Das KIEZ:MOBIL ist ein Projekt der mobilen und kooperativen Stadtteilgestaltung im Langhanskiez in Berlin Weißensee. 2021 ist es mit Förderung des Berliner Senates für Stadtentwicklung  und in Kooperation mit dem Bezirk Pankow gestartet.  Ihr wollt das KIEZ:MOBIL ausleihen? Ihr habt Lust, gemeinsam eine Aktions-Idee zu entwickeln? Meldet Euch! Hier  findet ihr auch den KIEZ:MOBIL-Kalender 2022!  #gemeinsamkiezmachen #nachbarschaftverbindet
In this interview Knut Wimberger – systemic thinker and social entrepreneur, who has lived in China for 20 years – talks with us about current challenges of society, the social entrepreneurship ecosystem and his vision for the future of living.
ZHANG Zhen shares her impressions on some significant features of city planning in contemporary China.
Daniel Zhang is an architect based in Changsha who studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University in the US and continued a doctorate in India and Germany. He is also the founder of P8 Community in Changsha.
Ein Audiowalk ĂĽber Stadutopien in WeiĂźensee von Katya Romanova
Audiowalk about urban utopias in WeiĂźensee produced by Katya Romanova
Guest editor ZHANG Zhen (RWTH Aachen) attended a three day symposium organized by Aedes Architecture Forum Berlin, Songyang County Government & Aedes Network Campus Berlin in Zhejiang Province in November 2018. Here are her impressions.
Between September 1–18, 2020, 45 people from the CITYMAKERS community responded to the invitation to form a virtual circle, a chain of CITYMAKERS voices. What a kaleidoscope of competences on the virtual stage, ranging from high-profile academics to hands-on urban farmers, from art curators and activists to municipal intrapreneurs!
With twelve selected topics, we describe the most relevant key words. Some of the topics, such as participation, the collective, memory of the city and urban metabolism, are already CITYMAKERS China – Germany feature articles, while others must still be explored.
Cultural heritage in Wuhan is evidence of the past and a signpost to the future. It would be horrible to live in a city with no trace of the past, said YANG Fan, Founder of China Endangered Culture Protectors and Wuhan Heritage Walks.
“Wohnbuddy”, founded by Marlene Welzl is a matchmaking platform for elderly and young people to live together. Watch the Videos and learn more about “Wohnbuddy”
Witnessing emerging initiatives, which upcoming trends do we see? Reviewing project realities,
what difficulties and blind spots have we discovered?
What are the topics and objects that catch your interest in the PLACE? Why? How are you interacting with the place? How are people using the place? CITYMAKERS China – Germany´s WU Yimeng and Katja Hellkötter co-created a booklet – Reading the Traces of a Place 读书地方的痕迹 – as a tool for an alternative spatial cognition.
What do our fellow citymakers with strong ties to Germany’s Ruhr region observe in the face of the corona pandemic? What potential lies in this crisis in terms of creating liveable cities? Listen to the personal observations and thoughts of members of our Ruhr-community.
While in China, after two months of lockdown, normal life is coming back to the streets, in Europe, the people are only at the beginning of the most difficult phase of this crisis. We asked the 2020 CITYMAKERS accelerator teams from both continents to share their very own experiences about this strenuous time.
In 2002, architect and Feng Shui consultant Howard Choy and his wife Gyda Anders, also an architect, opened their office arqitektur in WeiĂźensee, Berlin. In this interview, Howard Choy explains his understanding of Feng Shui and his attachment to the district WeiĂźensee.
From Dialogue to Action: Since 2016, CITYMAKERS China – Germany facilitated and supported the realization of a number of selected project ideas in the context of liveable city making. Read here about the CITYMAKERS’ culture and identity incubator team ‘Wuhan Narrative’.
CITYMAKERS-Fellow Dr. Annette Erpenstein interviewed four citymakers with ties to Germany’s Ruhr region to explore how corona changed our cities and what we can learn from this experience.
The STADTMACHER-Koffer is a toolkit designed by CITYMAKERS to deepen the dialogue between city-making enthusiasts from Europe and China – as well as all people who are interested in the topic of liveable cities in the Chinese-European context.
We came up with the Winter Teahouse as a continuation of the succesful Summer Pop-Up Teahouse Event Series. Take a look at the program and join us on five cozy Friday afternoons and evenings for restful TEA TIMEs, art work inspirations, informal talks and enjoying a cup of tea together!
“Entrepreneurship is a creative act” – says Prof. GĂĽnter Faltin, founder of Teekampagne whom we had the privilege of hosting this autumn for a discussion as part of our C*LAB program. Learn more about the others entrepreneurs gatherings at C*SPACE in 2023…