CITYMAKERS

Die beiden bedeutendsten, erhaltenen Gebäude der ehemaligen deutschen Konzession werden inzwischen als Museen genutzt. Das ehemalige Konsulat übernimmt dabei als Museum der heutigen Partnerstädte eine Brückenfunktion zwischen Wuhan und der Welt.

Über das Werk des Architekten Richard Sachse weiß man bislang wenig. Er wird 1908 in einer Passagierliste für die Ankunft in Shanghai erwähnt. 1912 erweiterte er in der deutschen Konzession in Hankou als Architekt die Unterkünfte für die lokalen Polizisten neben dem Rathaus. Ansonsten ist sein Wirken als Architekt in der Stadt bis 1939 nur fragmentarisch bekannt.

Das schnelle Wachstum Wuhans hat den Schutz und die Umgestaltung der Altstadt sowie den Bau und die Entwicklung neuer Stadtteile nicht nur zu einem viel beachteten und diskutierten Thema für unterschiedliche gesellschaftliche Gruppen werden lassen, sondern berührt auch die unmittelbaren Interessen der Bewohner*innen.

Bewohner*innen Wuhans haben ihre Lieblingsrouten und -Orte innerhalb des Stadtraums festhalten können – als Begehung des Stadtraums aus dem
Exil der eigenen Wohnung während des massiv einschränkenden Notstandes.

Eine Analyse der ökologischen Umwelt der Heimatstadt der Autorinnen, Wuhan, und einen Blick in die Zukunft.

Endlich hat die Uni wieder begonnen. Es ist der 1. September, 145 Tage nach dem Ende des Lockdowns.

Get to know Hao Dong, architect, partner and co-founder of CROSSBOUNDARIES, pioneering in the field of architecture for the future of education. In the frame of the CITYMAKERS accelerator Hao Dong and his partner Binke Lenhardt participated with their project CROSSBOUNDARIES Kids, creating design thinking learning programs for children to become better city makers in the future.

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.

Get to know Binke Lenhardt, partner and co-founder of CROSSBOUNDARIES, pioneering in the field of architecture for the future of education. In the frame of the CITYMAKERS Future for Living incubator project Binke researched the topic of co-housing and produced a study with co-housing projects in China and Germany , she also participated the project CROSSBOUNDARIES Kids, together with her partner DONG Hao, creating design thinking learning programs for children to become better city makers in the future.

ZHANG Rubing and WANG Keyao are Architects and have worked for China Architecture and Design Group (CADG). In 2012, they founded their own company Zhijian Workshop which not only focusses on renovation research of old and industrial buildings but also undertakes design and art projects in the same field.

Der Journalist SHI Ming gibt uns eine Einschätzung im Kontext der sozialen und politischen Realitäten in China. Sein Plädoyer: Partizipation erfordert nicht nur Teilhabe an der Wahl von vorgegebenen Problemlösungen, sondern vor allem auch Teilhabe an der Artikulation der Fragestellungen.

Dr. Ines Eben v. Racknitz is associate professor of Chinese history at Nanjing University. She has studied sinology, history, and literature in Germany, China and the United States. Her interest is in late Qing Chinese history, imperial culture, entangled Western and Chinese history, and also in the colonial history of treaty ports like Hankou.

Meet Song Qun, CITYMAKERS expert, endeavouring to preserve the city’s cultural memory by focusing on ordinary citizens, their everyday lives and their world of experience.

Meet Dr. Eduard Kögel, who is shaping and supporting our CITYMAKERS network with his broad knowledge concerning architecture and urban development in a global context. He is an expert in the analyses of urban structures and lectures regularly at the Berlin Institute of Technology.

Die BEIJING WATER WALKS organisieren Wanderungen entlang der Flüsse und Gewässer Beijings und informieren über deren Zustand. Dr. Eva Sternfeld nahm 2008 und 2017 an den BEIJING WATER WALKS teil und teilt in diesem Report Ihre Eindrücke.

Get to know Kika Yang, who supports CITYMAKERS as a curator and editor, making use of a variety of formats such as offline exhibitions, videos and podcasts. Kika Yang believes that because democracy is being reshaped due to the information revolution, we can now – more than ever before – take direct action into shaping the places we like to live in.

Let us introduce Maja Linnemann, who is supporting our CITYMAKERS platform as an author and editor. She is convinced of the value of an edible, walkable city in order to create liveable spaces.

Get to know Oliver May-Beckmann, who supports CITYMAKERS as a project partner by contributing his extensive expertise on social entrepreneurship. City making for him means actively shaping the ecosystem we are living in and improving the daily life of ourself, our peers and the community.

Meet Miriam Theobald, co-founder of DŌNGXii, who supports CITYMAKERS with the design of virtual touch points. Miriam believes that everyone is an actor who actively or passively shapes the DNA of a space when it becomes a place.

Get to know Yilan Zeng, designer, living in Berlin. Yilan studied Architecture in Beijing and has a special connection to bamboo. She came in touch with the CITYMAKERS platform through the Virtual Walk project 2020, in which she participated with her video “Wonderland Berlin”.