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Energy landscapes 3.0

Bauhaus Dessau
International Summer School 2011
22nd to 31st July 2011

Since the outset of industrialisation, the natural deposits of fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil) and the geography of their conversion, distribution, interim storage and use have influenced spatial development. The compartmentalised structures of the pre-fossil fuel era gave way to the fossil fuel era and its transcontinental networks and systems. Today, this begs the question of which geographies will be influenced by the post-fossil fuel era.

In the debate on renewable energies and climate protection, the question of which new networks are required has steadily gained importance. In the process, it is becoming increasingly clear that the megastructures of the fossil fuel era cannot be substituted by a myriad of small, decentralised energy productions alone, as in the pre-fossil fuel era, but that megastructures per se must be reconsidered in an intelligent way. This geography of energy systems is not only a technological issue, but also an important factor for spatial development, whether on a small or a large scale.

The objective of the Summer School Energy Landscapes 3.0 is to analyse potential network geographies and concepts and their impacts on settlement structures in Europe.

We will thereby explicitly refer to a chronicle of utopian thought on a large scale – visionary ideas for new Energy Landscapes promulgated decades ago by Sörgel in 1928 with Atlantropa and Richard Buckminster Fuller with his World Game in 1972. The results of the summer school will be presented during the festival Über Lebenskunst at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

Studios and Supervisors
In its up to five design studios the participants of the International Summer School will work on the subjects of production, transport, storage, usage of energy. The focus will be on the resulting geographies. The studios will be under guidance of international experts from different fields – amongst others Charles Waldheim (Cambridge), Anuradha Mathur / Dilip da Cunha (Philadelphia and Bangalore), Stefan Tischer (Alghero), Theo Deutinger (Rotterdam) and Gunnar Hartmann (Dessau-Roßlau/Chur)

Excursion
8th to 16th June 2011 (optional)
During an optional excursion in advance the participants are going to investigate future energy architectures in Spain and Morocco under guidance of Prof. Stefan Tischer. There they'll visit Morroco's first solar park and learn more about local problems on site. As an optional offer the excursion costs 890 EUR each, including flights, accommodation and guided tours. It is laid out for a maximum of 12 participants.

Participation and fees
Students and post-graduate students of architecture, spatial planning, urban planning, art, design, energy and environmental technology, the environmental sciences, the social sciences, geography, philosophy etc. are invited to participate. Please use the online application form.
The application deadline for the International Summer School is 30th April 2011 – if you want to attend the excursion please apply before 1st April 2011.
Fee (Summer School): 250 EUR per person
Excursion (optional): 890 EUR per person