Nov 12 \u2013 Nov 13, 2026, 9:30 AM \u2013 8 PM<\/strong> Participation fee: museum admission (\u20ac12 per day; reduced rate \u20ac7; students and CCSA affiliates are admitted free of charge). In English<\/p>\n Architect Oswald Mathias Ungers would have celebrated his 100th birthday in 2026. Among his many achievements worth remembering\u2014especially at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, which he designed\u2014is the conference on architectural theory that he initiated at the Technical University of Berlin in 1967.<\/p>\n The 1967 conference emerged from discussions surrounding the establishment of what was intended to become the first chair of architectural theory at the Technical University of Berlin. To explore this question, Ungers brought together a group of potential candidates alongside established scholars and asked what architectural theory was\u2014and what role it could play within a faculty of architecture. In fact, the first chair of architectural theory at the Technical University of Berlin was not established until 1993. Despite considerable protest, the chair is being abolished in 2026.<\/p>\n Now, nearly sixty years after the original event, we will revisit and reread the 1967 conference while tracing the development of architectural theory up to the present day. This also means examining its omissions and blind spots. Which positions that were not represented at the time should be taken into account in light of what we know today?<\/p>\n The symposium is organized by the DAM \u2013 Deutsches Architekturmuseum and the CCSA \u2013 Center for Critical Studies in Architecture, generously supported by the W\u00fcstenrot Foundation and in collaboration with the DFG-funded Research Training Group Organizing Architectures<\/em>.<\/p>\n Generous support by the W\u00fcstenrot Foundation<\/p>\n SPEAKERS Joseph Bedford, Sarah Borree, Chris D\u00e4hne, Oliver Elser, Daniela Fabricius, Christiane F\u00fclscher, St\u00e9phane Gaessler, Frida Grahn, Hilde Heynen, Frederike Lausch, Hannah Le Roux, Hua Li, Cristina L\u00f3pez Uribe, Anna-Maria Meister, Daniela Ortiz dos Santos, Sol Perez Martinez, J\u00f6rg Pampe, Sascha Roesler, Carsten Ruhl, Gabrielle Schaad, Dirk Schubert, Kathrin Siebert, Tobias Freim\u00fcller, Theodora Vardouli, Macarena de la Vega de Le\u00f3n Gro\u00dfz\u00fcgig unterst\u00fctzt durch die W\u00fcstenrot Stiftung \u00a0<\/strong>9:00 Uhr (Museum \u00f6ffnet um 8:30 Uhr)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Opening remarks<\/strong> Session: The 1967 Conference in its Context<\/p>\n 9:15 Uhr<\/strong><\/p>\n Keynote: <\/strong>Vorsicht Architekturtheorie! (in English)<\/p>\n Daniela Fabricius, UPenn, Philadelphia<\/p>\n 10:00\u201312:30 Uhr <\/strong><\/p>\n Clustering \u201967<\/strong><\/p>\n Moderation session: Christiane Salge, TU Darmstadt \/ CCSA<\/em><\/p>\n Cluster 1 \/ Skepticism, Pessimism, Participation Cluster 2 \/ Architecture as Technology, Environment, and Process Cluster 3 \/ Towards a New Science Cluster 4 \/ Architectural Theory as Architectural History General discussion (30 minutes)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>12:30 Uhr<\/strong> Lunch break<\/p>\n Session: Missing Voices (I)<\/p>\n 13:30\u201315:30 Uhr<\/strong><\/p>\n Moderation session: Jorun Jensen, TU Darmstadt<\/em><\/p>\n Monica Pidgeon: Publications and Networks Frida Grahn, London South Bank University<\/p>\n Jane Jacobs: Her Influence on Germany Sybil Moholy-Nagy: Teacher and Critic General discussion (30 minutes)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>15:30 Uhr<\/strong> Coffee break<\/p>\n Session: Eyewitnesses of 1967<\/p>\n 16:00\u201317:30 Uhr<\/strong><\/p>\n J\u00f6rg Pampe, Berlin <\/strong>and others (tbc)<\/strong><\/p>\n 17:30 Uhr<\/strong> Break<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Session: Influences from the US and Italy<\/p>\n 18:00\u201320:00 Uhr<\/strong><\/p>\n Moderation session: N.N.