Nov 27, 2023
Creative approach for social coexistence: TUD-WISSENSARCHITEKTUR cooperation project with the city of Weißwasser receives funding award
The socio-cultural centre on the Telux site in Weißwasser has established itself as a meeting place for young and old in the region. With the expertise of a research team from WISSENSARCHITEKTUR/TU Dresden, the aim is to open up new potential uses.
The socio-cultural centre TELUX in Weißwasser is being reorganised with the help of researchers from TU Dresden. "InnoCulture Telux" - a cooperation project between WISSENSARCHITEKTUR - Laboratory of Knowledge Architecture and the city of Weißwasser - has been awarded a funding prize of 145,000 euros in the "simul+Kreativ" competition. The project was selected from over 500 ideas submitted and received the prize as a "contribution to the revitalisation of social interaction and a creative approach to new regional forms of living and working, taking into account digitalisation, creative industries and culture".
25,000 euros for scientific expertise
The TELUX Socio-Cultural Centre (SKZ), which is run by the Mobile Youth Work and Socio-Culture Association, was built in 2017 on the site of the old Telux factory, an important glass production site with a 100-year history. Since then, it has impressively established itself as a centre for youth work, creative-technical activities (3D printing, CNC milling, laser cutting) and cultural events with a diverse programme (theatre, concerts, dance, cinema, markets) both regionally and locally as well as in contact with partners outside the region. The centre offers activities for all generations and is an important place of participation and identification for the city and region.
The idea of "InnoCulture Telux" is to further develop the construction and content of the local socio-cultural centre with expert support from WISSENSARCHITEKTUR - Laboratory of Knowledge Architecture, for which the research group will receive 25,000 euros of the prize money.
Utilisation concept, feasibility study and networking
Extensions and conversions are now planned for the "Hafenwerkstatt" building. To ensure that this is optimally organised and in line with a thematic vision, a team from WISSENSARCHITEKTUR will work with the SKZ to shape the utilisation concept and evaluate the necessary construction measures and costs in a feasibility study.
The element of participation is also essential to the WISSENSARCHITEKTUR concept: network meetings will be held with existing and future partners from the fields of education/science and business in order to gather feedback and coordinate the joint use of the building during the construction work.
"simul⁺Kreativ - The hands-on competition for vibrant regions"
"simul⁺Kreativ - The hands-on competition for vibrant regions" was created in the simul⁺InnovationHub of the Saxon State Ministry for Regional Development. Associations, companies, cities and municipalities with their cooperation partners from all over Saxony can take part with their creative contributions to lively development in their regions. The competition is organised by the Sächsische Landeskuratorium Ländlicher Raum e. V. and financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament.
About WISSENSARCHITEKTUR - Laboratory of Knowledge Architecture
The WISSENSARCHITEKTUR - Laboratory of Knowledge Architecture is an interdisciplinary think-tank conducting research, design, and consultation at the intersection of design and social sciences. Our lab explores the multiple cross-links between environmental structures (spaces, buildings, cities), and knowledge processes (innovation, creativity, co-operation). To investigate knowledge dynamics in space, we create visualisation and modelling tools, and apply them in academic training as well as in professional practice.
WISSENSARCHITEKTUR – Laboratory of Knowledge Architecture