max. 30 participants | German/English | Architecture (Prof. Gesine Weinmiller)

All those who are interested in drawing are welcome! Success is guaranteed. The workshop starts at noon at the Infopoint and then we will go for a walk through the Speicherstadt. Bring pens and sketch paper, if possible.

max. 10 participants | German/English | Architecture (Prof. Susanne Brorson & Prof. Barbara Ludescher)

In architectural therapy, a speed dating format is used to obtain a case history of spatial problems. These can manifest themselves in different patient groups (students, the public) via a variety of symptoms. General discomfort in certain spatial situations; confusion and blockages while working on student designs; indecisiveness when it comes to improving living environments. Students (+ teachers) provide their know-how and suggest possible solutions.

max. 30 participants | German/English | REAP (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ingo Weidlich)

Significant amounts of water reach Hamburg due to the tidal range of the Elbe. Through clever sluice management at the canals, the resulting positional energy could be converted into electrical energy via turbines. The aim is to work out what quantities of energy are involved, which technology could be used for this purpose and how this would affect urban planning processes. Furthermore, requirements for measurement and regulatory concepts as well as automated management are to be preconceived.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ingo Weidlich: Technical Infrastructure Management (Civil Engineering), Resource Efficiency in Architecture and Planning, Energy Research Officer at HCU

max. 45 participants | German/English | Division for Research and Internationalization

The Research Day of the Division for Research and Internationalization is embedded in the Dies Academicus this year. Short presentations give insight into current research projects at the HCU. Prof. Dr. Monika Grubbauer, Lena Enne, Thilo van der Haegen and Aboli Mangire will speak on the DFG graduate school "Urban future-making" and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dickhaut on the project "BlueGreenStreets" as well as on the challenges of pulling in the same direction with blue and green. Finally, members of the Digital City Science team will give three short keynote speeches on " Urban planning and design with the support of digital tools and big data": Dr. Ayse Glass "Creative AI and the City", Dr. Rafael Milani Medeiros "Can computers think like urban planners and designers?" and Balázs Cserpes "Natural Language Processing: understanding topics and sentiments in the city".

max. 30 participants | German/English | Architecture (Prof. Karsten Schlesier + Lennard Thier)

The mushroom, as we know and eat it, is solely the fruit body of a fungus. Its underground root network is the so-called mycelium. As a kind of biological glue, this fine network is able to bond organic material.
Together we will explore the question of whether fungi can also become building materials. After a short lecture, we will discuss the emerging possibilities for fungus-based building materials of the future. In the subsequent workshop we will get to know the material more closely. As participants, you will grow your own mushroom mycelium material and create small objects from it, which you can then take home for further growth. There will be about one liter of material for each person. Ideally, you should bring your own containers to the workshop, in which the mushroom material can grow into an object (such as a small lampshade, a jar, etc.). Old packaging material, for example, is very suitable for this purpose.

The workshop is aimed at people of all ages. No previous knowledge is required.

The division for Structural Design equips future architects with the fundamental knowledge to design robust, sustainable, but also aesthetic buildings, and engages the development of alternative construction methods and materials.

max. 20 participants | German/English | REAP (Justus A. Quanz)

The use of the so called fifth facade is increasingly gaining ground as a common practice in Hamburg as well, and not just since it became mandatory to use it for energy purposes in new buildings. Together with the emerging association obenstadt, we will visit a few rooftop sites in the HafenCity and discuss their use. While on the way, benefits of green roofs as well as challenges in existing buildings will be addressed.

Justus Quanz is committed to environmentally sound and sustainable urban development, which he argues includes the use of rooftop areas. To activate these spaces, he is involved in the obenstadt association, which promotes the potential of rooftop sites for various uses, from A for agricultural areas to Z for zones of refuge to rare beetle species.

max. 20 participants | German/English | Culture Digitalization Metropolis (LU'UM Collective)

Hamburg's creative professionals share the concern about a current problem: Initiatives and alliances involved in the maintenance and operation of public welfare-oriented subcultural spaces in Hamburg (AG-Ost, Zentrum für Zukunft, Mundhalle, etc.) are losing their venues and with them the most basic necessity for joint work, exchange and events. An acute issue for cultural workers in Hamburg is the establishment of a spatially visible network.

Which inner-city spatial potentials can be used? How can the topic find its way into societal discourse? Together with the open collective LU'UM, the participants of the workshop will process the spatial, socio-political and cultural aspects of these questions.

Participating from the LU'UM collective are: Lea Mork, Lucie Paulina Book and Ali Haji.

max. 30 participants | German/English | Architecture (Lennard Thier + Prof. Karsten Schlesier)

The mushroom, as we know and eat it, is solely the fruit body of a fungus. Its underground root network is the so-called mycelium. As a kind of biological glue, this fine network is able to bond organic material.
Together we will explore the question of whether fungi can also become building materials. After a short lecture, we will discuss the emerging possibilities for fungus-based building materials of the future. In the subsequent workshop we will get to know the material more closely. As participants, you will grow your own mushroom mycelium material and create small objects from it, which you can then take home for further growth. There will be about one liter of material for each person. Ideally, you should bring your own containers to the workshop, in which the mushroom material can grow into an object (such as a small lampshade, a jar, etc.). Old packaging material, for example, is very suitable for this purpose.

The workshop is aimed at people of all ages. No previous knowledge is required.

The division for Structural Design equips future architects with the fundamental knowledge to design robust, sustainable, but also aesthetic buildings, and engages the development of alternative construction methods and materials.