archint at BHROX 2025: In Between

Ein milestone project des „ETOM NEB Lab“

Die Reihe „archint at BHROX“ ist eine Initiative von BHROX bauhause reuse und dem Tschechischen Zentrum Berlin. Ziel ist die Förderung des Dialogs über Baukultur, Architektur, Stadtentwicklung und Kunst im öffentlichen Raum zwischen Deutschland und der Tschechischen Republik. Die Reihe wird in Kooperation und mit Unterstützung der Architektenkammer Berlin (AKB), der Tschechischen Architektenkammer (ČKA), der Nationalgalerie Prag sowie weiteren Partnern umgesetzt. Der Name ETOM NEB Lab steht für das länderübergreifend kooperierende Netzwerk der European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM) im New European Bauhaus (NEB).

Die Reihe „archint at BHROX“ wird gefördert durch den Deutsch-Tschechischen Zukunftsfond. Sie ist ein Milestone-Project des ETOM NEB Lab, einem länderübergreifenden Netzwerk, das aus der Triennale der Moderne hervorgegangen ist und als Lab innerhalb des „New European Bauhaus“ firmiert. Es umfasst rund 40 Organisationen aus 15 Ländern und fördert den länderübergreifenden Austausch über das Erbe sowie die Zukunft der Moderne in Europa. In loser Folge werden Meilensteine der gemeinsamen Projektarbeit definiert und realisiert. Die Verkehrssprache ist Englisch.

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Overview of Events / Geplante Veranstaltungen

09 April 2025: Qualities of living and spacing –
Sustainable housing and the spaces in between
free registration
24.06.2025: Women in architecture after 1945 in
Czechoslovakia and Germany (as part of the WIA Festival)
free registration
14.10.2025: No Demolition – On dealing with late modern
community and socio-cultural buildings
(as part of the Triennial of Modernism and ETOM)
free registration
20.11.2025: Film screening „Czechoslovak Architecture 58–89“
(D: Jan Zajíček, SK/CZ 2024)
free registration

9. April 2025 // 18:30 Uhr

Qualities of living and spacing.
Sustainable housing and the spaces in between

How can sustainable urban living spaces and spaces in between be designed? This question is the focus of the first evening of the newly launched German-Czech discussion series “archint at BHROX” on architecture and urban development topics in Berlin.

What role do urban spaces in between play in residential architecture? How should architects deal with spaces in between when planning sustainable buildings and living spaces today? Should planners design such spaces more consciously, or should they instead encourage the imagination and co-creation of residents and leave them to their own appropriation? Can this be purely the responsibility or the privilege of the users? How do in-between spaces support an additional, sustainable quality of life – and what value do they have in light of current challenges in housing construction and future transformational developments? This set of questions will be discussed at the event, in which Czech and German experiences will jointly examine the topic.

Two publications provide a special introduction:
First, the anthology „Město naruby – The City from the Inside Out“ – by Czech social anthropologist Radan Haluzík, which examines the in-between spaces in cities from various disciplinary perspectives and raises the question of their impact and significance for sustainable urban development. And, again a comprehensive study of recommendations and conclusions, the position paper „Positions on Housing in Berlin“ by the Berlin Chamber of Architects presents essential recommendations and conclusions for future-oriented and sustainable urban development and housing construction.

Both short presentations will be followed by a dynamic panel discussion with leading experts in the fields of architecture and urban development. Practical contributions from planners with professional experience in both countries, as well as from the Czech Chamber of Architects (ČKA) and the Berlin Chamber of Architects (AKB), will create a platform for exchange and knowledge transfer between the two countries.

The international series “archint at BHROX” brings together experts and the interested public from Germany and the Czech Republic to discuss current topics related to architecture, urban development, and building culture. The three evenings in 2025 under the motto “In Between” will focus on sustainable housing and public space, women in architecture, and the treatment of late modernist public buildings. The series was initiated by BHROX bauhause reuse and the Czech Center Berlin. The series will be in English.

Date / Time: Thursday, April 9, 2025, 6:30 PM (CET)
Free registration
Press release of BHROX

Program Schedule

Keynote-Statements
– Radan Haluzík, social anthropologist, editor of Město naruby (Academia 2020)
– Christoph Wagner, Urban Development and Participation Working Group, Berlin Chamber of Architects

Welcoming Addresses
– Petr Lešek, Vice President, Czech Chamber of Architects, Competition–Sustainability Working Group
– Ayhan Ayrilmaz, Vice President, Berlin Chamber of Architects

Panel Discussion
– Radan Haluzík, social anthropologist, editor of Město naruby (Academia 2020)
– Filip Nosek, A2F Architekten, Czech member of the AkB, office owner in Berlin
– Valerie Söder, soederarchitect, member of the AkB and the ČKA, office owner in Berlin
– Jitka Molnárová, UNIT architekti, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Architecture CTU, Prague
– Elise Pischetsrieder, Board of the Berlin Chamber of Architects
– Štěpán Valouch, o-va Architects, Head of the Valouch-Stibral Studio at the Czech University of Applied Sciences (ČVUT), Member of the Czech Academy of Architecture
– Christoph Wagner, Urban Development and Participation Working Group, Berlin Chamber of Architects

Moderation
– Simona Binko, Freelance Curator, Czech Center Berlin
– Robert K. Huber, Director of BHROX bauhaus reuse, Berlin

archint at BHROX is an initiative of BHROX bauhause reuse and the Czech Center Berlin to promote transnational dialogue on building culture, architecture, urban development, and art in public spaces between Germany and the Czech Republic.
The series is implemented in cooperation with and supported by the Chamber of Architects Berlin (AkB), the Czech Chamber of Architects (ČKA), the National Gallery Prague, and other partners. Furthermore, the series is a milestone project of the transnational “ETOM NEB Lab,” within the framework of the “New European Bauhaus” (NEB) and the “ETOM – European Triennial of Modernism” network, which promotes exchange on the legacy and future of trans-European modernism, with the participation of around 40 organizations from 15 countries.

The series is funded by the German-Czech Future Fund