Architects for Future: Building revolution instead of demolition! Screen printing workshop
Building turnaround concerns us all – because affordable housing requires a change in the current housing strategy. In a city where affordable housing is a scarce commodity, where there is a lot of vacant space and where there is also huge potential for creating living space in existing buildings, A4F (Architects for Future) believes that a new strategy is needed – away from demolition and new construction and towards conversion, activation of vacant space, refurbishment and remodelling.
Buildings and the construction industry are currently responsible for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany and more than half of the waste produced. But there is another way: there is enormous potential for savings in this area. This is why Architects for Future has been campaigning for a holistic turnaround in construction for over 5 years.
In order to stop playing off ecological and social aspects against each other, the creation of living space in existing buildings has a key role to play:
“Rethink the needs”, “question demolition critically” and “take social responsibility” are three of the 10 demands with which A4F advocates building within planetary boundaries and a future worth living for all. More detailed information can be found here:
Building turnaround instead of demolition: affordable, climate-friendly housing needs a building turnaround!
Architects for Future wants to spread this message and you can help by carrying the message into your everyday life. Come along and bring carrier bags* or T-shirts* so that they can be printed together. You can also get carrier bags for a small donation.
Architects for Future look forward to exchanging ideas with you.
Come along and become part of the building revolution!
*preferably made of cotton or other natural fabrics – the colour holds better on these…
**In case of rain the date will be postponed to 10 September
The ‘VerhandelBar’ is a low-threshold contact point and public negotiation space in the urban space on Sandstraße and is organised every Thursday by the Munich artist collective Tam Tam with a bar and sometimes performative, sometimes discursive events. The daily programme can be found on Instagram and the website.
