Häuser retten

Zusatztext

The second volume of the Fundamente Ökologisches Bauen series offers insights into around 50 historical and current anti- demolition campaigns in Germany and Europe. For the first time, the editors systematically structure strategies for building preservation, ranging from knowledge production and conversion concepts to media attention, political influence, artistic actions, and legal meansas well as unconventional forms of resistance such as squatting or the protection of endangered species. The book reveals a wide range of options for stakeholders with diverse motivations and backgrounds. Häuser retten adopts the perspective of activism and civil society, highlights a previously neglected aspect of architectural and urban history, and raises the question of how participation in planning and spatial production is possible today. - Systematic strategies against the demolition of buildings Overview of antidemolition campaigns in Germany and Europe Important contribution to the preservation of existing buildings from a civil society perspective

Autorenportrait

Anna-­Maria Mayerhofer, architect and research assistant at the Chair of Sustainable Urbanism at the Technical University of Munich, researches, curates, and publishes on architecture and urban topics and is involved with Architects for Future. She previously worked at the DAM - German Architecture Museum and ARCH+.Leon Beck is chairman of Architects for Future and active in the Anti-Abriss-Allianz für Umbaukultur. Through projects such as the Abriss-Atlas, he advocates for greater socialawareness and the preservation and adaptation of existing buildings.Helen Gräser works on issues of space, place, and built context. Alongside her architectural practice, she approaches these topics through photography. She coordinated the Demolition Atlas for the BDA and teaches design at TU Dortmund University.Tim Rieniets is Professor of Urban Studies and Transformation at Leibniz University Hannover. He researches, teaches, and publishes on sustainability in architecture and urban development, with a focus on the adaptation of existing buildings (Umbaukultur).Alexander Stumm is Professor of Architectural and Urban Theory at Technische Hochschule Lübeck. He is co-founder of the Research Department for Ecological Building at the University of Kassel and co-editor of the series Fundamente Ökologisches Bauen.

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