Independent event: New European Bauhaus of the Seas co-design event

The ”Bauhaus of the Seas” was the first thematic network proposed in the context of the co- creation phase of the New European Bauhaus. The Bauhaus of the seas, as “marhaus” (literally “the sea as our home”) or “baumar” (“the sea as a space for creation and impact entrepreneurship”), aims to promote renewed ethical and aesthetic regenerative development from a widely diverse range of dimensions of our continued relationship with the sea. This network will involve fostering a school of interdisciplinary experimentation and entrepreneurship, bound to shape a generation of designers, architects, engineers, artists, managers, and scientists around sustainable design solutions for coastal regions and the sea.

Programme

9:00
Welcome
Beatrice Leanza
MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology
Nuno J. Nunes
Instituto Superior Técnico and Carnegie Mellon Portugal
“The Vision of the Bauhaus of the Seas”
Graça Fonseca
Minister of Culture Portugal
Manuel Heitor
Minister of Science and Higher Education Portugal

9:30
Greetings from the EU
Elisa Ferreira
Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, European Commission
Mariya Gabriel
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education, and Youth, European Commission

09:45
Introduction to the New European Bauhaus
Ruth Reichstein
Advisor at I.D.E.A. — the European Commission Presidential Advisory Board on Green Deal and New European Bauhaus
Miguel Figueira
Architect and Curator of the exposition

15mins Break

10:15-11:45
Panel: Developing the vision of a Bauhaus of the Seas I
Chairs: Markus Reynmann and Mariana Pestana

John Thakara
Writer, curator, event producer and visiting professor at Tongji University.
Angela Rui
Curator and researcher based in Milan, she taught at Polimi and Design Academy Eindhoven.
Dele Adeyemo
Architect, creative director, critical urban theorist and author of the The Cosmogony of (Racial) Capitalism design-led investigation.
Gillian Crampton-Smith
Pioneer of interaction designer from the Royal College of Art, Interaction Design Institute Ivrea and Iuav University of Venice.
Henk Ovink
Dutch special envoy to the United Nations and flood expert, appointed as the first Water Ambassador of the Netherlands.

11:45-13:00
Panel: Institutional Involvement
Chairs: Tiziana Lippiello, Paulo Soeiro de Carvalho

Luigi Brugnaro
Mayor of Venice
Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh
Mayor of Malmö
Rogério Colaço
Dean of Instituto Superior Tecnico
Tim van der Hagen
Rector of Delft University of Technology
Metta Fjelkner
Rector of Malmo University
Giorgio Metta
Scientific Director of Italian Institute of Technology
Alfredo Viglienzoni
Vice-Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Genova

Lunch Break — 13:00-14:00
(1h)

14:00-15:30
Panel: Developing the vision of a Bauhaus of the Seas II
Chairs: Mariana Pestana and Michela Magas

Andres Jaque
Architect, writer and curator. His work explores the role architecture plays in the making of societies.
Ezio Manzini
Italian design academic and author known for his work on design for social innovation and sustainability.
Kunlé Adeyemi
Architect, designer and development researcher whose works are internationally recognised for originality and innovation.
Margarida Mendes
Curator and researcher based in Lisbon. Exploring the overlap between cybernetics, ecology and experimental film
Pelle Ehn
Professor Emeritus, School of Arts and Communication, Malmö University.

15:30-16:45:
Roundtable Discussions

Roundtable 1

• Worldbuilding a more-than-human future:
  Exploring and envisioning new narratives with the seas
• Chair: Nik Baerten
• Rachel Armstrong, KULeuven
  Juan Diaz Bohorquez, Worldbuilding Institute Europe
  Thomas Pausz, Iceland University of the Arts

Roundtable 2

• Transformative Economies:
  Ecosocial Wellbeing and the Politics of Participation
• Chair: Ann Light
• Kristina Lindström, Unmaking Studio, Sweden
  Åsa Ståhl, Unmaking Studio, Sweden
  Julia Lohmann, Department of Seaweed, Finland
  Sean Ashworth, Help our Kelp, UK
  Lucas Tello Pérez, Zemos98, Spain

Roundtable 3

• Circular Economy for Coastal Regions:
  A sea of opportunities
• Chair: Paulo Ferrão
• Maria João Rodrigues — Director of Lisboa E-nova, Energy and Environment Agency of Lisbon
  João Teixeira — Presidente of Tratolixo
  Annik Magerholm Fet - Vice Rector of Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
  Han Brezet — Professor at AAU Aalborg University and Em. Professor at TU Delft
  Miguel Belló Mora — CEO of AIR Centre
  Christoph Reinhart — Director of Building Technology Program, MIT
  Edgar Hertwich, Head of Circular Economy at NTNU Sustainability

Roundtable 4

• Tech in Sustainable Development:
  Digital & Other Technologies for social good
• Chair: Catherine Mulligan
• Arianna Traviglia, Coordinator of the Center for Cultural Heritage Technology at Italian Institute of Technology
  Alessio Del Blue, Investigador principal PAVIS (Pattern Analyisis and computer VISion) at Italian Institute of Technology
  Katherine Foster, Director of Strategy of Open Earth Foundation (USA) and Social Alpha Foundation Fellow
  Flemming Mouridsen, Co-Founder STOFL
  Martin Charter, Director of The Centre for Sustainable Design at the University for the Creative Arts

Roundtable 5

• Design Education:
  How to evolve design education for a NEB
• Chair: James Auger
• Anthony Dunne — Parsons School of Design — The New School
  Alice Twemlow — Research Professor at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK)
  Arjun Harrison-Mann — Goldsmiths, University of London
  Lisa Grocott — Professor of Design at Monash U. and Director of WonderLab

16:45-17:15
Panel: Summary of Roundtable Discussions
Chairs: Jose Pedro Sousa and Mária Beňačková Rišková

Nik Baerten
Worldbuilding a more-than-human future
Ann Light
Collaborative Economies
Paulo Ferrão
Circular Economy for Coastal Regions
Catherine Mulligan
Tech in Sustainable Development
James Auger
Design Education

17:15
Closing Keynote
Paola Antonelli
Italian author, editor, architect, and curator. She is currently the Senior Curator of the Department of Architecture & Design as well as the Director of R&D at The Museum of Modern Art, New York City.

18:00
Closing
Chair: Nuno J Nunes

Fernando Medina
Mayor of Lisbon: Welcome to Lisbon as a Lighthouse City of the NEB
Cristina Messa
Italian Minister of University and Research