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Positions Netzwerk Zukunftsorte – the rise of pioneering rural third spaces

Founded in 2020, the Netzwerk Zukunftsorte e.V. association supports and connects people involved in rural, third-space rejuvenation projects. URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR sponsors the association. We interviewed its team to find out more about the underlying concept and their plans.

Positions The charm of the unfinished – or: just do it

Sometimes it is precisely the imperfect that makes something appear perfect. In architecture, there are clever approaches that play with the unfinished, the authentic or the minimalist and impress with their own aesthetics. A consideration.

Positions Wöltje’s World

Vacancy is a word that wants to be filled with relevance. With the “Happening Places”, Munich's idea architect Gregor Wöltje not only created exciting projects in the Bavarian metropolis, but also made lasting statements with them.

Positions Progressive Province: The future lies in the countryside

With rural exodus, vacancy and stagnation in daily life, what are the options? An interview with town planner, visionary and ex-journalist Frederik Fischer, who has been revitalising rural areas for years.

Positions Alain de Botton about the perfect holiday house

In this essay, the writer and philosopher Alain de Botton explains in an entertaining and pointed way what sense a vacation home makes, especially when seen as something other than pure vacation accommodation.

Positions Society. Powers. Design.

Shape and colour affect our sense of what looks good. Yet this means that design is far more than merely a stylistic device or a designer’s idea. It is also a response to social trends, which in their turn influence the further development.

Positions Socialist Holiday Dreams and Realities in the GDR

How vacations looked like and which vacation concepts and typologies the SED regime developed over the decades describes architectural historian Prof. Daniela Spiegel.

Positions Experimentation and perseverance: Living Architecture

In this interview, Mark Robinson reveals why the British initiative is still setting standards after more than 15 years, what exactly it is and why it is more than just ‘an affair’.

Positions Holidays. The best time of the year.

When did we actually start taking holidays? And how has the concept of ‘free’ time changed over the centuries? A short (cultural) history.

Positions Best of Modernism: Iconic Houses

For more than a decade the platform has been the guide par excellence to modern house museums worldwide. In this interview, founder Natascha Drabbe explains what else the network can accomplish.

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