Global Co-learning for IntCDC

GLOBAL CO-LEARNING FOR INTCDC

RP 42 incorporates the perspectives of the Global South as part of the second research phase of the IntCDC research programme. The project establishes a foundation for situated and context-sensitive co-learning within IntCDC through a decolonial lens, aiming to foster just and regenerative built environments that restore socio-ecological systems. Through South-South-North dialogues and trialogues with partners from Tanzania and South Africa (including workshops and other exchange formats), it studies the socio-material dimensions of architecture, engineering, and construction processes and IntCDC methods in regional contexts, exploring their relevance for context-sensitive and Southern urbanism strategies. A real-world demonstrator project will further anchor this collaboration, linking regional development strategies with global climate goals in an exemplary project to understand how to activate local transformation processes in formal and informal building projects. Overall, the project explores locally grounded approaches to urban planning, material sourcing, and circular construction, emphasising regenerative materials and context-specific capacity building. By jointly developing scenarios that integrate local resources, knowledge, capacities, and IntCDC approaches, the project examines how equitable and sustainable transitions can be made effectively in the construction sector and how co-design methods can be used responsibly under radically different conditions.

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

Prof. Dr. Cordula Kropp
Board of Directors
Institute for Social Sciences (SOWI)
Cluster of Excellence IntCDC

Prof. Dr. Philipp Misselwitz
Principal Investigator
Bauhaus Earth
Cluster of Excellence IntCDC

PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Astrid Ley
Participating Researcher
Institute of Urban Planning and Design (SI)
Cluster of Excellence IntCDC

RESEARCHERS

Dr. Marie Graef
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute for Social Sciences (SOWI)
Cluster of Excellence IntCDC

Dr.-Ing. Shaharin Annisa
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute of Urban Planning and Design (SI)
Cluster of Excellence IntCDC

Dr. Anne Holsten
Postdoctoral Researcher
Bauhaus Earth
Cluster of Excellence IntCDC

Dr. des. Christian Jonathan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Bauhaus Earth
Cluster of Excellence IntCDC

PARTNERS

Dr. Fatma Mohamed
Senior Lecturer
Department of Structural and Construction
Engineering
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Prof. Dr. Nancy Odendaal
UNIBAS-UCT Professor of Urban Studies
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Dr. Victoria Marwa Heilman
Executive Director
Tanzania Women Architects for Humanity (TAWAH)
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Gunter Klix
A P C - Architectural Pioneering Consultants Ltd.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania