Stop Demolition – Boost Renovation

The citizens’ initiative HouseEurope! is calling for a right to re-use for the built environment. Join the kick-off event with architect Arno Brandlhuber on 12th February at Tramsschapp in Luxembourg-City.

Programme

• Location : Tramsschapp (Luxembourg City) 
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• Language : EN, DE

— 18h30 Talk with Arno Brandlhuber (de/eng)

• Introduction by Prof. Florian Hertweck (University of Luxembourg)
• Talk with Prof. Arno Brandhuber (ETH Zurich, Architect and co-initiator of HouseEurope !) : Renovation instead of demolition.
• How relevant is renovation instead of demolition in cultural, ecological, and social terms?
• What impact does it have on architecture, its users, and the public?
• What has to be done to boost renovation?

— 19h00 "The Demolition Drama" (eng)

Excerpts from the film supporting the initiative

— 19h15 Roundtable (de/eng)

with Arno Brandlhuber and Florian Hertweck :

• Lee Franck, Carbon and Circularity Consultant, LEEN
• Thecla Kisch, Ecological Building Consultant, Oekozenter Pafendall
• Philippe Nathan, Architect, 2001
• Paul Ewen, Letzebuerger Denkmalschutz Federatioun
• Bruno Renders, Directeur General DCEC / IFSB
• Blanche Weber, President Mouvement Ecologique

— 20h15 Patt

Partners

• Citizens for Ecological Learning and Living a.s.b.l., Luxembourg-City
• Cultures of Assembly (COA), Esch-sur-Alzette
• National Centre for Industrial Culture (CNCI), Esch-sur-Alzette
• Institut national pour le patrimoine architectural (INPA), Luxembourg-City
• Lëtzebuerger Denkmalschutz Federatioun (LDF), Luxembourg-City
• Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), Esch-sur-Alzette
• Luxembourg Center for Architecture (LUCA), Luxembourg-City
• Mouvement écologique, Luxembourg-City
• Oekozenter Pafendall, Luxembourg-City
• Ordre des Architectes et Ingénieurs-Conseil (OAI), Luxembourg-City
• University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette