Empowering Communities
This project explores new approaches to dealing with the built environment in a sustainable way by integrating expert knowledge into participatory and value-driven methods.
Factsheet
- Lead school Bern Academy of the Arts
- Additional schools School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering
- Institute(s) Institute Materiality in Art and Culture
- Research unit(s) Other projects, commissioned research
- Strategic thematic field Thematic field "Sustainable Development"
- Funding organisation BFH
- Duration (planned) 01.06.2024 - 30.05.2025
- Project management Prof. Dr. Nina Mekacher
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Head of project
Prof. Dr. Nina Mekacher
Prof. Dr. Joachim Huber -
Project staff
Henriette Lutz
Dr. Stefan Wülfert
Situation
We propose a new comprehensive methodology for assessing, preserving and transforming the built environment. It is value-driven and integrates elements of participation in every stage of its development using and adapting the cultural probes technique. It will be explored in field trials in cooperation with local authorities in the Canton Fribourg, it will be introduced into the Curriculum “Architecture” at Bern University of Applied Sciences, and it will be incorporated into of a new SIA-Norm.
