OpenFactory

How can the design of buildings support climate-sensitive ways of urban living?#

OpenFactory is to create a space for shared discourse across scientific, academic and public audiences, which is — at the same time — an open-source workshop as well as a meeting point for events, neighbourhood gatherings, work meetings and participatory actions.

As a “Reallabor”,the structure is envisaged as a place of possibilities: demonstrating the substantial potential of existing buildings for reuse, critically assessing pursuits of “completion” as an outdated concept, calling into question currently existing concepts of comfort, as well as conventional constructive and technical measures for realized existing buildings.

The OpenFactory will not only become a physical location, but also a Living Lab — a space of and for transdisciplinary experimentation — which will work with students and community groups and pursue research on simple and robust structures, as well as resource-efficient materials.