Better building with the existing

NOTHING NEW - BUILDING BETTER WITH THE EXISTING from the Deutsches Architekturmuseum and ENDANGERED SPECIES PRESERVATION VS. DEMOLITION IN BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, an exhibition of the BDA Baden-Württemberg

NOTHING NEW - BUILDING BETTER WITH THE EXISTING 

Conversion, extension, further building - the architecture of tomorrow develops from the existing buildings. Nothing New is dedicated to current examples that show that versatile transformations and new uses of the built heritage are possible.

By building with existing stock, architecture can make a necessary and sustainable contribution - after all, 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to the construction and building sector. But the potential of repairing and building on is far from exhausted. Demolition and new construction are often still the answer when dealing with buildings that seem to no longer meet current standards, the current market situation or an efficient and economical use.

The exhibition presents international strategies in the creative handling of existing architecture. A further focus is placed on Karlsruhe. An inventory of selected Karlsruhe buildings also opens up perspectives and questions on how to deal with existing buildings in the city. The Karlsruhe inventory was compiled in a seminar as a cooperation between Architekturschaufenster e.V. and the Chair of Building and Architectural History at KIT with students.

ENDANGERED SPECIES - PRESERVATION VS. DEMOLITION IN BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG

For decades we have been familiar with the Red List of threatened animal and plant species. The importance of biodiversity is undisputed, and protecting it is a generally recognised goal. Parts of our built environment are also increasingly endangered. And here, too, diversity is threatening to disappear. Be it post-war buildings that are inconspicuous at first glance, the hated Brutalist buildings of the 1960s and 1970s/1980s or the first regional high-rise experiments. There are good reasons for preservation and conversion. Embedded in the BDA's current major theme of concern for the stock, the focus is on eight selected examples of these endangered species in Baden-Württemberg. Whether acutely threatened with demolition or left vacant, the question is asked as to the reasons. Is it a question of returns? Is the substance no longer salvageable? Do people simply not know what to do with them? Or are they a thorn in the side of the population?

The exhibition shows the architectural qualities, illuminates the history, gets to the bottom of public perception and opens up perspectives for the future.

Program:

October 19, 2023, 6 p.m. Opening

with Government Vice President Gabriela Mühlstädt-Grimm. Andrea Jürges deputy director of the German Architecture Museum, Caroline Reich deputy state chairwoman of the BDA Baden-Württemberg, Anette Busse Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Jonas Malzahn Architekturschaufenster e.V.

November 9th, 2023, 7 p.m

Karlsruhe Monument Forum of the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects, Karlsruhe district

“Paths to a Living Monument”

With lectures by Daniela Brahm Exrotaprint (Berlin), Prof. Dr. Ulrike Plate (state curator), Ruser + Partner (Karlsruhe), Krüger Architekten (Karlsruhe)

November 19, 2023, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Finissage with renovation Pecha Kucha Baden-Württemberg