One chapter, one photo – part 4

Chapter four of "Bavarity" focuses on space for housing, illustrated in color photographs, some of which I specifically created for the book. In particular, this refers to the housing association project "wagnisART" in Munich. It was established by the wagnis housing association for its members only a few years ago and was designed by bogevischs buero, SHAG Schindler Hable Architekten, Ingenieurbüro EST, auböck/káráz and bauchplan. I had previously reported on this project and how it was planned and designed for the architectural press. In the summer of 2023 I revisited the housing complex and received friendly permission to use the new images in the book. Why housing associations, one might ask? I was interested in the way they facilitated participation within the planning and design of the project. As it turns out, this occurred similar to a game, with rules established and implemented by the designers and the users together – in a shared space and with the shared goal of creating sustainable and affordable urban housing. This can also be understood as a model for how to solve the housing crisis in Bavarian cities. In a very basic way, this refers to the "Right to the City" as French urbanist Henri Lefebvre conceptualized it. While writing the chapter, I realized that the logical next step would be to call for a "Right to Participation" in order to create and strengthen the capacity of urban dwellers for coping with crises of different types.

The chapter on space for housing was published in the book "Bavarity – Coping with Crisis in the Space of Building Culture" and is available from Springer Spektrum and all booksellers.