<\/em><\/p>\n Architectural Theory in the United States before 1967 Ungers and His Connection to Italy General discussion (30 minutes)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a013 <\/strong>November 2026 \u2014 DAY 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Session: Missing Geographies (I) \u2013 Just Behind the Berlin Wall<\/p>\n 10:00\u201312:00 Uhr<\/strong><\/p>\n Moderation session: Christiane F\u00fclscher, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts \/ CCSA<\/em><\/p>\n German Democratic Republic (GDR) USSR: Architectural Theory in the 1960s. Engaging with Western European Debates<\/strong><\/p>\n St\u00e9phane Gaessler, University of Toronto, Toronto and Paris<\/p>\n China General discussion (30 minutes)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>12:00 Uhr<\/strong> Lunch break<\/p>\n Session: Missing Geographies (II) \u2013 Searching for New Directions in Theory<\/p>\n 13:00\u2013 15:30 Uhr<\/strong><\/p>\n Moderation session: Christine Hieb, TU Darmstadt \/ Organizing Architectures<\/em><\/p>\n Japan Australia South Africa Mexico General discussion (30 minutes)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>15:30 Uhr<\/strong> Coffee break<\/p>\n Session: Missing Voices (II) \u2013 Missing Perspectives<\/p>\n 16:00\u201318:00 Uhr<\/strong><\/p>\n Moderation session: N.N.<\/em><\/p>\n Ecology On Christopher Alexander On Alexander Mitscherlich General discussion (30 minutes)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>18:00 Uhr<\/strong> Conference ends<\/p>\n The symposium was organized by the ATK67 group jointly run by DAM \/ CCSA:<\/p>\n Sarah Borree, Kunstakademie D\u00fcsseldorf Location:<\/strong> Architect Oswald Mathias Ungers would have celebrated his 100th birthday in 2026. 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\nDAM-Auditorium<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nNo pre-registration required.<\/strong>
\nThe symposium has been accredited with 16 education credits by the Chamber of Architects and Urban Planners of Hesse (AKH)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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\n12. November 2026 \u2014 DAY 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nfor the CCSA: Frederike Lausch \/ Oliver Elser<\/p>\n
\nKey figures:<\/em> Achleitner, Burckhardt, Conrads, Posener, Rowe
\n<\/strong>Oliver Elser, DAM \/ CCSA<\/p>\n
\nKey figures:<\/em> Banham, Blake, Corboz, Feuerstein
\n<\/strong>Anna-Maria Meister, KIT Karlsruhe \/ Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence \u2013 Max Planck Institute \/ CCSA
\nFrederike Lausch, ENSA Grenoble \/ CCSA<\/p>\n
\nKey figures:<\/em> Janssen, Graf, Joedicke, Sekler, Stevens
\n<\/strong>Chris D\u00e4hne, TU Darmstadt \/ HfG Ulm Archives \/ CCSA<\/p>\n
\nKey figures:<\/em> Frampton, Hern\u00e1ndez, Vogt, Giedion
\n<\/strong>Daniela Ortiz dos Santos, Goethe University Frankfurt \/ CCSA
\nSarah Borree, Kunstakademie D\u00fcsseldorf \/ CCSA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Sol Perez Martinez, ETH Zurich<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Dirk Schubert, HCU Hamburg<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Hilde Heynen, KU Leuven<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Joseph Bedford, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Carsten Ruhl, Goethe University Frankfurt \/ CCSA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Kathrin Siebert, Zurich<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Hua Li, Southeast University School of Architecture, Nanjing<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Gabrielle Schaad, Zurich University of the Arts<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Macarena de la Vega de Le\u00f3n, ETSA Madrid<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Hannah Le Roux, University of Sheffield<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Cristina L\u00f3pez Uribe, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Sascha Roesler, USI Mendrisio<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>(Via Zoom:) Theodora Vardouli, McGill University, Montreal<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Tobias Freim\u00fcller, Fritz Bauer Institute, Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n
\nChris D\u00e4hne, TU Darmstadt \/ HfG Ulm Archives
\nChristina Clausen, TU Darmstadt \/ LOEWE project Architectures of Order
\n<\/em>Teresa Fankh\u00e4nel, DAM
\nOliver Elser, DAM
\nChristiane F\u00fclscher, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts
\nDaniela Grotz, LOEWE project Architectures of Order
\n<\/em>Jorun Jensen, DAM \/ TU Darmstadt
\nFrederike Lausch, ENSA Grenoble
\nAnna-Maria Meister, KIT Karlsruhe \/ Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence \u2013 Max Planck Institute
\nCarsten Ruhl, Goethe University Frankfurt
\nDaniela Ortiz dos Santos, Goethe University Frankfurt<\/p>\n
\nDeutsches Architekturmuseum
\nSchaumainkai 43
\n60596 Frankfurt am Main
\nContact: oliver.elser@stadt-frankfurt.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"