LAB

organized by Territorial Design

in cooperation with Architektūros fondas

LEARNERS PLATFORM

CiD Urban Transformation LAB

How can we bring circularity into city-making?
The Urban Transformation LAB brings together professionals to co-create climate neutral futures. Grounded in practice, driven by collaboration. Hands-on and interdisciplinary, it’s a space to explore, prototype and rethink the way we shape cities.

What can you take away from the lab?
The LAB is about experimenting, learning, unlearning, thinking and building. You will have Inputs by international Experts, joint events, networking possibilities and new experiences in the field of Circular Urbanism

The learning outcomes are defined in the context of EQF: knowledge, skills, responsibility and autonomy

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    Systemic thinking in an urban context: the ability to analyse and understand complex urban challenges in the interplay between space, society, and the environment comprehensively.

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    Developing reuse strategies: competence in identifying second-life strategies for materials and places, and translating these into concrete concepts.

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    Interdisciplinary collaboration and co-creation: experience in collaborative processes, developing new solutions together with participants from architecture, research, planning, and administration.

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    Designing with bio-based materials: understanding the potential and limitations of bio-innovations in urban planning, from material selection to circular construction methods.

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    Presentation and communication of forward-looking ideas: experience in pitching projects and measures effectively and in a target-group-oriented way

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    Concept development and manifesto design → Ability to consolidate ideas in a structured manner in manifestos and concept papers, focusing on effectiveness and implementation potential.

programme

Session 1

24/25 july 2025

  • Rough schedule; if you participate, the schedule will be sent to you in German and English. #Flip session #guest lectures #discussion

    14:30 Introduction, get to know

    In-between Coffee, snacks, networking

    16:00 Flip session, group work about urban challenges, reuse and bio-innovation

  • great short inputs by Tom Schoonjans (Rotor), Jasser Salas (OIK) and Martynas Germanavičius (Architektūros fondas)

    with discussion round and aperetivo.

    The location will be announced.

  • Rough schedule; if you participate, the schedule will be sent to you in German and English. #Workshop #place #strategy #installation

    9:30 Coffee and collective breakfast

    10:00 Collection Face, group work

    Lunch and networking

    12:30 Pin up

    13:30 Excursion

    15:30 Come together, Discussion round

Input by Tom Schoonjans, Rotor, Belgium
Input by Jasser Salas, OIK, Spain
Input by Martynas Germanavičius, Architektūros fondas, Lithuania

Session 2 is postponed!

New dates will be announced soon!

Session 2

6/7 oct 2025

  • #Realisation of the installation

    • Arrival, exploration & perception

    • Session I: Making potential visible

    Lunch break

    • Working Station 1-3

    18:30 BaustellenTalks: Construct Lab - Alexander Römer

  • #Realisation of the installation

    • Deepening, developing & experimenting

    • Warm-up & Impulse

    • Session II: Implementation phase

    • Group 1: Urban Dimension (Outdoor space/corridor drawing attention to urban space, small interventions, mapping)

    • Group 2: Re-use – Large hall (Analysing & reusing materials, designing seating or lighting installations)

    • Group 3: Bio Innovation – Courtyard (Experimenting with clay: preparing kitchen structure, material tests)

  • More Infos are coming soon!

You can also download the entire programme in german and english.

Together with Alexander Römer, ConstructLab
Together with Jan Dubský, UM:BAU
Judith Ottich, Architects for Future

© punkt.linden

JOIN US! Let’s work together!

*This further education course is totally covered by the European Union and will cost you nothing!

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • Yes, the course is completely free of charge as it is part of the CiD further education programme, which means it is funded by the European Union.

  • No! The LAB is about experimenting, learning, unlearning, thinking and building.

    Everybody from the field architecture, urban design, research, planning, and administration is welcome. If you can’t find yourself in this categories, no problem, write us an email and we will find a solution.

  • It is probably in your best interest to participate in both sessions. However, we understand that it can be difficult to integrate so much time for further training into your normal daily routine. That is why we offer the option of participating in only one session.

The Urban Transformation LAB is organised by the Chair of Territorial design and Urban Planning at Leibniz University Hannover
Team for Concept and Organisation: Jörg Schröder, Rebekka Wandt,  Anna Pape, Jackie Williams, Riccarda Cappellar
In Cooperation with Architektūros fondas.