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Walking Green Fingers to create Awareness for Climate-Resilience: Videos online
Watch the interview on our project “Productive. Sustainable. Lively. Green fingers for climate-resilient Osnabrück”, funded by BMBF, online: https://www.nachhaltige-zukunftsstadt.de/im-gespraech/henrik-schultz/ (© Gröschel Branding, Berlin …
Presenting “Paths lead to Landscapes” in Munich
Börries von Detten and I presented our study on paths trough Munich´s Green belt (November 13, Munich) and discussed our findings with experts from the region. One conclusion was that working co-creatively on the green spaces between the municipalities is key to qualifying quality of life in the city region. A resilient network of […]
Symposium in Munich on Paths and Landscapes
Landscapes are made through walking and paths. Börries von Detten and Henrik Schultz present their ideas for a new concept of landscape paths for Munich´s green fringe and discuss their findings with experts form Vienna, Frankfurt and the region of Mun…
Transformative Science Walk in Osnabrück
The third walk through the “green fingers” of Osnabrück, backbones of the climate-resilient city of the future, took place September 28 and brought together a diverse group of stakeholders. Representatives of associations, politicians, farmers and citizens walked the green fingers for five hours and discussed challenges, talents and ideas for the future. “A good mixture. […]
Walk with me! How walking inspires designing
The new book “Design Research for Urban Landscapes” is out there now! It addresses in particular PhD Students and advisors telling success stories of integrating design research into PhDs. My chapter “Walk with me! How walking inspire…
Urban Landscapes in Motion: Join book launch August 27!
I am thrilled to be part of the book launch Design Research for Urban Landscapes featuring a keynote of Prof. Dr. Ottmar Ette presenting his thoughts on “science on the move”, based on his extensiv research on Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859). The book can seen as a translation of Humboldt´s´s findings into contemporary design research. Design […]
Save the Date: Book launch “Design Research for Urban Landscapes – Theories and Methods”
A team of Studio Urbane Landschaften will introduce the new book “Design Research for Urban Landscapes – Theories and Methods”, on August 27, 2019 at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. We are especially proud to announce the expert on science …
First Finger-Walk in Osnabrück
A vital part of the research project “Produktiv. Nachhaltig. Lebendig. Grüne Finger für eine klimaresiliente Stadt” are walks with different groups of people through Osnabrücks so called “Green Fingers”. On May 18 members of the “Bürgerbeirat” walked the green finger Sandbachtal and discussed perceptions, identified relevant questions and found ideas for the future of one […]
Walking – ways to intervene and creatively disturb
In my talk “Interventionen. Produktive Störung und Kommunikationsanlass” at RWTH Aachen (May 13) I presented my thoughts on walking as means to creatively disturb everyday practices. RWTH is working together with the City of Aachen on a walkability-project and focussing on urban interventions to tackle the associated transformation of public space. Referring to my own […]
Talk in Halle: Multilocality and urban-rural meshworks
In my talk „Das Land als Sphäre der Verortung einer multilokalen Gesellschaft?“ during the conference “Gutes Leben auf dem Land” (July 5, 2018) I presented my thoughts on new interdependencies between urban and rural spaces initiated through new forms of being “en route”. I understand multilocality as a result of structural necessity, action capacity and […]
Speaking at Urban Future Global Conference 2018, Vienna
How can we sustainably transform cities? How could a landscape strategy look like? Henrik will present his findings on co-creative, strategic approaches in the session „Building sustainability“ at 2018 Urban Future Global Conference in Vienna. In this context he will present the brand new broschure of the project „Perspektivplan Freiburg“, together with Oliver Seidel, cityförster. […]
The power of paths. Talk at LASIE-Congress in Munich.
I presented the findings from our project “Concept for paths and landscape perception in Munich’s greenbelt” at the LASIE-Congress. Walking the green belt with different groups of stakeholders revealed talents and challenges. Walking Workshops helped t…
Innovation walks for LEAD Academy
Last Friday I sent twenty participants of the LEAD Academy on their ways to explore their innovation strategies while walking Berlin. The newly formed Office For Applied Intuition (OFAI) ran a training course “Intuition+Ratio=Innovation”. I designed and facilitated walks fostering movement as crucial part of innovation processes. “One of the most inspiring trainings I´ve ever […]
Inspiring first Walking Workshop in Munich
On May 16, 30 people from the North of Munich met 30 international landscape experts from “LeNotre Landscape Forum” and walked Munich´s open spaces together. I came up with a route and introduced a set of rules (to walk in silence, to keep ten steps distance…) to inspire an intense engagement with the urban landscape. […]
Engaging and Metaphors: Inspiring debate about co-creative projects in Leuven
On April 20, in Leuven, Belgium, I presented my experiences with successful co-creative planning projects to researchers and project developers of the Department Omgeving of Vlaanderen – and we had a great discussion on the role of walking, engagement and metaphors in those projects. It became clear that it is crucial to creatively implement the […]