Neues Leben in alten Hüllen - Was man aus Kirchen machen kann

In the organizer's words:

Josephine Salland (KIM, Hanover)

In the next few decades, almost half of the existing church buildings in Germany will lose their function and thus become a challenge for architecture and urban planning.

The transformation process of churches is therefore becoming increasingly important: congregations are shrinking, maintenance costs are rising and religious practice is changing.

Churches are usually centrally located in the neighborhood, create a sense of identity and have enormous spatial qualities. Instead of demolition, exciting new uses can be created that preserve architecture and history.

The question is no longer whether churches should be repurposed, but how.