»Architektur im Anthropozän«

In the organizer's words:

Fossils tell us what the present of the extinct was like. Anyone who wants to understand how we deal with climate change the day after tomorrow will have to deal with technofossils: the remnants of our built environment. Because in the Anthropocene, there is more built mass than natural mass. Friedrich von Borries writes his book Architecture in the Anthropocene from the perspective of future archaeologists. They find eloquent objects above all on the outskirts of cities: waste incineration plants, server parks, multi-storey pigsties and seed vaults provide psychograms of our destructive way of life. Von Borries was General Commissioner of the German contribution to the 2008 Architecture Biennale and now teaches as Professor of Design Theory and Curatorial Practice at the HfbK Hamburg. In conversation with salon host Joachim Otte, he also dares to look ahead to less anthropocentric architecture.

Price information:

Reduced admission for pupils, students and trainees as well as holders of the HannoverAktivPass, a severely disabled or unemployment certificate. Tickets are also available in advance from the Annabee bookshop and at the Box Office.