Conference Programme

Thursday, November 20
Language: English

09:00 – 09:30
Registration and Coffee

09:30 – 10:00
Welcome Address
Christian von Wissel (Urban Theory, School of Architecture, City University of Applied Sciences Bremen HSB): SoilCities

Session 1 — A Comprehensive Vision of Soil for Cities

10:00 – 10:35
Ignacio Farías (Urban Anthropology, Institute for European Ethnology, Humboldt University of Berlin): Elemental Urbanism: Engaging the Terrestrial in City Making

10:35 – 10:50
Break

10:50 – 11:25
Alan Vergnes (Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry): Urban Soil Biodiversity, insights from the BISE project and the Importance of Changing Perceptions

11:25 – 12:00
Silke Cram (University Program for Interdisciplinary Soil Studies, PUEIS, National Autonomous University of Mexico): Ecosystem values of Urban soils: the example of the university campus of UNAM in Mexico City

12:00 – 13:00
Panel Discussion
Conceptualizing Soil as Multifunctional Natural Body and Urban Agent
Ignacio Farías, Alan Vergnes and Silke Cram in conversation with Daniel Orellana (LlactaLAB – Sustainable Cities, University of Cuenca, Ecuador). Moderator: Christian von Wissel

13:00 – 14:00
Lunch

Session 2 — Soil-Sensitive Cities, Public Spaces and Buildings

14:00 – 14:35
Jasper Meya (Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, Senator for Environment, Climate and Science of Bremen):
Urban Soil Strategies: Bremen’s Soil Sealing Cadastre and Biodiversity Strategy

14:35 – 15:10
Boris Rewald (Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University of Brno): Rooted Realities: A Soil-Centric Agenda for Urban Arboriculture

15:10 – 15:45
Hannes Schwertfeger (Partner at bureau baubotanik, Stuttgart):
Minimal Invasive Architecture

15:45 – 16:00
Break

16:00 – 17:00
Panel Discussion
Introducing Living Soils in Architecture, Urban Design and Planning
Jasper Meya, Boris Rewald and Hannes Schwertfeger in conversation with Daniela Konrad (Sustainable Construction in Urban Contexts, HSB) and Cyrus Zahiri (Open and Public Space Design, HSB), Moderator: Christian von Wissel

17:00 – 17:30
Break

17:30 – 19:00
Keynote Lecture
Jana Crepon (Landscape Architect, Partner at Inside Outside, Amsterdam): Living Soils – Translating Ecological Thinking into Design Practice

Friday, November 21
Language: German

09:30 – 10:00
Registration

Session 3 — Concrete Measures for Soil-Sensitive Cities and Soil Literacy

10:00 – 10:35
Ingo Vetter (Fine Art, Sculpture, University of the Arts Bremen HfK) and Michelle Howard (Socio-ecological Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna): FERALcatalyst. Ecological renewal along the central railway corridor through Düsseldorf 

10:35– 11:10
Facundo Lucas (Campus-Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainable Land-use, Georg-August University of Göttingen): SoilScape. Raising Awareness on the Importance of Soils through innovative Communication Strategies

11:10 – 11:45
Jana Schlicht and Pauline Wichmann (Sustainability and Societal Design, University of Applied Sciences for Societal Design, Koblenz): Abflastern. A Competition for Unsealing and Reimagining Urban Surfaces

11:45 – 12:00
Break

12:00 – 13:00
Panel Discussion
Unearthing Awareness: Making Soil Visible in the Urban Mindscape
Ingo Vetter, Facundo Lucas, Jana Schlicht and Pauline Wichmann in conversation with Verone Stillger (Landscape Architecture, Hochschule Osnabrück). Moderator: Valentina Rojas Loa (HSB)

13:00 – 14:00
Lunch

14:30 – 16:00
Visit to the urban gardening project “Ab Geht die Lucie!” on a partly desealed square within the city of Bremen with Katharina Müller (KulturPflanzen e.V., Project Coordinator from “Ab geht die kleine Lucie!”).

Lucie-Flechtmann-Platz, 28199 Neustadt-Bremen