Name: Democratic Design – #3 Democracy and Urban Form
Start: 2025-12-12T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-12-12T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Aedes

$Democratic Design \u2013 #3 Democracy and Urban Form$

The third Lab Talk in the Aedes programme features a keynote by renowned sociologist Richard Sennett.
About this Event

Richard Sennett’s talk delves into how cooperation as a practical, learnable skill reflects the premise of Democratic Design and how architectural design and urban planning processes, spaces and networks can strengthen democratic participation. Richard Sennett also draws on insights from his current book, and engages in a dialogue with the protagonists of the exhibition. More

PROGRAMME

Welcome

Dunya Bouchi, Partner, Aedes, Berlin

Keynote

Richard Sennett, Sociologist/Author, London/New York

Q&A

With the audience and the the protagonists of the exhibition

Followed by the opening of the Aedes exhibition Democratic Design – Space for Cooperation, Collaboration and Compromise

About Democratic Design

In Democratic Design – Space for Cooperation, Collaboration and Compromise, Aedes explores how architecture, planning processes and public spaces can foster democratic engagement and social cohesion – both more urgent than ever in times of profound societal uncertainty. The programme consists of an exhibition, a series of four Lab Talks and a catalogue featuring contributions from practitioners in Berlin, Germany and across Europe, selected through an open call in collaboration with European architecture centres.

At the core of Democratic Design are democratic planning processes and the spaces they create. The presented projects amplify marginalised voices, encourage participation and inspire collective visions for the future. Dialogue and exchange are essential conditions for democracy, cultivating the ability to accept differing viewpoints and to compromise – the very foundations of democratic culture. More

Democratic Design is made possible through the generous support of the Berlin Capital Cultural Fund (Hauptstadtkulturfonds) and additional support from the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS.