INFORMATION of 6 June 2013

INFORMATION of 6 June 2013
Frankfurt am Main
THINK GLOBAL, BUILD SOCIAL!
Architectures for a better World
8 June — 1 September 2013
Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM,
Schaumainkai 43, Frankfurt am Main, Ground Floor
EXHIBITION OPENING:
Fri, 7 June 2013, 19.00
PRESS CONFERENCE:
Thu, 6 June 2013, 11.00
GUIDED TOURS:
On Saturdays and Sundays 15.00
OPEN:
Tue, Thu — Sun 11.00 — 18.00 \ Wed 11.00 — 20.00
Architects Rudanko + Kankkunen: Sra Pou
Berufsschule, Sra Pou, Kambodscha, 2010–2012
© Anssi Kankkunen
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EXHIBITION SHOWS SOCIAL RELEVANCE OF ARCHITECTURE
Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt and Architekturzentrum Wien (AzW) have
jointly developed the exhibition on “Think Global, Build Social – Architectures for a Better
World!” which focuses on a key trend in contemporary architecture. Well before the economic
crisis of 2008 triggered by the sub-prime crisis in the United States the issue of architects’ social
responsibility had already returned to the public agenda. Given the explosive growth in faceless
megacities and the likewise soaring number of people living worldwide in slums, the compelling
questions are: What solutions can architecture today offer those parts of the global population
who cannot themselves act as developers? How does architecture as a discipline positioned
between artistic, economic and ecological standards, define its own social relevance?
Even before the 2008 financial crisis, at the beginning of the 21st century there was a series of
important new approaches in the direction of an “architecture engagé”, i.e., architects who took
the initiative themselves and sought out jobs and projects for which in the classical
understanding of the profession there was no client. Unlike similar efforts as had arisen in the
1960s, these initiatives are not politically motivated, but are instead radically pragmatic. For
example Anna Heringer decided when studying Architecture in Linz that her graduation project
should not be some academic exercise on paper, and designed a school that was actually built in
a village in Bangladesh. Or take Francis Kéré who grew up in Burkina Faso. He resolved while
studying Architecture in Berlin that he would stop sending money to his family back home and
instead build a school for all the inhabitants of his village, Gando. Such relatively small projects
won big international prizes such as the Aga Khan Award, the highest distinction in the Muslim
world and which has since the 1970s rewarded the social relevance of architecture. The global
attention since shown these buildings and projects has substantially boosted their local impact.
Often, such initiatives have been launched by architects who have trained and worked
internationally and it would seem as if precisely the knowledge of global conditions is a
necessary basis on which to bring about real change in the local context.
The exhibition presents a selection of 22 positions that address the social relevance of
architecture the world over. It is subdivided into five thematic chapters: Materials, Dwellings,
Participation, Culture, Design-Build Programs. These categories are flexible and mutually
compatible, many of the examples on show present several aspects at once. The selection centers
on building realized roughly over the last decade and where there has already been a visible
local impact. It is curated by Andres Lepik, the new Director of the Munich Technical
University’s Architecture Museum, who in the prior exhibition on “Small Scale, Big Change” in
2010 in New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) addressed the same theme.
Materials: Modernist architecture relies on industrially manufactured construction materials
such as steel, glass and concrete. Yet precisely in the poor countries of the world, the use of
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materials that are easily found such as clay or bamboo is ecologically and economically far more
appropriate, whereby they tend to be looked down on. In order to reanimate partly forgotten
traditions or enable such traditions to arise in the first place, the projects on display by Emilio
Caravatti in Mali, Anna Heringer and Martin Rauch in Morocco and Bangladesh, Al Borde in
Ecuador, not to mention John and Cynthia Hardy‘s Green School in Indonesia are immensely
important. Their increasing recognition in the developed world also leads to greater
appreciation for them in the countries where the projects are located.
Dwelling. In the absence of sufficient residential spaces, many of the world’s countless
migrants and refugees set up home themselves, without the help of architects. The Elemental
group in Chile has dedicated itself to redefining the notion of “incremental housing,” i.e.,
dwellings that can be adapted to economic conditions. The young architects at a.gor.a design
refugee structures for the borders of Thailand. By contrast, Cologne’s BeL and Paris’ Druot,
Lacaton, Vassal aim their strategies to preserve or provide socially affordable dwellings in
Europe’s developed nations.
Participation: An architecture project can be included and accepted in a local setting more
durably and successfully by involving the users in the planning, and even in the construction
process. Both Boston’s Mass Design Group (MASS), Francis Kéré in Berlin and Los Angeles’
Kounkuey Design Initiative with its projects in Africa not to mention Atelier d’architecture
autogérée (AAA) in Paris have developed strategies for such participation.
Culture: Specifically in informal settlements (i.e., slums, favelas, townships) not only is there a
lack of sufficient infrastructure but usually also of the institutions that able a cultural identity to
emerge. Peter Rich, from Johannesburg, South Africa, and Finland’s Hollmén Reuter Sandman
have realized trailblazing projects in this regard in Africa, while the young Norwegian office of
TYIN and the Finnish company Rudanko + Kankkunen have achieved something similar in
Southeast Asia – in the form of libraries, schools, women’s centers and cultural centers. UrbanThink Tank designs cultural buildings for South American favelas that function as the catalyst of
social change.
Design/Build programs: For some time now various architectural schools have run so-called
“design/build” programs to give their students a hands-on reference to the social dimension to
their later profession. Here, students can experience how what they have learned can be of
benefit, for example when building schools or kindergartens abroad. Many European groups,
such as Baupiloten (TU Berlin), Bauen für OrangeFarm (TU Munich), design.build Studio (TU
Vienna), BASEhabitat (Kunstuniversität Linz) and architecture students from RWTH Aachen
have established durable relationships with locations abroad and thus contribute to knowledge
transfer to the respective countries.
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The “Think Global, Build Social – Architectures for a Better World” presents projects that are
exemplary for how that linkage of ethics and aesthetics that Classical Modernism already called
for can be realized. Even if to date no uniform movement with a clear agenda of its own has
arisen, there are many common values or characteristics that would indicate that beyond the
pale of “iconic architecture” for some time now another movements has emerged in
contemporary architecture that insists on addressing the social issues of a global society.
PUBLICATION
A special edition of ARCH+ will accompany the exhibition with articles by Andres Lepik, Frei
Otto, Elke Krasny, Aram Ziai, Peter Cachola Schmal and Dietmar Steiner in german and english.
ARCH+, Journal for Architecture and
Urbanism, features 20:
Think Global – Build Social
Sommer 2013, G 5416
ISSN 0587-3452
prize: 18,- EUR
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LIST OF PROJECTS SHOWN IN THE EXHIBITION
Emilio Caravatti
 School Djinindjebougou, Djinindjebougou, Katì, Mali, 2006-2007
 School Kobà, Kobà, Katì, Mali, 2008-2009
 Primary school N'tyeani, N'tyeani, Mali, 2008-2009
 Primary school Fansirà Corò, Fansirà Corò, Katì, Mali, 2010-2011
 Rehabilitation Center „Jigiya So“, Katì, Mali, seit 2009
Anna Heringer and Martin Rauch
 METI school (Modern Education and Training Institute), Rudrapur,
Bangladesh, 2005-2006
 DESI school (Dipshikha Electrical Skill Improvement), Rudrapur, Bangladesh,
2007-2008
 School for sustainable development, Marrakesch-Chwitter, Morocco, since 2010
John and Cyntia Hardy
 Green School Bali, Badung, Bali, Indonesien, since 2007
Al Borde Arquitectos
 Nueva Esperanza school, El Cabuyal, Provinz Manabí, Ecuador, 2009
 Esperanza Dos school, El Cabuyal, Provinz Manabí, Ecuador, 2011
Diébédo Francis Kéré
 Primary school Gando, Gando, Burkina Faso, 1999-2001
 Houses for teachers Gando, Gando, Burkina Faso, 2004
 School extension Gando, Gando, Burkina Faso, 2008
 Public library Gando, Gando, Burkina Faso, 2010-2013
 Secondary school Gando, Gando, Burkina Faso, since 2010
Mass Design Group
 Butaro Hospital, Butaro, Distrikt Burera, Ruanda, 2008-2010
 Cancerhospital Butaro, Butaro, Distrikt Burera, Ruanda, 2008-2010
 Extension of an maternity hospital, Nyanza, Ruanda, seit 2012
