Germany
Exhibition "Planning tomorrow's church in dialogue. Spaces of possibility in the Roderbruch"
A group of 17 architecture, art history and theology students from Hildesheim, Berlin, Leuwen (Belgium), Göttingen, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe held two weekend workshops with the congregation at the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Centre in Hanover in November 2019 and January 2020 under the direction of Kersin Gothe (urban planning), Jan Hermelink (theology) and Gerlad Klahr (architect, Prinzmetal office). Together they developed new concepts for the building and the church's work. This resulted in an exhibition and a publication. The following students worked on this project: Charlotte Ardui, Ina Baeteman, Sofija Bakanova, Clara Blum, Mario Gellrich, Rebekka Gottwald, Patrick Kellner, Johanna Klumpe, Stefan Knapmeyer, Caroline Krüger, Sascha Maskow, Arne Meyer, Lea Müller, Kristina-Maria Redeker, Simon Reinecke, Gunnar Schulz-Achelis, Linda Wirth.
Exhibition "Curse and blessing. Church buildings in transition" ( Museum of Building Culture NRW)
Organised by "Das M:AI - Museum für Architektur und Ingenieurkunst NRW", the exhibition "Curse and Blessing. Churches of post-war modernism" was shown. The exhibition focussed on the significance of modern church buildings and how to deal with their vacancies. The exhibition was accompanied by the publication "Fluch und Segen. Church buildings in transition". The exhibition was curated by Ursula Kleefisch-Jobst, Peter Köddermann and Karen Jung. For copyright reasons, the exhibition cannot be shown here, but the publication accompanying the exhibition can.
Land and people. The church in our village
The exhibition is the result of a competition organised by the Wüstenrot Foundation. The aim was to find examples of how churches, monasteries and other buildings in an ecclesiastical context can continue to exist as central locations and meeting places in small communities with new concepts for modified or expanded use. The following publication accompanied the exhibition.