5 - 7 June 2025
A two-day festival on sustainable architecture and urban development will take place at the Bundeskunsthalle to coincide with the opening of the WEtransFORM exhibition. Professionals, Experts and everyone who is interested in the future of our cities are cordially invited to come to Bonn to discuss the current challenges of effectively transforming our built environment.
The festival is being held in cooperation with the European Commission’s New European Bauhaus in Brussels. Guests include excellent climate researchers such as Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, visionary mayors of leading citys and, last but not least, numerous creative designers from renowned offices from Madrid to Helsinki.
Participation is free of charge, registration is requested. The event will be held in German and English.
Register by e-mail at buchung [at] bundeskunsthalle.de. Please let us know whether you will be attending both or just one of the two days.
Thursday, 5 June 2025
7 pm
Opening of the exhibition
WEtransFORM. On the Future of Building
Friday, 6 June 2025
11–11:15am // Forum
Welcome address & introduction
Eva Kraus, director Bundeskunsthalle
Sven Sappelt, curator Bundeskunsthalle
11:15–11:30am // Forum
Beautiful, sustainable, together: New European Bauhaus
Ruth Reichstein, EU Commission
11:30am–12pm // Forum
Key-Note: Climate Change and Architecture
Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber
12–1pm // Forum
Talk
Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber among others
Moderation: Sven Sappelt
1–1:15pm // Museumsplatz
Presentation
Vert by AHEC / DIEZ OFFICE / OMC°C
1:15–2pm // Lounge
Break
2–2:15pm // Foyer
Presentation
Tree.ONE by ecoLogicStudio
2:45–4:15pm // Forum
Mayors’ Round Table: Leading Change in European Cities
Jürgen Odszuck, Heidelberg; Uwe Schneidewind, Wuppertal; Katja Dörner, Bonn.
Moderation: Angela Kesselring & Sven Sappelt
4:15–4:45pm // Lounge
Coffee break & networking
4:45–5:45pm // Forum
Future Stories: How journalism can communicate the transformation of cities
Alexandra Borchardt, journalist and honorary professor for leadership and digitalization at the Technical University of Munich
Selina Wach, Architektur aktuell, Vienna
Bettina Köhl, General-Anzeiger, Bonn
5:45–6pm // Forum
Wrap up and Preview Saturday
Sven Sappelt
Saturday, 7 June 2025
10:30am // Forum
Impulse
Stefan Rammler, Klimabauhaus
10:45–11:15am // Forum
Prototyping for sustainable city development
City of Gothenburg & raumlaborberlin
11:15am–12:45pm // Forum
NEB Roundtable
Architects and City Planers for a sustainable Europe
Ruth Schagemann (Germany)
Svetlana Kirova (Bulgaria)
Among others
Moderation: Mathieu Wellner
12:45–1:30pm // Lounge
Break
1:30–3pm
Three parallel workshop sessions
Workshop session I // Konferenzraum
Material Flows & Theory of Change
Christa Liedtke and/or Manuel Bickel, Wuppertal Institute
Prof. Dr. Martina Fineder, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Transform.NRW
Workshop session II // Lounge
New European Bauhaus Academy
Workshop session III // Salon
Becoming politically active
3–3:30pm // Lounge
Results of the Workshops & final Round
Moderation: Sven Sappelt
3:30–3:45pm // Lounge
Closing remarks
Eva Kraus & Sven Sappelt
4pm
Reception on the Rooftop