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09.06.2011
Bridging the unseen. Twin-City Summer School in Tallinn
City planners and architects develop a planning agenda for Tallinn and Helsinki
Within the frame of a Summer School an international team of architects and urban planners from Europe and North America is currently dealing with the future of the capital cities of Tallinn and Helsinki. The aim of the Summer School is to develop a long-term planning agenda for the emerging twin city. The distance between Tallinn in Estonia and Helsinki in Finland is only 60 km. Both ports are located on the Gulf of Finland.
On Friday, 17th June 2011, the results of the summer school will be presented by Professor Panu Lehtovuori in the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. Next international planning workshop will follow in summer 2012. The project is financed by the European Community.
Participants of the Summer School are, among others, Prof. Ilija Vukorep, Department of Architecture University of Applied Sciences Lausitz, Kathrin Wiertelarz and Alexander Söder from the University of Kassel, Gabriele Moritz and Philip Strohm, Chair of Urban Development and Design, the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, and Dr. LarsScharnholz from the German-Polish Institute of New Industrial Culture INIK. Other universities participating in the Summer School are the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands, the Manchester Metropolitan University, the Aalto University and the Free University of Brussels.
09.09.2009
INIK goes TICCIH
Institute of New Industrial Culture three times at Freiberg conference
With three different contributions the Institute for New Industrial Culture was involved at this year's TICCIH conference in Freiberg. Under the guidance of Prof. Helmuth Albrecht, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, the university town in 2009 is the venue of the international conference on industrial heritage. During the congress (30th of August to 5th of September) INIK-reserarcher Karolina Hettchen talked about the results of her master's thesis on the future development of Walbrzych’s industrial museum in Lower Silesia. INIK project partner Heidi Pinikepank moderated and accompanied the TICCIH-excursion to the Lower Lusatian lignite mining area. INIK executive director Prof. Dr. Markus Otto and Dr. Lars Scharnholz presented the institute’s new Jovis-publication entitled "Industrial as a resource" and the results of the EU research project that carries the same name.
23.10.2008
New board
Chair Ilija Vukorep and vice chair Karolina Hettchen
The new board of the INIK e. V. is set up. Ilija Vukorep, professor of computer-aided design and architectural theory at FHL, and Karolina Hettchen, research assistant at FHL, foster the link between INIK and the faculty of architecture of Lausitz University of Applied Sciences. In addition both board members transfer a strong input of international experiences and skills to the institute. Karolina Hettchen lived and studied in Poland until 2004. Her starting point in the State of Brandenburg was the World Heritage Studies Program at the BTU Cottbus. Ilija Vukorep grew up in Sarajevo. His academic career started in Germany. He lived at Kassel plus Berlin and finally came to Cottbus in 2006.
To adjust the INIK strategy both new board members want to improve technology oriented skills and the international network of the institute. Cross-border research and the support for international bachelor programs are key goals of Ilija Vukorep and Karolina Hettchen.
05.02.2008
INIK at urban planner meeting in Poznań
Re-use of old factories
To discuss new strategies in urban planning the Institute Geografii Społeczno-i Ekonomicznej Gospodarki Przestrzennej UAM (IGSEiGP), the Association for City, regional and State planning (SRL) and the Akademickie Koło Naukowe Gospodarki Przestrzennej Collegium Polonicum will discuss "Integrated urban development planning and the problem of urban renewal" on March 7th 2008 at the Poznan Collegium Polonicum. In the context of the conference Dr. Lars Scharnholz, INIK project partner, will argue participation methods and the re-use of old factory buildings ("Participation in the context of social spaces. Factory goes school: Old factories as social fields of experimentation.”) In addition he will talk about the NWWK project and possible cooperation with the "Social City” program.
04.02.2008
INIK at Building Fair in Drzonków
Old industrial buildings as an engine of cultural tourism in the German-Polish region
“Factories and tourism” is the theme discussed by INIK partner Dr. Lars Scharnholz during the building fair in Drzonków near Zielona Góra on the 22nd of February 2008. In recent years the reuse of empty factories has more and more become an integral part of project planning. In this context tourism plays a crucial role. City planers and sightseeing experts realized that empty textile mills, industrial tunnel systems, old shaft towers, huge coal bunkers or large chimneys could become attractive tourist destinations.
16.04.2007
Practical Training at INIK
First high school student at INIK
Georg Tiede (15) from Schorbus near Cottbus is the first high school student who is doing his practical training at INIK. He has noticed the Institute’s involvement in numerous projects targeted at young people. “I find the ideas connected with the re-use of old factories especially interesting, not to mention the international atmosphere of the institute itself,” reports Georg after the first week of his practical training. Georg Tiede is currently a student of the Pückler-Gymnasium in Cottbus.
INIK is looking forward to further applications from high school students. Please contact: Dr. Lars Scharnholz, telephone (03562) 69 22 89or scharnholz@inik.eu
09.03.2007
INIK’s Know-how in demand
INIK as a guest at workshop in Oberschöneweide
During the workshop “Industrial history as a location factor” which will take place on March 21st, 2007 in Berlin, the Director of the INIK, Dr. Lars Scharnholz will present the results of the work carried out by the institute so far. The event will take place under the direction of Berlin Neighborhood Management Oberschöneweide and the association „Trafo e. V.“ Among the speakers will be: Dirk Maier (Trafo e. V.), Nikolaus Bernau (Berliner Zeitung) and Martina Neumann (Vattenfall Immobilien)
Venue: FHTW Berlin, Campus Oberschöneweide
Date: 21st March 2007
Time: from 9.30 am to 3.00 pm
In the course of the last years the Forster Institut for New Industrial Culture has conducted research connected with industrial areas in and . Its activities helped to extend our technical know how and to build a network of partners. “I am glad that our institute now is also consulted in Berlin ”, Dr. Lars Scharnholz states. “We managed to learn a lot about the reconstruction of old factories in the Lusatia region. We should use that knowledge and support others in solving their problems,” he continues.
09.03.2007
Book Presentation in Potsdam
INIK completes EU-project
Over the last two years INIK has analysed 30 industrial and settlement areas in Poland and Germany as part of the EU-research project „Industrial buildings as resource“. The outcome of the project will be a German-Polish manual which will be presented in June in the old ship yard in Podsdam in cooperation with the Universities of Applied Sciences from Cottbus and Potsdam.
Date: Friday, 29th June, 2007
Time: from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Place: Schiffbauergasse, Potsdam
The aim of the project “Industrial buildings as a resource” is to develop new strategies for reuse of specific old factories. Those strategies can be used in the future by various reciepients, such as private owners, municipalties, universities and planning bodies. Within the project numerous factories and power plants in Germany and Poland were investigated. Those buildings were situated in Forst (Lusatia), Cottbus, Spremberg, Welzow and Burg (Spreewald), as well as in Nowa Sól, Żary, Zagan and Lubsko.
09.03.2007
Building industry with future
German-Polish Building Expert Talks during the Fair CottbusBau 2007
On March 23rd, 2007 the Administrative District Spree-Neiße and the Center for Innovation and Technology will host a German-Polish expert discussion which will take place on the occasion of the Building Fair CottbusBau. The topic is “Development of building industry in the German-Polish border region. The chances for entrepreneurs on both sides of the Oder and Neiße Rivers."
Venue: Fairground, Cottbus
Day: 23rd March, 2007
Time: From 12.00 to 2.30 pm
Guests: Marietta Tzschoppe, Councillor of the City Cottbus for Building; Olaf Lalk, Departmental Head und Deputy Head of the Administrative District Spree-Neiße, Mariusz Woźniak, Deputy Mayor of Zielona Góra und Dr. Jan Krawiec, President of the Chamber of Building for the Administrative District Lubuskie.
The event will be moderated by Dr. Lars Scharnholz, Director of the Institute of New Industrial Culture.
08.02.2007
Knowledge transfer extended
INIK at the conference of industrial culture in Upper Silesia.
In Upper Silesia industrial culture plays an important role. Numerous cities and municipalities began the process of rediscovering industrial heritage. The old factories and mines, winding towers and production halls are considered as parts of regional history and their potential for future development is being evaluated. This process can also be observed in the city of Świętochłowice.
On 08 February 2006 Świętochłowice hosted a conference on industrial culture titled “We are creating the future” under the honorary patronage of the city mayor Mr. Eugeniusz Moś and the scientific support of the Silesia Technical University (represented by Prof. Krzysztof Gasidło), Lusatia University of Applied Sciences and Institut of new Industrial Culture(represented by Prof. Markus Otto and Dr. Rusinowska-Trojca). During the conference also results of student projects connected with the Silesia Industrial Park in Świętochłowice and Industrial Park SPP in Ruda Śląska were presented.
The follow-up discussion between local participants, university teachers and students showed how current the issues of reusing postindustrial areas are.
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