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News:

Urban Design: Public Domain, Political Tool or Consumer Choice. New Forms of Segregation in Istanbul panel discussion, 10th International Istanbul Biennale, November 3, 2007, 3pm - 6pm, KAHEM Kadiköy

City of Collision—Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism exhibition, 10th International Istanbul Biennale, September–November 2007

Design and Power—The political meaning of everyday design practice panel discussion, March 2007, HIL D Foyer, ETH Zurich

City of Collision—Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism exhibition, March 2007, HIL D Foyer, ETH Zurich

Victims, Weapons or Mediators? Transformations in the relationship between contemporary cities and conflict panel discussion, September 2006, Akademie der Künste Berlin

City of Collision—Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism book launch, September 2006, Akademie der Künste Berlin

Cities of Collision international conference, Van Leer Institute Jerusalem, 2004

Silent Conversations video installation, in "Territories", Konsthal Malmö, 2004

Mapping Conflict trilateral student workshop, Jerusalem, 2004

Spaces of Conflict trilateral student workshop, Berlin, 2003

Spaces of Conflict trilateral student workshop, Jerusalem, 2003





Grenzgeografien


Research on Conflict Urbanism
Grenzgeografien (Border Geographies) is a platform for intercultural research, publications, and public discourse. Run by Philipp Misselwitz and Tim Rieniets, Grenzegeografien investigates the production and use of urban space in conditions of conflict and spatial division. Through the close study of specific situations and everyday practices, a greater understanding is achieved of the general principles of urban conflicts. Research projects have included studies of Jerusalem and Berlin, bringing together European and Mideastern partners, institutions, international researchers, planners, architects, artists, as well as students with the aim of opening new perspectives on the subject. The results of Grenzgeografien's major research project on Jerusalem (2003–2006) formed the basis for the publication City of Collision - Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism (Birkhäuser Verlag, 2006).

Grenzgeografien collaborates with ETH Zurich (Professorship Kees Christiaanse), Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) , Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem and the International Peace and Cooperation Centre Jerusalem (IPCC).

Grenzgeografien is supported by funds from the Allianz Cultural Foundation, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the DAAD, and other partners.



contact


Philipp Misselwitz
mail: misselwitz[at]studio-uc.net
phone: +49 177 4107168 (Germany), +90 533 5818020 (Turkey)

Tim Rieniets
mail: rieniets[at]arch.ethz.ch
phone: +41 79 8164150 (Switzerland)

Professorship for Architecture and Urban Design
ETH Hönggerberg, HIL H 47.2
CH - 8093 Zurich