GOOGLE MAPS HACKHabitat Unit Research part of Simon Weckerts Performance The Berlin-based artist Simon Weckert used parts of Moritz Ahlert’s essay ›The Power of Virtual Maps‹ on his website to describe his performance ›Google Maps Hacks‹
Prize Goldener Büffel for 'St. Jacobi TESTament' Student work wins competition The student design which was part of the project 'On Commonå Grounds' (summerterm 2019) wins the first Goldener Büffel students competition
New Research Project SOLUTIONSplus Habitat Unit is happy to announce the start of a new research project: SOLUTIONSplus - Integrating Urban Electric Mobility Solutions in the Context of the Paris Agreement the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda (Horizon 2020, 2020 - 2024)
Call for Wits-TUB Urban Lab summer school scholarships for master students - 22-28 March 2020, Johannesburg
New Research Project Urban Change Maker Group Habitat Unit is happy to announce the start of a new Research Project: Urban Change Maker Group - Knowledge Sharing Facility on Urban Basic Services in the Context of Integrated Urban Development (2019-2021)
New Research Project Cities Alliance Habitat Unit announces the start of a new two-year research project on public goods and equitable urban development in the Global South.
NEW RESEARCH PROJECT PolyUrbanWaters Happy to announce the official start of the new research project PolyUrbanWaters sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, 2019 - 2025)
TEACHING PROGRAMME WS 2019/2020 Habitat Unit announces the teaching programme of the forthcoming summer semester 2020
Award: Die Schönsten Deutschen Bücher 2019 Our publication Moravia Manifesto is awarded as one of the 25 most beautiful german books of 2019 (selected from nearly 700 publications).
KICK-OFF WORKSHOP Urban-Rural Assembly (URA) Official start of the Sino-German joint research project Urban-Rural Assembly (BMBF, 2019 - 2024) in Huangyan-Taizhou, China
SUMMER SCHOOLSS 2019 Habitat Unit will host 3rd Joint Summer School of the Wits-TUB Urban Lab programme, with the focus on co-production of housing
NEW RESEARCH PROJECT Urban-Rural Assembly (URA) Happy to announce that Habitat Unit leads the new Sino-German research project Urban-Rural Assembly (URA) sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, 2019 - 2024)
Hartmut-Häußermann-Prize "Soziale Stadt" Christian Haid has been awarded the 2019 Hartmut Häußermann Prize "Soziale Stadt” for his monograph “City Life in Limbo – Globalizing Urban Informality and (In)Stabilites in Informal Practice”.
