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Frank Eckardt leitet die Professur für Sozialwissenschaftliche Stadtforschung an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar und erzählt uns warum ein Handbuch zur Stadtforschung China eine gute Herausforderung wäre.

XU Tiantian is the founding principal of DnA_Design and Architecture. The award-winning architect has engaged extensively with rural revitalization processes in Songyang.

Prof. Frank Eckardt (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) eröffnete die Jahrestagung der chinesischen Stadtplanungs-Studiengänge in Hohhot im Oktober 2017. Dort kam Prof. Eckardt mit Prof. ZHANG Pengju 张鹏举, Leiter des Instituts für Architektur an der Inner Mongolia University of Technology und Vorsitzender des Designinstituts der Inner Mongolia University of Technology ins Gespräch.

lala.ruhr – the landscape laboratory of the Ruhr Metropolis.  We accelerate the design of a sustainable, green and productive urban environment. #think landscape

When looking for an expert on the combined topics of environment, education and China, the name Dr. Eva Sternfeld 艾娃博士 pops up at the top of the list. CITYMAKERS has the good fortune of regularly counting Eva among the experts and partners in its network, where she was involved in the focus group “Urban Farming”. While Eva spent her time in quarantine in Qingdao earlier this month, we took the chance to interview her again.

The CITYMAKERS China-Europe program – as of Sept 2020 – has evolved from a project consisting of two initiating partners to a network constellation of diverse actors on various levels with several sub-projects. Be inspired by the long list knowledgeable, prestigious, creative, dedicated, committed, wise, diverse, trusting, kind and unique partners we had the pleasure to work with!

For sociology M.A. student LI Mingjiu, healthy city-making means enhancing human rights instead of adhering to neoliberal concerns. For him it is paramount that the individual person is centered as the end to urban health initiatives and not mobilized or discarded as an instrument in the name of urban stability and “harmony.” Read this analysis to learn about his thoughts on healthy city making.

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Sebastian Schlecht ist Projektmanager für “Grüne Hauptstadt Europas – Essen 2017” und sein Ansatz von „Von Grau zu Grün” beschreibt die Transformation des Ruhrgebiets. Er nahm im November 2018 mit einem STADTMACHER-Stipendium der Robert Bosch Stiftung an der China Delegation von Bundesarchitektenkammer und ICLEI teil. Im Gespräch mit Silvan Hagenbrock erzählt er von seinen Anknüpfungspunkten und Lernerfahrungen in China sowie seinen Citymaking-Aktivitäten in Deutschland.

Be it in China or Europe, the ability to create communities (both spatial and social) is the ‘currency’ that lies at the heart of livable cities. Five years after the development of the CITYMAKERS China-Europe program, an ecosystem of places and spaces for the exchange and testing of new models of livable cities has emerged across cultural, disciplinary and national boundaries.The Global Village Map shows this ecosystem – a snapshot of projects, places and spaces where most activities happened in the CITYMAKERS program during 2015 and 2020.

CONSTELLATIONS International GmbH is the program host and agency behind CITYMAKERS.

The Network for Architecture Exchange (NAX) is an initiative of the Federal Chamber of German Architects, supporting German planners on their way abroad and promoting the brand ‘Architecture made in Germany’ worldwide. Together with CITYMAKERS China- Europe, NAX organised the Delegational Programm: NAX GOES CHINA.

Was verursacht Großstadtbewohner*innen Stress und wie können sie damit besser umgehen? Wie würde eine ideale Stadt aussehen und wieviel Stress, also auch Anregungen, sollte sie bieten? Diese und viele andere Aspekte behandelt der Arzt, Psychiater und Stressforscher Mazda Adli in seinem Buch „Stress and the City“. STADTMACHER hat das Buch für Sie gelesen.

A walk through Luxembourg, one of the European capitals, focussing on the topic of European identity. A film by Rémi Mazourine.

Investigation of the topic of “boundary” in the city, corona time. A film by Wang Keyao and Fang Kong.

In this podcast, Kika Yang talks to Erik Ackner, Country Manager at Startup Grind and former organiser of Startup Grind in Chengdu, about the innovation ecosystem in China. This podcast is part of the series recorded against the background of the CITYMAKERS Social Entrepreneurship Competence Lab.

URBANI[XX] is a German-Chinese alumni network on the topic of urbanization and urban development. Aiming to find new solutions to current issues in urban development URBANI[XX] brings together German and Chinese alumni in the field. The network is coordinated by the China- Center of the Technical University of Berlin and organizes regular networking events like the China-Lunch.

Das KIEZMOBIL-Projekt #gemeinsamkiezmachen in Weißensee Berlin ist von der Dokumentarfilmerin Maude Fornaro begleitet worden. Hier könnt ihr den Film sehen und ein Interview mit Maude lesen, die auch als “Kiezmacherin” seit vielen Jahren kreativ unterwegs ist, u.a. das  “Das Öffentliche Wohnzimmer” Projekt realisiert hat und derzeit einen Jugendclub leitet.

In 2002, architect and Feng Shui consultant Howard Choy and his wife Gyda Anders, also an architect, opened their office arqitektur in Weißensee, Berlin. In this interview, Howard Choy explains his understanding of Feng Shui and his attachment to the district Weißensee.

Das STADTMACHER-Blatt #3 möchte einige in Zusammenhang stehende Konzepte wie Partizipation 参于, Kooperation 合作, Nachbarschaft 社区 betrachten. Die Fragen, die uns für dieses Blatt angetrieben haben, lauten: Welche Möglichkeiten der Teilhabe haben StadtmacherInnen in China? Wo gibt es spannende Beispiele? Was sind Pionierprojekte in Deutschland, die auf neue kooperative Formen setzen?