TRANSFORMERS

Steering urban transition towards sustainability and resilience

International conference

04.-05.11.2024 Leibniz University Hannover

University dialogue funded by DAAD German Academic Exchange Service

TRANSFORMERS is about the role and agency of cities to reach climate neutrality, combining this change with social and economic progress. The project focuses on the interrelation and dynamics between urban fabric and society, and establishes a joint search for new transformative knowledge, for cities as laboratories of openness, innovation, and entrepreneurship. It builds on recent research in Italy and Germany and cooperates with three cities as case studies and stages for new formats of open science in communication and involvement.

The conference in Hannover is a platform to exchange, confront, and discuss research innovation and emerging research in form a scientific conference with doctoral colloquium. A public event and exchange with local experts and initiatives is part of the conference.

Key notes:

Transformers – Circular Urbanism.

Jörg Schröder (Leibniz University Hannover)

Transformers – Community Building.

Barbara Lino (University of Palermo)

Transformers – Architecture for Just Transition.

Maddalena Ferretti (Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona)

Transformers – Design Research

Cecilia De Marinis (BAU College of Arts and Design, Barcelona)

Special key note

Carles Llop Torné (Polytechnic University of Catalonia)

Discussants and respondents:

Riccarda Cappeller (Leibniz University Hannover)

Annalisa Contato (University of Palermo)

Benedetta Di Leo (Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona)

Federica Scaffidi (Leibniz University Hannover)

Contributions:

Christian Corral (Leibniz University Hannover, Mackenzie Presbyterian University São Paulo)

Future Scenarios for Guayaquil in sea level rise

Diksha Dody (University of Palermo, guest at Leibniz University Hannover)

Neo-Community: A Potential Remedy for the Depopulation Crisis in Inner Regions

Lorenzo Duranti (Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona)

Urban stages: architecture and public spaces to ‘live’ interactive performances

Fernanda Gómez Sáenz (Leibniz University Hannover)

Reweaving territories: towards sustainable development in a fragmented Chilean urban agglomeration

Torsten Klafft (Leibniz University Hannover)

Urban participation as an amateur practice and it’s key component resonance

Luciana Mouro Varanda (Leibniz University Hannover, Mackenzie Presbyterian University São Paulo)

Circularity and Territorial Development. A resourceful approach to interurban spatial planning

Leonardo Moretti (Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona)

Playfication of architectural processes

Samule Morvillo (University of Palermo)

The Role of Living Labs and Innovation Hubs in Inner Areas: A New Model for

Territorial Regeneration

Giuseppe Noto (University of Palermo)

Strategic territorial planning, sustainable development and multilevel interactions

Beatrice Pilota (Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona)

ARCHI-FAIR. Food Architecture and Landscapes for a Fair Transition

Desiree Saladino (University of Palermo)

Community Cooperatives as Drivers of Sustainable Urban Regeneration:

A Transformative Analysis in Sicily

Conrad Schiffmann (Leibniz University Hannover)

The Role of Policy Communities in Urban Transformation:

Harnessing Collective Expertise for Sustainable and Inclusive City Development

Hosted by Initiative Hüttenstrasse

Inputs, Round table, and discussion with local experts and citizens

Moderated by Jackie Williams and Rebekka Wandt (Leibniz University Hannover)

in cooperation with CiD Circular Design Innovation Alliance

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Transformers partners:

Leibniz University Hannover, Faculty of Architecture and Landscape

University of Palermo, Faculty of Architecture

Polytechnic University of Marche, Department of Civil and Building Engineering and Architecture

Scientific committee:

Prof. Jörg Schröder, Prof. Dr. Barbara Lino, Prof. Dr. Maddalena Ferretti,

Prof. Dr. Carles Llop, Prof. Dr. Maurizio Carta, Prof. Dr. Daniele Ronsivalle,

Prof. Dr. Gianluigi Mondaini, Prof. Dr. Paolo Bonvini, Dr. Benedetta Di Leo,

Dr. Annalisa Contato, Dr. Federica Scaffidi, Dr. des. Riccarda Cappeller

Organising committee:

Jörg Schröder, Riccarda Cappeller, Anna Pape, Federica Scaffidi, Rebekka Wandt, Jackie Williams

Contact:

@territorialdesign

Chair for Territorial Design and Urban Planning, Leibniz University Hannover