5/5 Open Cultures It is funded by the Volkswagenstiftung and the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Sassonia in Germany.

4/5 With a Living Lab as design-build project, Open Cultures establishes a space for inter- and transdisciplinary research, that works as a site for participatory endeavours and transdisciplinary dialogue.

3/5 Working with actors from academia, civil society, urban governance, policy making, and practice partners, Open Cultures aims to bridge expert/non-expert divides and to create new ecologies of knowledge by the fusion of disciplinary and scientific knowledge with other forms of knowledge.

2/5 Scientists from TU Braunschweig, the Julius Kühn Institute Braunschweig, and the Scientific Centre ‘Genealogy of the Present’ at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg explore in three SubLabs the social, material and symbolic dimensions vital for a climate-sensitive approach to urban design.