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Group of university educators Together for a transition in Architecture at Architects for Future

Poster for the second lecture series Perspectives on the Existing

Poster for the second lecture series Perspectives on the Existing

Poster for the second lecture series Perspectives on the Existing

Inauguration of the network at Nachwuchsarchitekt*innen Tag 2024 Düsseldorf. Fabian Dahinten, Jan Kampshoff, Linda Hildebrand (credit: Ingo Lammers)

Inauguration of the network at Nachwuchsarchitekt*innen Tag 2024 Düsseldorf. Linda Hildebrand, Fabian Dahinten, Jan Kampshoff, (credit: Ingo Lammers)

First in person meeting of the group at TU Berlin 2024

First in person meeting of the group at TU Berlin 2024

Poster for the first lecture series based on the 10 claims by Architects for Future

Poster for the first lecture series based on the 10 claims by Architects for Future

Screenshot of the first online lecture with Luisa Ropelato, Elisabeth Broermann, Annette Hillebrandt and Linda Hildebrand

Group of university educators Together for a transition in Architecture at Architects for Future

year 2024
team about 70 educators from more than 20 university, Editorial Team: Elisabeth Broermann (TU Berlin/A4F), Linda Hildebrand (RWTH/A4F), Jan Kampshoff (TU Berlin/PSBA/ A4F), Kim Tran (RWTH/ A4F), Sebastian Reitemeyer (TU Berlin/A4F)
performance profile Initiative for university educators at Architects for Future

The network, consisting of committed university representatives of future-oriented architectural education in Germany, aims to prepare today's students for the challenges of tomorrow and to contribute to sustainable transformation in the sense of the Bauwende.

In cooperation with 14 colleges and universities, the first lecture series took place in the summer semester of 2024. Initiated by Linda Hildebrand and Kim Tran (RWTH Aachen) and Elisabeth Broermann and Jan Kampshoff (TU Berlin), the lecture series highlighted the Architects for Future's (A4F) ‘10 demands for a transition in the building sector ’. In a dialogue-based format, the events covered topics such as sustainable material selection, circular economy, climate resilience and biodiversity. In addition, the focus was placed on the needs assessment, the appreciative treatment of existing buildings and the energy transition. The issue of social responsibility and the political framework conditions for architecture were also discussed. Around 600 participants followed the presentations, which are still available on the Architects for Future YouTube channel.

In 2025, the lecture series 'Perspectives on the Existing' is dedicated to the question of how ecological and socially just planning and building can succeed and be more strongly integrated into academic education. With this series of events, the university network aims to give further impetus to sustainable architectural education.

Links to the lectures:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ives82Snv4

Articles about the initiative:

https://www.baunetz-campus.de/news/neuer-impuls-fuer-nachhaltige-architekturlehre-gruendung-des-a4f-hochschulnetzwerks-9648894

https://baukultur.nrw/artikel/nachwuchsarchitekt-innen-tag-2024-gemeinsam-fuer-die-bauwende/

https://www.architects4future.de/news/hochschulnetzwerk-bauwende

https://www.nbau.org/2024/05/07/ringvorlesung-gemeinsam-fuer-die-bauwende/

https://www.dbz.de/artikel/gemeinsam-fuer-die-bauwende-4105825.html

https://www.architects4future.de/news/ringvorlesung-gemeinsam-fuer-die-bauwende

https://klimaforum-bau.de/news/a4f-ringvorlesung-gemeinsam-fuer-die-bauwende/

https://www.competitionline.com/de/news/schwerpunkt/architects-for-future-initiieren-ringvorlesung-6939.html

about

c u b e is consultancy firm working on a built environment within planetary boundaries. This includes an array of activities such as integrating environmental aspects into the design process, developing resource-conscious strategies and processes, refurbishment design, tools for comparison, competitions entries and jury participation, feasibility studies, exhibitions, education and initiatives. Founded in Berlin in 2008 by Linda Hildebrand, c u b e is supporting ministries, universities, architects and engineers, industry and NGOs.

Linda Hildebrand (director), a trained architect with a PhD from TU Delft, worked as Professor for Reuse in Architecture at RWTH Aachen University from 2014 to 2025. She co-founded Concular in 2020, a platform offering services to promote reuse in the construction industry, where she continues to contribute as an external advisor. Linda is deeply engaged in professional associations. She initiated and coordinates the educator's network for Architects for Future and serves as a member of the expert group ZukunftBau at the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBSR). Additionally, she is part of the Committee for Life Cycle and Circular Building at the German Green Building Council (DGNB). In the Initiative Housing 2050 (IW2050), she leads the group on circularity alongside Joost Hartwig (ina mbH) and Timo Ernst (sustainable AG). Furthermore, in 2022, she co-founded CircuClarity with Lisa Rammig, an initiative dedicated to advancing climate neutrality and circularity within the glass industry.

Elisa Berker (researcher) is an architect focusing on circular construction and earthen building. With degrees from TU Dortmund and the University of Arts Linz, she works with c-u-b-e on developing ERUB, a decision-support tool for take-back systems in the construction industry. Alongside her research, she shares expertise as a certified earth building specialist through workshops, consulting, and craft with CLAYA.

Kim Ha Tran (project collaborator) graduated in Architecture at RWTH Aachen University in 2021. She worked in architecture offices in Germany and Beijing while teaching and researching at the chair of Reuse in Architecture at RWTH Aachen University from 2021 to 2024. During that time she was part of the founding team for the university educators network „Gemeinsam für die Bauwende“. She contributed to various research projects such as ReNeReB, a Regional Resource Efficient Building Network, and the ZukunftBau- funded project Material Recovery Rights. In her research she specialized in regulatory instruments for circularity in the built environment, building material passports, and residual values within building materials.

Elias Kufeld (project collaborator) graduated in Architecture at RWTH Aachen University in 2024. After finishing his Bachelor (2021) he worked in an architectural office in Switzerland before he continued his Master in Aachen and Madrid, while working as a research Assistant at the Chair for Reuse in Aachen from 2022-2024. Currently he fills a part time position as Research Associate at the Design Computation Chair at RWTH Aachen, contributing to the further development of a LCA Tool with open BIM Standards. As part of the Backoffice of Architcts4Future he is advising project groups as well as processing external inquiries. In his research he specialized in Life Cycle Assessment, building material passports, and the Re-Use of building components.