WATER: CURSE OR BLESSING!? #4 Water Infrastructure

Moderated by Aric Chen, supported by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Berlin, and on the occasion of the opening of the Aedes exhibition with Greater Bay Design Innovative Lab (GBA Lab) of Shenzhen University and the architecture and urban planning office NODE, Shenzhen.

Focusing on water in urban spaces, invited experts will discuss examples from river delta regions in China and Europe, exploring architectural research and practice. In light of the current challenges posed by aging water infrastructure, such as the collapse of the Carola Bridge in Dresden, the discussion will address programmatic and technical aspects of improvement, renovation, reuse and conversion, as well as the management of water in urban areas and across regions. More

The Lab Talk will be followed directly by the Exhibition Opening.

PROGRAMME LAB TALK

Welcome and Introduction
Dunya Bouchi, Managing Director, Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory Berlin
Eduard Kögel, Urban Planner, Berlin
Yue Fan, Dean, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University

Presentations
Doreen Liu, Director, NODE, Shenzhen
Anna Friedrich, Rainwater Agency Berlin
Jiang Feng, Professor of Architecture History, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou
Koen Olthuis, Architect, Waterstudio, Amsterdam

Panel discussion with participants and peers, moderated by Aric Chen, General and Artistic Director, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam

Michele Bonino, Dean , Architecture and Urban Design Department, Politecnico di Torino
Margaret Crawford, Professor, University of Califorina, Berkeley
Xinggang Li, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing
Thomas Waldmann, Innovation Management / Start-Up & Venture Manager, Würth Elektronik, Berlin

PROGRAMME EXHIBITION OPENING

Welcome
Hans-Jürgen Commerell, Director Aedes, Berlin
Xinggang Li, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing
Doreen Liu, Director, NODE, Shenzhen

In collaboration with:
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, Osnabrück
The Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Hague
The OBEL Award, Copenhagen
Transsolar, Stuttgart
PolyUrbanWaters Research Project
GBA Lab, Shenzhen

Image: Shenzhen Lotus Water Culture Base: Landscape Design for Honghu Park Water Purification Station ©️ Zhang Chao