1·Lectures: Renovate, Don't Speculate

Academie van Bouwkunst

Join the conversation on citizen action that boosts the renovation of existing buildings and stops their demolition driven by speculation.

Academy of Architecture

Renovate, Don’t Speculateb+ s+ HouseEurope! presents a lecture about the profession of architecture today with examples of renovation stories from the practice of b+ and introducing the European Citizens’ Initiative, HouseEurope!, a citizens' initiative for an EU legislation that boosts the renovation of existing buildings and stops their demolition driven by speculation.This 1·Lecture includes the screening of The Demolition Drama (32 mins), a film produced by s+ (station.plus, DARCH, ETHZ) for HouseEurope! in which architects, economists, sociologists and transformation specialists, talk about The Demolition Drama. About 1·Lectures Since 2014, the Academy of Architecture has been organising the 1·Lectures in collaboration with the Amsterdam Architecture Centre (<a href="https://arcam.nl/" title="https://arcam.nl/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ARCAM</a>). This series of architectural lectures provides a platform for speakers from home and abroad to talk about a variety of topics from the international world of architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture. About the speakers <a href="http://bplus.xyz/" title="http://bplus.xyz/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">bplus.xyz</a> (Jolene Lee) <a href="http://bplus.xyz/" title="http://bplus.xyz/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">bplus.xyz</a> (b+) is a collaborative architecture practice that operates at the intersection of theory and praxis, and across different media and formats. The practice seeks to engage with the contemporary challenges of our time, particularly those related to social-ecological transformation and adaptive reuse of existing buildings, with ecologically and economically viable answers. <a href="https://station.plus/" title="https://station.plus/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">station.plus</a>Station+ (s+) is a teaching and research platform at the Chair of Arno Brandlhuber, Institute for Design at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich. s+ was founded as an architecture TV station to further explore the potential of video and film as design tools for form-making beyond the built object, between fact and fiction, in space and time. <a href="https://www.houseeurope.eu/" title="https://www.houseeurope.eu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HouseEurope!</a> HouseEurope! is a European Citizens’ Initiative that advocates for an EU legislation to boost the renovation of existing buildings and stops their demolition driven by speculation. Image credit: HouseEurope!

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1:Lecture: Renovate, Don't Speculate

Screening: The Demolition Drama

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