In February 2025, the European Citizens’ Initiative HouseEurope! begins their voting period to propose legislation prioritizing renovation and adaptive reuse. To help make the case against demolition and vacancy, ARCH+ will stage a “witness hearing” in the form of a conference at CIVA on Tuesday, January 28, 2025. Practitioners and theorists from all over Europe will exchange insights into successful approaches, but also economic, legislative, and architectural hurdles to a spatial practice of repair and care. In addition to spatial experts, members of the European Parliament are invited to directly address legislators.
with:
MEP Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA)
Laurens Bekemans (BC architects & studies & materials / RWTH Aachen)
Oana Bogdan (&bogdan / HouseEurope!)
Iva Čukić (Ministarstvo prostora)
An Fonteyne (noAarchitecten / ETH Zurich)
Josiane Schmidt (HouseEurope!, ETH Zurich)
Gabu Heindl (GABU Heindl Architektur / Uni Kassel)
Petra Hlaváčková (4AM Forum for Architecture and Media / Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien)
Tickets: www.civa.brussels/en/exhibitions-events/arch-house-europe