PROGRAMME

09.00 – 17.00 

POWER TO RENOVATION: A QUESTION OF VALUES (2024)

FILM SCREENING

Every minute, a building in Europe is demolished. By the end of this documentary, 37 more will be gone—along with the stories, energy, and memories they hold. This film tells the story of HouseEurope!, a European Citizens’ Initiative aiming to make renovation faster, cheaper, and easier while stopping the cycle of demolition and reconstruction. Through expert insights and real-life examples, the film reveals how demolition wastes homes, jobs, energy, and memories, while showcasing renovation as a proven, sustainable alternative. This is more than saving buildings—it’s about rethinking our value system, preserving what already exists, and pushing for EU laws to make renovation the new norm.

Author and Director: Olaf Grawert
Team: Severin Bärenbold, Lukas Fischötter, Josiane Schmidt
Renovation Story: KLEIBURG DE FLAT (2024) by Charis Gersl, Jule Jünger, Julia Tanner
Footage Urania: INTERFERENCES (2024) by Giovanni Pedrini
Contributors: Ann Pettifor, Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Joanna Kusiak, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Reinier de Graaf, Oana Bogdan, Barbara Metz, Anne Lacaton, Jean-Philippe Vassal, Ruth Schagemann, Thomas Bernauer

Language: EN

10.30 – 11.15 

CHARLOTTE MALTERRE-BARTHES

POWER TO RENOVATION

As a non-profit organisation and policy lab, HouseEurope! advocates for a social and ecological transformation of the construction industry. How can the European Citizens’ movement make renovation and transformation of the existing building block more easy, affordable and socially including?

Charlotte Malterre-Barthes (FR): Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Moderator: Naima Callenberg (SE), Lecturer, Chalmers School of Architecture

Language: EN

15.00 – 15.45 

CHARLOTTE MALTERRE-BARTHES

Q&A: THE HOUSE THAT EUROPE BUILT

Can a European Citizens’ initiative change the building industry by pushing for new EU laws making renovation and transformation an ordinary custom? Come by for book launch and book signing.

Charlotte Malterre-Barthes (FR): Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Moderator: Naima Callenberg (SE): Lecturer, Chalmers School of Architecture

Language: EN