Out now: Toward Re-Entanglement: A Charter for the City and the Earth

Launched at the Reconstructing the Future Conference in 2022, the Charter is a founding document of Bauhaus Earth. It is a call for the healthy and regenerative re-entanglement of human activity with the Earth’s natural systems; a call to engage human ingenuity and creativity to reimagine the act of building and dwelling.

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(Available in English and German)

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The Charter's 12 principles of re-entanglement can inspire people from all fields and disciplines to reflect on how they can contribute to a built environment that heals rather than harms the planet. Recognising the dire threats of climate collapse and mass extinction, Bauhaus Earth convened a group of scientists, architects, spatial planners, and policymakers from around the world to author a manifesto. "Toward Re-Entanglement: A Charter for the City and the Earth" is a call for radical transformation. It challenges all those with a role in the conception, production, operation, and governance of the building sector to address the systemic ecological, climatic, and social impacts incurred by its activities.

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The beginning of a series

The Charter concludes: "The climate emergency has been described as a 'crisis of imagination', mainly referring to a breakdown in our ability to grasp the scale, complexity, and profound ramifications of human impacts on terrestrial health. It is also a crisis in our ability to imagine the counterfactual: a more positive, hopeful future." The publication of the updated Charter is an exciting milestone for us, as it sets out this much-needed vision of a more hopeful future.

It also marks the launch of our Bauhaus Earth Essay Series, which will feature a diverse range of critical voices addressing the complete overhaul of the built environment. In addition, we are pleased to announce our forthcoming Bauhaus Earth Manuals. The manuals take a more practical approach to promoting regenerative building practices and their implementation. Each manual focuses on a case study that Bauhaus Earth has been involved with. They include stakeholder and participant reflections, practical how-to guides, and project documentation. The manuals not only present examples of regenerative building practices but also how to explore their scalability on a planetary level.

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Download or order the Charter now!

Toward Re-Entanglement: A Charter for the City and the Earth
July 22, 2024
Philipp Misselwitz / Alan Organschi, JOVIS Verlag

Wiederverflechtungen: Eine Charta für unsere Städte und den Planeten
July 22, 2024
Philipp Misselwitz / Alan Organschi, JOVIS Verlag

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The Bauhaus Earth Essays and the Bauhaus Earth Manuals are published by JOVIS Verlag. Design: Bureau Est.

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