Tagung: Soil Cities
der School of Architecture der Hochschule Bremen
Die Tagung "Soil Cities" widmet sich einer boden-sensiblen Architektur und Stadtgestaltung und bringt internationale Expertinnen aus Architektur, Landschaftsarchitektur, Boden- und Forstwissenschaft sowie Ethnologie, Stadtforschung, Kunst und Vermittlung zusammen, um gemeinsam den Blick auf den Boden als lebendiges Habitat und Grundlage für nachhaltige und klimaangepasste Städte zu richten.
Die Tagung wird gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFT)R im Rahmen des Programms “HAW-Europa Netzwerke”. Die Konferenzsprache ist Englisch (mit Deutsch).
SOIL CITIES · Theoretical Insights and Action Pathways to Soil-Sensitive Urban Planning and Architecture
Soil degradation is an underestimated environmental crisis with far-reaching consequences for food security, water supply and climate stability. In cities, it leads to problems such as flooding, loss of biodiversity, restricted groundwater recharge and health hazards, particularly through sealing and contamination (EEA 2020, Setälä 2014). However, city administrations, planners, architects and civil society often lack the necessary awareness, knowledge, and tools to assess the quality of urban soils, restore and protect multifunctional, healthy urban soils.
Bringing together specialists from anthropology, architecture, art, landscape architecture, soil science and urban planning across Bremen, Europe, and Latin America, the conference addresses soil as a decisive force for urban development and explores how restoring soil health can reactivate vital ecosystem services for cities. The conference fosters integrated research and the application of soil health measures in urban and peri-urban contexts, structured around three thematic strands: i) Soil-Sensitive Urbanism; (ii) Urban Design & Architecture – strategies to activate healthy soils; (iii) Hands-On – tools and actions for desealing, soil restoration and soil literacy.
Donnerstag, 20.11.25
10-13h A comprehensive vision of soil for cities
14-17h Soil-sensitivity in cities, public spaces and buildings
17:30-19h Keynote: Jana Crepon (Landscape Architect, Inside Outside, NL): Living Soils – translating ecological thinking into design practice
Freitag, 21.11.25
10-13h Concrete measures for soil-sensitive cities and soil literacy
14-15h Führung auf dem Lucie-Flechtmann-Platz – Ein Entsiegelungsprojekt im Herzen Bremens
