„Collaged sites: between AGGLO and assemblage“ – Panel discussion, 19.03.2026, feldfünf in Metropolenhaus
What do Fresh Kill New York and the former Berlin wall have in common?
How to shift the agency of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design?
Framed by a three-day workshop “RE-ENTERING: FRESH / KILLS – Working with Assemblage in the Anthropocene” by ÉLAN Chair der TU Berlin, a pop-up exhibition on March 19th, 2026 investigates the human-made landscape of New York City’s former landfill site Freshkills and its integration into Staten Island neighborhoods.
As part of the exhibition, the research project „How do we AGGLO?“, led by bfstudio-architekten, was presented.
Benita Braun-Feldweg participated in the panel discussion, engaging in an open dialogue on linking AGGLO to Assemblage, from Berlin to New York, and exploring perspectives on how to co-create the city today.
Pop-Up Exhibition
Students’ projects, Theories and Methods of Landscape Architecture and Open Space Planning, MSc. Programs in landscape architecture and urban design, TU Berlin, Dr. Carolin Mees
Instructor Agglo Project, Paula Sommerfeldt and Arwa Alaaeldin, bfstudio-architekten, Berlin
Invited discussants:
Günter Barczik (Professor of Architecture, Erfurt University of Applied Sciences)
Benita Braun-Feldweg (Architect, bfstudio-architekten, Berlin) – via video
Lisa Diedrich (Professor of Landscape Architecture, Head of ÉLAN Institute of Designing Landscapes in the Anthropocene, Technical Unviersity Berlin)
Ulrike Poeverlein (Architect, Mussotter / Poeverlein architects, Berlin)
Lisa Reis (Research Associate, Institute Landscape Architecture, University Kassel)
Moderation:
Carolin Mees, (Architect, mees architecture, Berlin/ New York; Adjunct Professor, Parsons School of Design, New York; Visiting Associate Professor, Pratt Institute, School of Architecture, Brooklyn; Instructor, ÉLAN, Technical University Berlin