Construction site transformation.

The exhibition opens up a space for discourse on ecological and social challenges. Here, the “construction site” symbolizes the multitude of unresolved issues and ongoing processes in the built environment. The ten strategies illustrate ways in which individual “construction sites” can be addressed. In this way, the exhibition offers a vivid introduction to socio-ecological transformation and invites visitors to identify potential, explore future living and working environments, and test their own opportunities for participation.

The central image of the exhibition is a transformable “city-countryside-landscape”—a shared space for movement, appropriation, and exchange. The central design element is “the trestle,” a symbol of improvisation, pragmatism, and community. In the exhibition, numerous trestles come together to form a flexible landscape that visitors can partially alter. The trestles support the exhibition contributions and interpret themes of city and countryside, private and public. They become kiosks, fountains, or seating—places for exchange, rest, and shared viewing of the publication that forms the starting point of the exhibition.

Curator-led tours: May 6, 2026, 6 p.m. with Dr. Olaf Bahner, May 12, 2026, 6 p.m. with Alissia Hofmann, May, 27, 2026, 6 p.m. with Laura Holzberg