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In the fall of 2005, bb22 was invited to take part in the anniversary exhibition of the Aedes Gallery in Berlin.  In the fall of 2006, we took part in 10th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice - La Biennale di Venezia and most recently our contribution in Venice will also be shown in Cologne in the KAP Forum.

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The typical "Stadtsalon" on Tuesday, 29. May 07 – the last Tuesday of an uneven month -

will be not be held.  However, we would like to invite everyone to attend an event in which we will also participate:

The Picknick - Round table discussions, art and theories of being "at home" - with party to follow:
1. bis 2. June 2007 - feel@home. A Picknick.

A Congress from Mattias von Hartz, Willy-Brandt-Platz, Director: Sibylle Baschung

Tuesday, 27. March 2007 - STADTSALON FRANKFURT
theme:  "Sharing - use together instead of to waste alone"...in Ideenlabor, Moselstr. 6a, Frankfurt.  Begin 8 pm; Entry 7:30 pm

The idea of the collective has long since been surpassed by extreme privacy and the individualistic cries of a society which proclaims that "I'm Okay / You're Okay".  However, between both of these attempts there are -- since forever and perhaps more -- sober attempts to organize one's daily life collectively, in a frictionless and unobstructed manner.  Some share a car, others an office space and still more share music through the internet.  Building cooperatives are formed and supermarket cooperatives are established.  Are these models for the future?  Is it all a question of ideology, economic efficiency or straight forward pragmatism?

15 January 2007 - OPENING - We are happy to announce that a part of the German exhibition from the International Architecture Exhibit in Venice will be shown from 15 January – 16 March in Cologne in KAP Forum.

We invite all to attend the opening at 7 pm: German Pavilion - CONVERTIBLE CITY - towards transformation and conversion in an urban environment.

TASTE IT + PASTE IT, click here for our contribution to the exhibit

tuesday, 28. november 2006 - STADTSALON FRANKFURT
theme :  Gender Roles: Masculine and feminine images in advertising

place: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt.  Begin 8 pm

Germany has a female chancelor. Two women in France and the USA could potentially gain political power. Almost everywhere in the western world women are entering into previously male dominated domains.  The media has mirrored this aspect of our society but also presents the extreme opposite. Gender clishees are presented along side much more "modern" images:  Tough and successful women and men take care of both their children and their skin.

Is there a clear division between masculine and feminine characteristics? Or, are we finding ourselves in a post modern jungle of indifferene; where everything is possible -- not only forward looking ideas, but also reactionary ones that require that women return the their true calling as described in the bible.

Tuesday, 26. September 2006 - STADTSALON FRANKFURT
theme:  International Architecture Exhibition in Venice

„stadt geht durch den magen“ - " the way to a cities heart is through it's stomach"

the Biennale in Venice provides a culinary and visual backdrop for this month's "stadtsalon".  We have the pleasure of presenting the exhibited works of 4 frankfurt architecture and urban planning offices represented in the German pavillion..

with the architects meixner / schlüter / wendt, index-architekten, schneider / schumacher and bb22 we will be able to exchange opinions, perceptions and Biennale experiences over a warm culinary offering.

10. September 2006 - OPENING- 10th INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXIBITION VENICE 2006: "Cities, Architecture and Society".  German Pavillion - CONVERTIBLE CITY - modes of densification and dissolving boundaries....

TASTE IT + PASTE IT, click here for our contribution to the exhibit

Under the title, "Convertible City“, the German Pavilion will exhibit projects exemplifying changes of use, infill and innovative interpretations of urban spaces.   This exploration shows how architecture and urban planning can initiate changes in the urban environment and locate differing potentials that have been and continue to be overlooked by traditional urban planning.

The 15th Stadtsalon (city-salon) presents strategies and processes of urban change under the term "Change Management".*

"In the end, the entire discipline of change management exists because there is a difference in how the affected react to change -- whether they support, suffer under or fight against change." *

* http://www.umsetzungsberatung.de/veraenderungsstrategie/change-motivation.php, 2005 Winfried Berner

more information on change management: http://home.att.net/~nickols/change.html

Are Megacities tumors and problem areas?  Or can they be seen as places which allow for new forms of living, solutions and even --- utopias?

Between uncontrolled and explosively growing agglomerations, we find informal organization stuctures that create interesting, alternative day to day models of living --.

february 2006 - PUBLICATION - GARTEN + LANDSCHAFT (garden + landscape magazine)
"The way to a city is through it's stomach; The urban action or participation renewal" (Stadt geht durch den Magen; Die urbane Aktion oder die Erneuerung der Partizipation)
Author: Martin Wilhelm  read the article (in german)

january 2006 - STADTSALON

our contribution to the exhibit:
based on a project executed through the architecture and planning of bb22 the quarter surrounding frankfurt’s central train station is perhaps considered the least reputable in the German Federal Republic – albeit wrongly. An extraordinary approach is required to initiate a masterplan capable of developing the qualities of the neighborhood while addressing resident attrition, vacancies, and showing speculators some teeth. The plan is not a plan at all, but instead, a collection of larger and smaller ideas that were exhibited together with a provocative model for the district in a specially rented shop.Our exhibition mirrors the approach characterized by the words: “the main thing is--something happens.”
SAVE THE BAHNHOFSVIERTEL is the game for the project:
(developed together with wemove digital solutions)
"The „Bahnhofsviertel“ (Train Station Quarter) of the 21st century is tough as nails. Dubious figures and shady characters populate the precinct. „Ruin-Roulette“ is the favorite game of the real estate sharks. Authorities responsible for law, order and building are at their wits end. They need you – as an urban pioneer, only you have mastered the art of camouflage. Choose one of the 15 „Professionals“ to be your district Superhero and pursue urban planning by other means! Your weapons are: Money, Power, Intelligence, Energy and Sex-Appeal. Will you lure more residents to the district? Can you survive in the Bahnhofsviertel? "

melanie bareuther, friedemann benrath, eva keller, aspasia maheras, sonja müller, felix nowak, sabine sameith, gunter schlief, jan schulz, martin wilhelm