Atelier d'architecture autogérée (AAA)
 Passage 56, Paris, France, 2006
 R-Urban, Colombes, France, 2008, 2011-2015 (1. Phase)
Kounkuey Design Initiative
 Kibera Public Space Project (KPSP), Nairobi-Kibera, Kenia, since 2006
Elemental
 Siedlung Quinta Monroy, Iquique, Chile, 2003-2004
BeL
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Grundbau und Siedler – Mehrfamilienhaus im Selbstbau, Hamburg, Germany,
2012-2013
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Druot, Lacaton, Vassal
 3 rue des Ajoncs, Saint-Nazaire, La Chesnaie, France, 2010-2013
 Le Grand Parc, Bordeaux, France, since 2013
a.gor.a Architekten
 temporary dormitories, Mae Sot, Thailand, 2012
 School and Officebuilding, Mae Sot, Thailand, 2012
Teddy Cruz
 Living Rooms at the border, Senior Housing with childcare, San Ysidro,
Kalifornien, USA, since 2001
 Manufactured Sites, Tijuana, Mexiko
RWTH Aachen
 Architects: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen) –
Fakultät für Architektur, Lehrstuhl für Gebäudelehre und Grundlagen des Entwerfens;
Bernadette Heiermann, Nora Elisabeth Müller, Judith Reitz mit Studierenden;
Mitarbeit: buildcollective: Elias Rubin, Marlene Wagner: Ihtuba Science Center on
Ithuba Campus, Montic, South Africa, 2011-2012
Baupiloten
 With students of TU Berlin, Fakultät VII Architektur Umwelt Gesellschaft:
Modernisierung der Erika-Mann-Grundschule I – „Silberdrachenwelt“,
Berlin-Wedding, Germany, 2002-2003
 With students of TU Berlin, Fakultät VI Planen Bauen Umwelt: Modernisierung der
Erika-Mann-Grundschule II – „Das Schnauben des Silberdrachens“, BerlinWedding, Germany, 2006-2008
 „Der Blickfänger“ für die Ausstellung „Building Blocks“ in den Nordischen
Botschaften, Nordische Botschaften, Berlin and Berlin-Neukölln, Germany, 2012
 With: Architecture and Urban Design Program, german University, Kairo: Upgradig of
schoolyards „Learn-Move-Play-Ground“, Kairo, Ägypten, 2012
Bauen for OrangeFarm
 Markus Dobmeier with students of TU München, Fakultät für Architektur;
Collaboration: buildcollective: primary school Mzamba, Mzamba, Provinz Ostkap,
South Africa, 2010-2012
design.build Studio
 With students of TU Wien, Fakultät für Architektur und Raumplanung, Institut für
Architektur + Entwerfen: community center for the orphanage St. Antonius,
Gidö, Insel Nias, Indonesia, 2006-2007
 With students of TU Wien, Fakultät für Architektur und Raumplanung, Institut für
Architektur + Entwerfen: YoungCaritas competence center, Wien, Austria, 20112013
BASEhabitat
 With students of Kunstuniversität Linz, Fakultät für Architektur und Raumplanung,
Abteilung die Architektur: Dorfentwicklungs- und Bauprojekt „Phoolna“,
Sunderpur, Bihar, India, seit 2012
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Peter Rich
 Alexandra Heritage Centre, Alexandra, Johannesburg, Südafrika, since 2004
 Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre, Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South
Africa, 2002-2010
Ukumbi
 Architects: Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects; Saija Hollmén, Jenni Reuter, Helena
Sandman: Womencenter, Rufisque, Senegal, 1995-2001
 Architects: Architects Rudanko + Kankkunen; Hilla Rudanko, Anssi Kankkunen; with
Students of Aalto University, Helsinki: Sra Pou Berufsschule, Sra Pou, Udong,
Kambodscha, 2010-2012
TYIN tegnestue Architects
 Cassia Co-op Training Centre, Sungai Penuh, Sumatra, Indonesia, 2011
 Old Market Library, Min Buri, Bangkok, Thailand, 2009
 Safe Haven Bathhouse, Ban Tha Song Yang, Thailand, 2009
 With students of Norwegischen Universität für Wissenschaft und Technik (NTNU),
Trondheim: Safe Haven Library, Ban Tha Song Yang, Thailand, 2009
Urban-Think Tank
 Centro de Acçao Social por Música, Grotão, Paraisópolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20092012
Sat/Sun, 3 p.m. Open guided tours by curator Yorck Förster;
admission to the museum EUR 8 Euro/ EUR 4 reduced
7 June 2013, 10.30 International Symposium
In addition to the exhibition, which focuses on social architecture in disadvantaged regions,
architects and planners report on their experiences and work on site. The range of lectures
encompasses projects across the globe.
10.30
Greeting Peter Cachola Schmal, Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Director
Introduction Andres Lepik, Architekturmuseum TU München, Director
Design Build projects in Africa and Europe
Moderation Dietmar Steiner, Architekturzentrum Wien, Director
A1
Bernadette Heiermann, RWTH Aachen, Lehrstuhl für Gebäudelehre
und Grundlagen des Entwerfens
A2
Marcus Dobmeier, Bauen für OrangeFarm e. V., Munich
A3
Susanne Hofmann, Die Baupiloten, Berlin
Discussion
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12.30—13.30 Break
Social Engagement by architects in Europe, Asia and South America
Moderation Anh-Linh Ngo, Editor ARCH+
B1
Hubert Klumpner, Urban-Think Tank, Zurich, Switzerland
B2
Anne-Julchen Bernhardt & Jörg Leeser, BeL Associates, Cologne
B3
Line Ramstad, a.gor.a Architects, Mae Sot, Thailand
Discussion
15.00—15.30 Break
Innovative Construction with traditional local materials
Moderation ANDRES LEPIK, Architekturmuseum TU München, Director
C1
ANDRES BÄPPLER, Schule fürs Leben, Cali, Colombia
C2
EMILIO CARAVATTI, Monza, Italy
C3
ANNA HERINGER, Laufen
C4
PETER RICH, Johannesburg, South Africa
Discussion
17.50 end
19.00 Opening of exhibition
Lectures will be held in English. The fee for the symposium is € 8 or €4 for students with valid
student ID. Registration is not required.
IMPRINT
Think global, build social! Architectures for a better world
8 June – 1 September 2013 Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Ground Floor
12 March – 30 June 2014 Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W)
An exhibition by Deutsches Architekturmuseums (DAM) in Cooperation with
Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W) and ARCH+
Curator: Andres Lepik
Director DAM: Peter Cachola Schmal
Coordinating Curators DAM: Peter Körner, Philipp Sturm
Curatorial Assistance DAM: Evelyn Steiner
Exhibition Design: Sanaz Hazegh-Nejad
Catalog: ARCH+, Nikolaus Kuhnert, Anh-Linh Ngo, Sabine Hansmann mit Team
Public Relation DAM: Stefanie Lampe, Susanne Lehmann
Corporate Design DAM: Gardeners, Frankfurt am Main
Registrar DAM: Wolfgang Welker
Director’s Office and Administration DAM: Inka Plechaty, Jacqueline Brauer
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Installation DAM: Marina Barry, Paolo Brunino, Ulrich Diekmann, Enrico Hirsekorn, Caroline
Krause, Eike Laeuen, Michael Reiter, Jörn-Luca Schön, Angela Tonner, Beate Voigt, Herbert
Warmuth, Gerhard Winkler, Valerian Wolenik under the direction of Christian Walter
Museum Technician DAM: Joachim Müller-Rahn
In Cooperation with:
Kindly supported by:
Press images for announcements and reports during the exhibition period at www.dam-online.de
20 September 2013 – 12 January 2014
Nove Novos. Emerging Architects from Brazil
2 October 2013 – 12 January 2014
Interferenzen/Interférences. Architektur. Deutschland-Frankreich 1800-2000
DEUTSCHES ARCHITEKTURMUSEUM
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