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Official account of the DFG Collaborative Research Center 1265 "Re-Figuration of Spaces" at TU Berlin
Web: http://sfb1265.de/ || Blog: http://bit.ly/34Ajg1X || Podcast: https://is.gd/FRNSZ4
New open access book out now! 📖

"The Social Quality of Public Space" edited by Martina Löw & Letteria Fassari available @routledgebooks.bsky.social!

Using public spaces, the book demonstrates the benefits gained from an experience-based approach to quality.

Get it here:
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Some impressions from our exhibition “Investigating Refiguration.”

Drawing on "Spacetimes Matter" (Jovis) and new collaborations, we explored how multiple temporalities and spatialities can be empirically mapped through experimental methodologies.

For more see: sfb1265.de/en/media-cen...
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Our annual conference continues with a full house for talks by @gabuheindl.bsky.social and Jane Rendel!
#sfb1265
#RefiguringDesign
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We're continuing the first conference day with the panel discussion "The International Building Exhibition (IBA) as an Instrument of Refiguration"
#sfb1265 #DesigningRefiguration
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our annual conference is just getting started!
#sfb1265
#DesigningRefiguration
#RefiguringDesign
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The first SPACE TALKS Zine is out!
Emerging from our lecture series, it extends our discussions on spatial thinking in a collaborative, experimental format.
This issue examines how neglecting informality obscures complex urban dynamics in the Global South.
Download here:
sfb1265.de/en/media-cen...
November 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Wie prägt die Digitalisierung der Lehre & Forschung die Planung von Hochschulbauten und Campi?
In der neuen Ausgabe von Arch+ sprechen #sfb1265 Sprecherin Martina Löw und Christa Reicher (RWTH Aachen) mit Thorsten Erl und Tobias Hönig über Raumfiguren des
Hochschulbaus.👇
archplus.net/de/archiv/au...
October 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
📢Registration is now open for the 7th International Conference of the #CRC1265!

"Designing Refiguration - Refiguring Design" will explore the role of design in socio-spatial change and its potential to address societal challenges.
📆6./7. Nov. 📍TU Berlin

Register here 👇
sfb1265.de/veranstaltun...
October 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
📢Book Launch "Imaginations of Venice"
📆9. Okt. 18-19:00 📍Zagreus Projekt
Hatje Cantz und Künstlerin / Professorin Stefanie Bürkle stellen das Buch zum Projekt 'Imaginations of Venice' bei Zagreus Projekt vor, wo derzeit auch die Ausstellung "Eating Venice Alive" läuft:
www.zagreus.net/ausstellung2/
October 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New open access publication on spatial methods, out now @springer.springernature.com!📖🏙️
"Spatial Methods in Transdisciplinarity for Urban Sustainability.
A Transformative Methodological Spectrum"
edited by Fraya Frehse, Angela Million & Ignacio Castillo Ulloa
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
September 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
📢New publication out!
"Spacetimes Matter - A Collection of Mapping Methodologies"

How can mapping capture the dynamic entanglements of space and time in a rapidly changing world?
This anthology offers fresh perspectives for scholars and practitioners!
⬇️📖
www.jovis.de/en/book/9783...
August 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📢Einladung zur Ausstellungseröffnung:
"EATING VENICE ALIVE"-Keramiken & Fotografien von Stefanie Bürkle
📅 2.8.25, 19:00
Die Ausstellung zeigt Ergebnisse des #SFB1265 Projekts „Imaginations of Venice“: Venedig als Bild, das sich durch Medien, Orte und Erinnerungen bewegt
www.zagreus.net/ausstellung2/
July 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
📢Save the date!
The next #SFB1265 conference will bring together scholars and practitioners to explore the influence of spatial refiguration on design and ask how design can address the growing complexity of socio-spatial change⬇️
📆Nov 6/7 📍IfA Forum @tuberlin.bsky.social
sfb1265.de/veranstaltun...
July 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The latest edition of our newsletter is now available!
Read all about upcoming events and the latest #sfb1265 publications, and subscribe here!🗞️⬇️
sfb1265.de/en/news/15-c...
July 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
📢New Special Issue out now in #HistoricalSocialResearch!📘

"Towards an Empirical Theory of Science?"
edited by #sfb1265 PIs Hubert Knoblauch, Silke Steets, Nina Baur & Séverine Marguin

www.gesis.org/en/hsr/curre...
July 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Out now #OpenAccess!📖
'Intersectionality and the City' brings together intersectional and spatial perspectives to sharpen our understanding of urban inequalities.
Edited by @miroborn.bsky.social, @ckulz.bsky.social, @sungungang.bsky.social & Lucie Bernroider ⬇️
www.routledge.com/Intersection...
June 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Out now!
The "Atlas of Spatial Figures" presents new spatial imaginaries to capture the complex realities of our world.
Through the interplay of analytical, narrative, and visual elements, it encourages readers to explore #sfb1265 research by thinking visually!
#OpenAccess⬇️
jovis.de/de/book/9783...
May 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to the vernissage of the "Spatial Conflicts" exhibition for a fantstic evening!
Come and view the exhibition this week (12–8 pm) and join us for the finissage, which will feature a sound performance by LUZ1E, on Friday at 5 pm!
📍 BHROX Bauhaus Reuse, Ernst-Reuter-Platz
May 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Join us next week for "Exploring Non-Binary Spaces":

Performance screenings followed by an artist talk
with Isu Kim and Joreng Jung.

📅 13 May, 1 pm 📍 TU Berlin BH N- 230

For more info visit: sfb1265.de/veranstaltun...
(free admission, no registration required)
May 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Save the date!
Spatial Conflicts: A Multimedia Exhibition Exploring the Tensions of Space
📍BHROX bauhaus reuse, Ernst-Reuter-Platz, Berlin
📅May 10–15, 12-8pm

Vernissage: May 9th, 5pm – 11pm, with performances by Eric Androa Mindre Kolo & Carlos Medellin

🎟️Free Admission!
sfb1265.de/veranstaltun...
April 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
📢Save the Date:
The exhibition “The Polenmarkt is Back” invites visitors to engage with the social, political, and cultural significance of German-Polish border markets.
Next week 10th to 12th of April @ Backhaus Projects, Weserstr. 168, Berlin!
More info: sfb1265.de/en/events/fi...
April 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
What images has Venice spread around the world, what expectations has it triggered, and how do these images shape the city today?
The exhibition "VeniceBeReal", created by artist Stefanie Bürkle as part of the #SFB1265 project "Imaginations of Venice", opens this Friday!
👉 meinblau.de/venice-bereal/
February 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anlässlich des 60. Geburtstags von #sfb-Sprecherin #MartinaLöw bietet die Festschrift „Figuring Out Spaces“ eine Entdeckungsreise in die soziale Welt des Raums!
Soeben erschienen bei @transcript-verlag.bsky.social und bereits feierlich überreicht! #OpenAccess
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
January 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Join us for the next session in our digital lecture series 'Space Talks', where we aim to broaden perspectives in socio-spatial research:
Tomorrow January 14th, 10am (CET): "Decolonizing Spatial Theory" w/ Fabio Santos and Dhiren Borisa.
Register for the zoom link here: sfb1265.de/veranstaltun...
January 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
📢Join us tomorrow for the public keynote lecture:
„Translocal, Transnational and Hybrid Spatial Structures“
by Prof. Dr. Magdalena Nowicka (Dezim Institut)
📍TU Berlin, BH-N 230, Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1
📅November 26th, 6 pm
November 25, 2024 at 3:34 PM