Re:future Lab

Now open! Exhibition „What if the Ocean Were a City“ of Designer Rasa Weber in cooperation with re:future lab, Matter of Activity Cluster of Excellence at Humboldt University Berlin, and ON WATER PARCOURS of Berlin University Alliance.

Come and explore what lies beneath the surface and the water.

Until 16 May, 2025
Tue - Sat, 12 pm - 6 pm
re:future lab
Reinbeckstr. 32, 12459 Berlin



Photos: Michael Pfisterer and re:future lab

In the Monopol podcast „Fantasiemuskel“, re:future lab founder Madeleine Schwinge spoke with Friedrich von Borries and Dr. Torsten Fremer about fragility, the courage to make mistakes and how art can help challenge the status quo and develop alternatives to the present. (In German).

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Fantasiemuskel - Kunst trifft Wirtschaft
Episode #29

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Last week, , founder of the re:future lab, was invited to mit:twoch talk, a series by RRRArchitects. She gave a talk and discussed with the architects how to re-generate and re-world, about possible futures in museum architecture and what this has to do with systemic contexts and the principles of ‚creative intelligence’.

RRRArchitecture is a platform for an international network of specialists, architects, developers, engineers, publicists, economists, and scientists. Founded by Muck Petzet, they work together in project-specific teams to develop and implement solutions and strategies for various clients.

REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE. We all know the 3Rs, symbolized by the three arrows in the ubiquitous recycling symbol. The RRR system, or "waste pyramid," was developed to provide clear guidelines and a hierarchy of strategies in waste management. In this system, Reduce, or avoid, is always the best option. The second is Reuse as much and as long as possible. Recycle is seen as a last resort, an option to be used only when reuse is not possible.

With his German Pavilion at the 13th Architecture Exhibition Biennale di Venezia in 2012, Muck Petzet introduced this system into the context of architecture: Could there be a similar "truth" in dealing with existing architecture? Is the best intervention also the least intervention? Is the hierarchy of strategies of avoidance, reuse and recycling applicable to the transformation strategies of existing buildings? The exhibition defined existing architecture and its embodied potential as a crucial resource for our future and promoted an affirmative attitude and a new understanding of the role of architects.

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🎙HOLITOPIA 2023, Symbiotic Politics.
Curated by Madeleine Schwinge
Moderated by Kimberly Bradley

How do you feel after the first landmark edition of HOLITOPIA? 💨

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re:future lab brings a super-culture shift to innovative companies, creative industries and art institutions that feel hamstrung by over-standardized process and solutions. Our strength lies in our ability to fuse the most vanguard discourse and practice in art, design and architecture with futurology, science and technology.
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Photo credit. The robotic dreams of an old decommissioned pink robot.

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