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The “Pop-Up Teahouse Berlin” was a special summer 2021 place making project created and hosted at C*SPACE Berlin. On six Saturdays between July and October the charming yard of the former furniture factory in the neighbourhood of Weissensee was transformed into an outdoor teahouse, that was not only a place for casual tea hangouts, informal transcultural dialogues and talks, but also a platform for design workshops as well for artistic performances at night. Find here a photo documentation and some videos…

How does the culture of walking is influencing urban planning in Netherlands and Asia and urban design ‘adaptation’? A film by Prisca Arosia.

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.

In 2005, DONG Hao co-founded Crossboundaries and he is now the Managing Director of its Beijing office. In this interview he reflects on how architects/designers are shapers that inspire people and how important it is to create a whole organism with a relationship to individuals and society.

Begleiten Sie uns virtuell auf unserer STADTMACHER- Kiezerkundung, in der wir angetrieben von der Frage “Was heißt eigentlich Stadt machen vor unserer eigenen Haustür” den Kiez rund um unser Büro in der Weißenseer Spitze erkunden. Der Virtual Walk wurde von Kika Yang und Fred Plasmann produziert und lädt dazu ein inspirierende Stadtmacher in unserem Kiez kennenzulernen.

Wer hätte gedacht, dass Weißensee eine kleine Gruppe von Tiny House-Fans aufweist? Und dann auch noch im Schatten einer Kirchenruine auf einer Verkehrsinsel?

Marlene Welzl shares with us what inspired her to create the concept of WOHNBUDDY, a matchmaking platform for elderly and young people to live together. This podcast is part of our series recorded at the CITYMAKERS Social Entrepreneurship Competence Lab.

LU Ying brings experience from eight cities and three continents to her business in Shanghai. Her enterprise Future Urban Living aims at promoting a circular economy instead of the well-established ‘make-use-dispose’ model.

Kai Gong ist Musiker und Philosoph, zwischen Berlin und Peking. Mit unserer “Learning Cities Map” spazierte er durch das Pekinger Wudaokou-Viertel und besuchte das in einem Wohnhochhaus gelegene 706 Youth Lab. In diesem Video-Blog hat er seine Eindrücke festgehalten.

The incubator project „Future of Living“ was one of three projects that received support from the CITYMAKERS China – Germany program during its second year of funding. We want to know: What happened since then, how did the project continue? On behalf of the team, Iris Belle answered the questions.

From Dialogue to Action: Since 2016, CITYMAKERS supported the realization of selected project ideas in the context of liveable city making. Read here about the ‘CITYMAKERS-Future of Living’ incubator team.

STADTMACHER China – Deutschland, Silvan Hagenbrock und Bettine Marissen, sprachen mit Benjamin Scheerbarth, Projektleiter des Eckwerk Berlin, über das Holzmarkt „Dorf“ an der Spree, seine Relevanz für China und über Deutschlands zukünftig höchstes Holzhochaus, das Eckwerk, in dem Wohnen und Arbeiten vereint werden sollen.

LIANG Jingyu kuratierte den chinesischen Pavillon auf der Architekturbiennale in Venedig 2016. Er gründete das Architekturbüro „approach architecture studio“ und gestaltete einen neuen Ort des Lernens auf dem Campus der EURASIA-Universität in Xian: das „Wohnzimmer“ 学生客厅. STADTMACHER China – Deutschland traf LIANG in Xian und sprach mit ihm über Nachbarschaft und Gemeinschaft.

“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”