As part of a joint funding application with the Bezirk Charlottenburg, in 2022 the TU will be realising a 1000m2 pavilion on the campus to provide an impulse for visitors and to facilitate more interaction between the university and the city. The museum should become an innovative communication and exhibition space, that can provide space for an open trans-disciplinary dialogue between science, art and society as an embodiment of the principles of citizen science. In WiSe 19-20 a series of design studios from different disciplines produced the first ideas for the project. This was followed up in SoSe 21 by a joint studio from NBL and FG DE/CO, which distilled key themes and architectural motives into four strong ideas for the project to move into the planning stage.

Just 1/3 of Germany’s timber harvest annually would provide enough raw material to cover all domestic new construction. Berlin is expanding at an unprecedented rate and there is an increasing awareness that building with timber is the only solution to the housing crisis that can also allow Germany to meet the targets of the Paris agreement.