Anna Pape as lecturer at the EULiST Student Conference
The first Student Conference of the European University Alliance EULiST is organised at TU Vienna from 30 June to 4 July 2024. Anna Pape - researcher at the Chair for Territorial Design - lectured one of the interdisciplinary workshops:
Club of Unseen Monuments. A question of social and ecological visibility in architecture and urban planning
The increasing presence and demands of climate activists and experts throw a harsh light on the pressing problems we face. Global warming, once considered a distant phenomenon, has been at our doorstep for a while now. Nobody is in favour of global warming - yet processes and acceptance for change outside our own comfort zone seem to be very tough. A social rethink and a redefinition of values are therefore required. A broader perspective that understands humans people as part of an overall system and includes overlooked factors or organisms and recognises their visible value. While the effects of climate change are becoming ever clearer, cities in Germany and their residents are further struggling with complex problems. The lack of affordable housing is one of them. The ironic fact that the industry creating housing is one of the biggest contributors to CO2 emissions, is a dilemma. The lack of affordable housing is leading to gentrification and segregation of the city, resulting in a huge change in the population structure. It is important to recognise and discuss that the creation of affordable housing and the development of climate-friendly cities are not contradictory goals, but must be considered together. To manifest this synergy, monuments need to be uncovered. The unseen monuments of our time make our cities and their surroundings liveable and habitable, they must be recognised and protected. How do we find these new monuments and what factors make our environment vibrant and liveable? What challenges do we have to face and what skills do we architects need for this? How do we want to live and what goals and values can we define together? An open discussion and a joint drafting of first ideas about who or what could join the club of unseen monuments.
Lecturer: Anna Pape
Anna Pape works in the fields of architecture, urban design, graphics and art. Her work focuses on the theme of the just city in terms of social and ecological aspects. She is currently working with raumlaborberlin on the topics of real estate
policy oriented towards the common good. And she is a researcher at Leibniz University Hannover (Territorial Design and Urban Planning) for the EU project CiD Circular Design for the interdisciplinary research and innovation on how to link design with circularity and urban transformation, for new learning/teaching formats and materials, and for an innovation ecoystems that connects academia with NGO, enterprises, and cities.
