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Intro

Editorial
S. 1–3
Anh-Linh Ngo

From Territory to Space

Intro
S. 4–5
Renée Tribble, Jan Dröge-Rothaar, Sarah Hübscher

Present Condition: Transformation

Diagramm
S. 6–7
Fachgebiet StädteBauProzesse

Collective Places

Permanent Utopias

Kapitel
S. 16–17

Permanent Utopias

Interview
S. 18–35
Markus Ambach, Josep Bohigas, Hedwig Fijen, Christian Hiller, Sascha Kellermann, Renée Tribble

This Is Not a Church

© Manifesta 16 Ruhr / Photo: AntonVichrov
Essay
S. 36–43
Inke Arns

The Ruhr Region as a Landscape of the Anthropocene

Photo: Jannis Wiebusch
Essay
S. 44–53
Felix Kutzera, Yasemin Utku

Ruhr Modernism – Between Utopia and Everyday Life

© Ben Kuhlmann
Essay
S. 54–59
Sarah Hübscher, Rebekka Seubert

Rivisiting Hannibal

Praxis
S. 60–63
Anna Dietrich, Baukultur NRW

UmBauLabor

© Sebastian Becker
Praxis
S. 64–73
Richard Schmalöer, Jonathan Schmalöer, Jakob Schmalöer

Hof Korte

Praxis
S. 74–77
Ellertmann Schmitz Architekten

Kita Kolibri

Praxis
S. 78–85
kitev

kitev

© Mathilda Noelia

Fragile Neighborhoods

Kapitel
S. 86–87

Fragile Nachbarschaften

Interview
S. 88–99
Sika Azanledji, Stefan Hilterhaus, Julia Wissert, Christian Hiller, Sarah Hübscher, Renée Tribble

Poetics of Plurality

© China Hopson
Essay
S. 100–107
Uta C. Schmidt

Reading the Gendered Order of Labor in Space

bpk / Fotoarchiv Ruhr Museum / Manfred Scholz
Essay
S. 108–113
Tim Rieniets

Industrial Heritage Devours its Children

Diagramm
S. 114–119
Fachgebiet StädteBauProzesse

Vulnerabilities in Gelsenkirchen

Praxis
S. 120–123
Marieke Behne, Marius Töpfer, Jan Wagner

Flöz Dickebank

Essay
S. 124–133
Susanne Frank, Verena Gerwinat, Ulla Greiwe

The “New Dortmund” in “Old Hörde”

© Haiko Hebig

Determining Suprastructures

Kapitel
S. 134–135

Determining Suprastructures

Interview
S. 136–147
Deniz Greschner, Sebastian Kurtenbach, Nesrin Tanç, Christian Hiller, Sascha Kellermann, Renée Tribble

Fragmented Childhood

© Daniel Chatard
Praxis
S. 148–153
Dirk E. Haas, Päivi Kataikko

Campus Bockmühle

© Chartier Dalix, inFABric, urbanegestalt
Diagramm
S. 154–155
Fachgebiet StädteBauProzesse

Territorial Reshaping

Diagramm
S. 156–161
Theo Deutinger, Theodor Reinhardt

The Ruhr Region as Geogram

Glossar
S. 162–169
Dominique Peck, Lisa Marie Zander, Paulina Gilsbach

Pumping the Ruhr

© Dominik Asbach
Bildessay
S. 170–175
Katja Stuke, Oliver Sieber

Chongqing Express

© Katja Stuke & Oliver Sieber

Peripheral Centers

Kapitel
S. 176–177

Peripheral Centers

Diagramm
S. 178–179
Fachgebiet StädteBauProzesse

Polyrationalities

Diagramm
S. 180–183
Dennis Hardt, Jana Nickelsen, Tana Petzinger

The 15-Minute Region

Essay
S. 184–193
Paul Eisewicht

Kiosks as Sites of Glocalization

© Reinaldo Coddou H.
Essay
S. 194–195
Hanna Seydel, Carolin Ulrich

Do-It-Yourself-Urbanism

Praxis
S. 196–203
Britta Peters

Grand Snail Tour

© Daniel Sadrowski

Imprint

Imprint

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Architecture and Society
Volume 59 / June 2026

 

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Anh-Linh Ngo* (V. i. S. d. P.)
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Renée Tribble*, Jan Dröge-Rothaar*, Sarah Hübscher* (Department of Urban Development, Land Use Planning and Design Processes (SBP), Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University)
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Acknowledgements
Our thanks go to the guest editors Renée Tribble, Jan Dröge-Rothaar, and Sarah Hübscher, Department of Urban Development, Land Use Planning and Design Processes (SBP), Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University.

We also thank Baukultur Nordrhein-Westfalen, the City of Dortmund, Kulturbetriebe Dortmund, Dortmunder U, the Ruhr Regional Association, and the team of Manifesta 16 Ruhr for their support of this issue.

 

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