The Gauss-Stierli-Areal is on the eve of major transformation. If we want to retain this existing industrial heritage for future generations, could we write the script for its fringes to unburden the original structures from the pressures of development? What if the key to bringing more life and space into the city is not systematic but irregular, specific and opportunistic?

The shift from ‘Ersatzneubau’ as the status quo to an intelligent approach to our existing building stock has just begun. This transition demands new roles, new knowledge, and new ways of action. The course examines, through lectures and discussions with guests,the fields of action that open up for architects to actively shape a changing building culture.

The shift from ‘Ersatzneubau’ as the status quo to an intelligent approach to our existing building stock has just begun. This transition demands new roles, new knowledge, and new ways of action. The course examines, through lectures and discussions with guests,the fields of action that open up for architects to actively shape a changing building culture.