Cluster for Sustainable Cities, UK

21/08/2021

… on 25 August: my keynote address for “Haligi V: Engage” in Manila, presented by the National University - College of Architecture in partnership with United Architects of the Philippines and the Architecture Student Council (via Zoom and Facebook live stream).
The places where we live, work, and play are an integral part of our well-being and happiness. Likewise, the quality of the places we inhabit—where we form bonds and a sense of community heavily affects our satisfaction and outlook in life. What are the opportunities for architecture and architects to engage?
To register, kindly click this link:

Date: AUGUST 25, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00PM Title: HALIGI V - ENGAGE(Presented by: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY) Speakers: Ar. Dan Lichauco Ar. Cathy Saldana - Siegel Ar. Maria Cynthia Funk Dr. Steffen Lehmann Ar. Jonathan Irawan NOTE: By filing-up the form below, you agree and allow the organizer to use partic...

22/12/2020

I am extremely excited that my latest book "Trans-Atlantic Engagements" has just been released by ORO Editions.
It demonstrates the historically significant contribution German-educated architects have made and continue to provide to US architectural education, which frequently brings about a cultural change in design thinking and pushes the limits of sustainable design.
- What a wonderful way to start the New Year!
Wishing you all Merry Christmas!

The book has a preface by Peter Bosselmann (UC Berkeley) and Alexander Eisenschmidt (Chicago). 220 pages.
Publisher: ORO Editions, San Francisco, 2021.

The book traces the history, impact and contribution of pedagogical concepts of German-educated professors of architecture at schools in the United States. It makes a contribution to the understanding of architectural education in the US and its historical cross-fertilization with German educational concepts at large. The ideals of the Bauhaus shaped more than just design and architecture around the world; its guiding principles and pedagogy transformed design teaching. The study examines how the model has evolved over the last eighty years, features conversations with selected educators, and explores what the legacy of Gropius and Mies van der Rohe means for educational strategies and design teaching today.

Dr. Michael J. Monti, Executive Director of the ACSA, Washington, D.C., said “There is a need for more analytical histories of architectural pedagogy to advance the understanding of how to educate the next generation of architects, and the ACSA endorses this book. It investigates the influence of German educators on US architecture schools and on architectural pedagogy over the last eighty years, featuring profiles and interviews with current professors; it explores how two pivotal German architects and educators—Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Ludwig Hilberseimer—influenced contemporary educational strategies and shaped their relevance.”

For more information:
https://books.google.com/books/about/Transatlantic.html?id=q0l_zQEACAAJ

06/12/2020

New book available for preorder - in time for Christmas!

"Informality through Sustainability.
Urban Informality Now"

Edited By Antonino Di Raimo, Steffen Lehmann, Alessandro Melis, Routledge 2021, 420 pages

Table of Contents:
Preface David Turnbull

Introduction Antonino Di Raimo, Steffen Lehmann and Alessandro Melis

Part 1
Part 1. Introduction - What does Informality have to say to Architecture?: Decolonising the Enquire and the Enquirer - Antonino Di Raimo
Chapters 1-8

Part 2
Part 2. Introduction - Informality as a Mode of Sustainability - Steffen Lehmann
Chapters 9-16

Part 3
Part 3. Introduction - Informal Behavior as a Form of Community Resilience - Alessandro Melis
Chapters 17-25

https://www.routledge.com/Informality-through-Sustainability-Urban-Informality-Now/Raimo-Lehmann-Melis/p/book/9780367354770?fbclid=IwAR1qIUHiArZVGR8ZWZi9HJZ2YTb0hrPiSX6JMYJ6KWV9BN_RMOXrePQU16o

Informality through Sustainability explores the phenomenon of informality within urban settlements and aims to unravel the subtle links between informal settlements and sustainability. Penetrating its global profile and considering urban informality through an understanding of local implications, th...

07/11/2019

... my new book 'Urban Regeneration: An Urban Manifesto' (Palgrave, London, 2019) is now available.

It explores 13 case studies of excellent urban regeneration projects in UK cities, and identifies 10 key strategies for regenerating our existing cities (the Manifesto part). The book is supported and endorsed by the Academy of Urbanism and ARUP. --Thank you!

A great present for Christmas! It's available as paperback and e-book, and can be ordered at all bookshops, or online:

https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030047108

11/03/2019

... the first paperback copies of my new book arrived. “Urban Regeneration. A Manifesto” (Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2019), endorsed by the Academy of Urbanism and Arup.

16/02/2019

... very happy that my new book on 'Urban Regeneration' is printed and will be launched next week!

This new authored book published by Palgrave Macmillan (London, 2019) will be available from March 2019 on.
It's a bold urban manifesto how to transform cities and regenerate them with a 10-step guide and case studies from the UK. Learning points can be transferred to other cities.
See for more information here: https://lnkd.in/dj9BEVM

26/11/2018

... wonderful news, our international research proposal 'PlastiCity' on urban plastic waste recycling was selected for EU-funding (Euro 6 mill). This was almost 2 years in the pipeline.

The University of Portsmouth, Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries are proud to share the success of PlastiCity, a research project co-lead by Professor Steffen Lehmann.

30/08/2018

... online piece for Brighton's urban regeneration: 'Growing Our Living City', read it here:

https://www.thelivingcoast.org.uk/news/growing-our-living-city

03/08/2018

... public forum at Brighton & Hove with questions from the floor. Co-creation of a shared Urban Vision 2030 and community engagement in action.