1.-3. September 2015, Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover STUDIO URBANE LANDSCHAFTEN and VOLKSWAGEN STIFTUNG LET S WALK URBAN LANDSCAPES. New pathways in design research Day 1: 1 st September EXPERIENCES AND QUESTIONS Auditorium 08:30 Briefing and Discussion with international young researchers ( room 3) Supervision team: Prof. Dr. Lisa Diedrich (chair), Prof. Dr. Hille von Seggern, Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski, Prof. Dr. Thomas Sieverts, Prof. Andrea Kahn, Noel van Dooren Briefing and Discussion with international master students ( room 4) Supervision team: Prof. Antje Stokman, Julia Werner, Franziska Laue, Moritz Bellers, Nadia Picotti 20 selected young researchers with design research related PhDs will critically reflect the processes and results of the symposium 30 international master students from MSc programmes in Melbourne, Stuttgart and Hannover will critically reflect the processes and results of the symposium 10:00 Thomas Hermann, Mayor of Hanover Welcome Address Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Krull, Volkswagen Foundation, Hannover Welcome Address Prof. Antje Stokman, University of Stuttgart, S.U.L. Introduction: A new kind of symposium Who is STUDIO URBANE LANDSCHAFTEN? Why is this symposium different? Forum: DESIGN RESEARCH IN URBAN LANDSCAPES Moderation: Lisa Diedrich 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 13:30 Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski, University of Hanover, S.U.L. Urban landscapes and Research through Design Prof.i.R.Dr. Hille von Seggern, University of Hanover, `Alltag-Forschung-Kunst, Hamburg, S.U.L. Understanding: Raumgeschehen Researching and Designing Landscapes Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Kunst, Secretary of Science, Research and Culture, Federale States of Brandenburg, S.U.L. Design Research and policy making Discussion Moderation: Prof. Dr. Lisa Diedrich, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp Lunch break (Foyer) State of the art: Landscape design research incl. projects Theory + practice STUDIO approach incl. projects Why are new forms of research relevant? with Sanda Lenzholzer (Assist. Prof. Landscape Architecture, Wageningen), Peter Veenstra (LoLa Landscape Architects Rotterdam), S. Kunst, M. Prominski, H. v.seggern) 14:30 Dr. Henrik Schultz,`Stein + Schultz, S.U.L. Why Walking? - Engagement and Ideas Introduction for workshops, the common thread of the different methods, thesis for the exhibition
Day 1: 1 st September EXPERIENCES AND QUESTIONS 6 WORKSHOPS 15:00 room 1 Workshops: NAVIGATING Prof. Dr. Sigrun Langner, Bauhaus University Weimar, S.U.L. + kanarinka aka Catherine D Ignazio, artist, software developer and educator, Boston room 3 WANDERN Dr. Henrik Schultz, Stein und Schultz, S.U.L. + Till Krause, artist,`galerie für Landschaftskunst, Hamburg room 4 BEGINNINGS Julia Werner, senior lecturer, RMIT Melbourne, S.U.L. + Dr. Saskia Hebert, University of the Arts, Berlin room 5 STORYTELLING Anke Schmidt, `landinsicht, S.U.L + Nathan Burr, artist, designer, researcher, Brighton room 6 PLAYING Christiane Kania, research fellow, University of Hanover, S.U.L. + Bignia Wehrli, artist, Berlin and Sternenberg Auditorium MOVING Elisa Serra, `landscape choreography, Berlin, S.U.L. + Emanuele Braga, `landscape choreography, Mailand 18:30 Buffet (Foyer) 20:00 Stefan Kaegi, Rimini Protokoll Walking, talking Landscapes. Evening Address (Auditorium) Stefan Kaegi shows and comments documentary interventions by Rimini Protokoll
Day 2: 2 nd September EXPERIMENTING with NAVIGATING, WANDERN, BEGINNING, STORYTELLING, PLAYING, MOVING 09:00 15:00 Meeting at starting points, Walking individually or in small teams, applying and testing the different methodologies of creating knowledge in a designerly way Reception at outside foyer Herrenhausen Palace Instead of dividing the symposium in a majority of passive attendants and a minority of active speakers, everyone will be a contributing participant of the symposium. For this purpose, the core of the symposium will take place in the field : All participants will walk in one of six different areas of Hanover s urban landscapes. The aim is: Testing new ideas for designing urban landscapes through concrete design research experiments for Hanover s urban landscapes. 15:30 Designing a pop-up-meshwork (Festsaal) Support: Marcel Hiller, artist and curator In the afternoon after their arrival at Herrenhausen Palace the participants will present their findings in a pop-up mehswork either individually or in self-defined teams. An meshwork framework provides blank spaces to be filled by contributions of individuals or small teams. Types of representation will not be defined and can range from images to performed walking rhythms, stories or plays etc. The collective exhibition will provide the base for further discussions and reflections on day three. 18:00 Meshwork opening 19:30 Conference Dinner at Meyer s Lebenslust
Day 3: 3 rd September REFLECTING Moderation: Lisa Diedrich and Gini Lee Festsaal 09:00 Reflecting on day 2: Exposition walks of interdisciplinary reflection teams Reiner Nagel, Director Federal Foundation of Baukultur (+ Julia Werner) Prof. Dr. habil. Susanne Hauser, Professor of History of Art and Culture, UdK Berlin (+ Prof. Dr. Hille von Seggern) Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Jonas, Design Science, HBK Braunschweig (+ Dr. Lucia Grosse-Bächle, landscape architect, S.U.L.) Uwe Bodemann, Stadtbaurat Hannover (+ Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski) Andrea Kahn, `designcontent, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp (+ Dr. Henrik Schultz) 11:00 Coffee break (Foyer) Forum: NEW PATHWAYS IN DESIGN RESEARCH Moderation: Frauke Burgdorff Auditorium 11:30 Prof. Dr. Helga Nowotny (emerita) Social Studies of Science, ETH Zurich Special contributions via video: Science walking 12:00 Lunch break (Foyer) 12:45 Prof. Antje Stokman University of Stuttgart, S.U.L. Reflections from design research practice - Reallabore 13:15 Prof. Dirk Sijmons TU Delft, Netherlands Reflections from research policy-making 13:45 14:15 15:15 Prof. Dr. Christian Gänshirt Xi an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China Reflections from design research theory Walking towards the future // Closing remarks Prof. Dr. Hille von Seggern and Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski END OF SYMPOSIUM 15:15-17:00 Debriefing and Discussion with international young researchers Supervision team ( room 3) Debriefing and Discussion with international master students Supervision team ( room 4)
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