The future of building lies in a new Baukultur of Conversion. In view of social challenges such as climate change, scarcity of resources and the energy crisis, the cycle of perpetual demolition and new build must be broken.
The three focus topics of the Baukultur Report 2022/23, “Conversion of City and Land”, “Buildings and Infrastructures” and “Conversion – Rethinking”, deal with a new Baukultur of Conversion on the different levels of scale. The range extends from sustained conversion of our cities and issues relating to dealing with the existing building stock through to the necessary adaptation of construction methods and processes suitable for the future. Legal, economic, technological as well as social requirements are placed in relation to urgent fields of action. It is a matter of a new self-image of the building professionals, changing underlying conditions and a different view of building. We are at the beginning of a profound change in Baukultur.