: Where do funding programmes and building laws need to be adapted so that a new culture of continued building can emerge? What innovations are needed to transform the construction industry? And what can we do in university teaching to accelerate a transformation?

1. BUILDING CULTURE DIALOGUE

Against the throwaway society ¨C Avant-garde for repairing, remodelling and rebuilding

Even in ancient times, the reuse of building materials, buildings and urban structures was part of the basic understanding of all builders and has formed a foundation of building culture ever since. However, the modern consumer society has ushered in a fundamental change of attitude in the construction industry. In view of the climate crisis, repair, conversion and rebuilding are once again coming into focus, which is why we are asking ourselves: Where do legislation and standardisation urgently need to be adapted so that the reuse of building materials and conversion become the norm in the future? Where is exemplary remodelling and rebuilding already taking place in Brandenburg? What are the opportunities and limitations of building in and with existing buildings? And what can we do in university teaching to prepare our graduates for the changes in the construction industry?

When: Wednesday, 17^th of May 2023, 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm followed by an aperitif
Where: Theatre workshop in the main building of the University of Applied Sciences
Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam
and in the livestream

Registration is required.

Information, programme and livestream: /baukultur-dialog

PROGRAMME

Moderation: Rudolf Spindler and Hannah H?pfner

Greeting
Prof. Dr. Eva Schmitt-Rodermund, President of the FH Potsdam

Introduction
Prof. Dr. Markus Tubbesing, Vice Dean for Research in the Department of City | Building | Culture

Perspectives of monument preservation on the circular economy: Reconstruction and refurbishment of the historic town hall in Goslar
Dr. Jens Birnbaum, architect, Krekeler Architekten Generalplaner GmbH

The castle ¨C New construction and conversion of a WBS 70 in Luckenwalde
Nicole Braune, architect, Luckenwalde municipal housing association

Student projects at the FH Potsdam
Wejdan Almhamed & Carolin Reckmann, Immanuel Kasper and Jonas Zeidler

Sophienstra?e 32-33: Conversion and extension of a residential and garden building in the Spandauer Vorstadt neighbourhood
Thomas Albrecht, Hilmer & Sattler und Albrecht Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH

Closing remarks
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Bess and Prof. Dr.-Ing. J?rg R?der

FURTHER DATES

2nd Building Culture Dialogue: Passing on building culture -¨C Rediscovering lost building knowledge and revitalising dying craftsmanship
31^st of May 2023, 6.00 pm ¨C 8.00 pm

3rd building culture dialogue: Creating liveable centres - the backbone of an environmentally friendly building culture
14^th of June 2023, 6.00 pm ¨C 8.00 pm

The Baukultur Dialogues take place in cooperation with Kulturland Brandenburg, the F?rderverein Baukultur Brandenburg, the Architekten- und Ingenieurverein zu Berlin-Brandenburg, the Brandenburg Chamber of Architects and the Brandenburg Chamber of Engineers.