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  • UNLEARNING HISTORY AND THEORY

    The workshop UNLEARNING HISTORY AND THEORY engages with architectural history and theory through decolonial perspectives. Conceived as an open and exploratory format, it interrogates colonial power relations, hegemonic structures, inequalities and exclusions in knowledge systems, and encourages critical discussion and collaborative approaches towards more inclusive and diverse educational practices.

  • OUTCOMES

    Places of encounter shape democratic life in different ways. Within the framework of the seminar and transnational exchange between Luxembourg and Kaiserslautern, students explored how such spaces can be identified, captured, and valorized. The resulting tools and toolbox highlight the potential to activate encounter spaces as spatial and civic resources within the Greater Region.

  • WORK IN PROGRESS

    This section documents the seminar’s ongoing development. It highlights the evolution of tools and understanding used to explore the Greater Region through excursions and guest contributions. Follow the work in progress and the unfolding of ideas as they take shape.

  • OCCASION

    The seminar emerged within the framework of the University of the Greater Region. Amid a shift in urban identity, social fragmentation, and vacant buildings in Kaiserslautern and Esch, the students are given the task to rethink how these changes can be transformed. The seminar explores encounters as spatial practices that shape democratic life.

  • PROGRAMM

    The seminar Encounters in the Greater Region is dedicated to creating new places for exchange and social cohesion in a transnational context. The focus is on strategies for reactivating vacant properties, making intangible urban resources visible, and developing a shared digital platform. This platform is intended to serve as an open toolbox, making innovative urban development instruments accessible and usable at the local, regional, and international levels.

  • FRAME

    The UniGR Visiting Professorship is a funding format for members of the UniGR partner universities that supports cross-border research and academic exchange through a two-month stay at a partner university.
    The goal is to initiate sustainable research collaborations, promote encounters in the Greater Region, and strengthen the visibility of UniGR as a European scientific actor.

  • ARCHIVE

    This section documents the seminar’s ongoing press rewiev, featuring multiple reviews and mentions from different sources.

  • Encounters in the Greater Region

    Das Seminar Encounters in the Greater Region widmet sich der Schaffung neuer Orte des Austauschs und des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts im transnationalen Kontext. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Strategien zur Reaktivierung von Leerstand, zur Sichtbarmachung immaterieller urbaner Ressourcen sowie zur Entwicklung einer gemeinsamen digitalen Plattform. Diese soll als offene Werkzeugbox innovative Instrumente der Stadtentwicklung auf lokaler, regionaler und internationaler Ebene zugänglich und nutzbar machen.

  • DIE HÄUSER DENEN, DIE DRIN WOHNEN!

    Bereits 1972 besang Ton Steine Scherben im „Haus-Rauch-Song“ die soziale Ungleichheit, die Wohnraum in den Städten prägt. Heute ist die Wohnungsfrage in vielen künstlerischen Arbeiten präsent, wie in „Die Häuser denen, die drin wohnen“ vom Chor der Statistik, der die Problematik der Degradierung von Wohnraum zu einem Spekulationsobjekt thematisiert.

  • Architecture of Degrowth

    In diesem Seminar befassen wir uns mit den Herausforderungen der urbanen Transformation im Kontext der Postwachstumsökonomie. Angesichts der aktuellen Veränderungen in Stadtzentren, die durch wirtschaftlichen Wachstumsdruck, demografischen Wandel und die Digitalisierung des Handels bedingt sind, analysieren wir die Entstehung von Versorgungslücken, Leerständen und einem geschwächten öffentlichen Leben.