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This Reimagine Session is a side event of the Festival of the New European Bauhaus. We aim to spark discourse and inspire action to support communities at the heart of climate action policies. This panel explores innovative post-industrial projects which place sustainability, culture, heritage, and aesthetics at their heart, as a way of reimagining a new future for these places.

The Zollverein Foundation will present “the most beautiful coal mine in the world”, a major industrial complex in Germany that is now a World Heritage Site. We will also hear from Urbane Künste Ruhr about the Emscherkunstweg project, which is both creating an art trail that follows the Emscher river and restoring back to a near-natural state this industrialised channel through a coal-mine region. Finally, members of Ireland’s peatlands communities will share their journey so far and their aspirations for the future. By hearing from impressive and inspiring examples of post-industrial renewal, we wish to provide space to consider how our peatlands communities in transition can benefit and even thrive.

This Session will be facilitated by Hans Zomer, CEO of Global Action Plan, an environmental organisation which has been a key partner in the Irish Architecture Foundation’s Workers’ Villages programme.

Communities in Transition – Reimagining Place, Communities and Climate Action
Image: Zollverein World Heritage Site. Photo by Jochen Tack, courtesy of the Zollverein Foundation.

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Event Type(s) Talks & Debates
Admission / Cost FREE
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Irish Architecture Foundation

About Established in 2005, the Irish Architecture Foundation (IAF) is an independent organisation dedicated to the promotion of architecture as culture. We encourage people to engage with their built environment, to inspire new ways of thinking about architecture. We truly believe architecture has the power to improve the way we live and how we think about our built environment. By bringing people together from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, we can create a more inclusive conversation that will inspire a better-built environment for everyone.

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