An article by Philipp Oswalt, an initiator of Sclossaneignung Initiative, in DOM magazine 17, mentions Humboldt Jungle, Hybrid Space Lab’s initiative for greening the Humboldt Forum façade.
Publication Schlossaneignung, Philipp Oswalt @ DOM magazine No. 17, DOM Publishers, Berlin, 1 November 2024
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Unwanted alternative proposals from others for the further development and formulation of the project were systematically thwarted and prevented.
When the architecture team Elizabeth Sikiaridi and Frans Vogelaar from Hybrid Space Lab proposed greening the palace façade in 2016 and based their Humboldt Jungle project on Alexander von Humboldt‘s concept of nature, Wilhelm von Boddien voiced a risk of collapse.
When the planned installation of the Christian cross on the dome was widely criticised by the public in 2017, the founding directors Neil MacGregor, Hermann Parzinger and Horst Bredekamp proposed the installation of Lars Ø. Ramberg‘s artwork Zweifel on the east façade. Although the foundation commissioned the Norwegian artist to carry out a feasibility study and considered purchasing the stored work, it soon cancelled these efforts without giving any reasons.
Berliners Sven Lochmann and Konrad Miller fared no better with their Leuchtturm project, which was intended to superimpose the controversial Bible verse on the dome of the Humboldt Forum at night with texts from an LED light installation. After the foundation and cultural policy had spoken out in favour of realising the project, its implementation planning was pushed ahead for two years and then discontinued for alleged cost reasons.
While the radicalisation of the reconstruction has been willingly paved the way over the past 20 years, every proposal for an intervention that critically reflects the problematic historical symbolism of the site has been blocked.
When the architecture team Elizabeth Sikiaridi and Frans Vogelaar from Hybrid Space Lab proposed greening the palace façade in 2016 and based their Humboldt Jungle project on Alexander von Humboldt’s concept of nature, Wilhelm von Boddien voiced a risk of collapse.
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Ten years on, as debates over the Humboldt Forum persist, Hybrid Space Lab’s provocative Humboldt Jungle proposal remains strikingly relevant.
Publication Humboldt Futures @ Atlas der Datenkörper 2, Transcript Verlag, Germany, 27 May 2024
Lecture by Elizabeth Sikiaridi at the UNA University PhD Workshop Heritage Hybridizations: Concepts, Scales and Spaces.
Lecture Hybrid Heritage @ UNA University Alliance Europe, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Galerie Colbert, 2 rue Vivienne, Paris, 31 March 2021, Online, 1 July 2022
Published @ UNA University, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, 1 July 2022
Lecture at Berlin Questions Conference for the Immediate Present.
Lecture Humboldt Volcano @ Berlin Questions Conference for the Immediate Present, Marathon for the New Now, Berlin, 14 August 2021
Hybrid Space Lab contributes to the international conference “Practices of Inheritance” at Bauhaus University Weimar and TU Berlin.
Lecture Hybrid Heritage @ Bauhaus University Weimar & Technical University Berlin, Conference Practices of Inheritance, Metaphors, Materializations, Power Constellations, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, 19 November 2020
As heritage gains new depth in the 21st century, Hybrid Space Lab’s Hybrid Heritage explores how digital tools unlock this moment’s interdisciplinary potential.
Lecture Hybrid Heritage @ AMPS [Architecture, Media, Politics, Society] Conference, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, 29-30 June 2020
Professor Sharon Macdonald cites Humboldt Jungle as an example and inspiration for creatively appropriating and transforming the Humboldt Forum.
Article, Professor Sharon Macdonald, Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Social Anthropology @ Humboldt Forum, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of European Ethnology, Berlin, 15 June 2020
The Mart Stam Stiftung frequently organizes symposia in cooperation with the Royal Dutch Embassy of Berlin.
Poster @ Mart Stam Stiftung, Berlin, 15 November 2019
Hybrid Space Lab invite Berlin experts from cultural, architectural, environmental and foundation sectors to discuss Humboldt Jungle facade‑greening project.
Lecture by Prof. Elizabeth Sikiaridi & Prof. Frans Vogelaar @ @ GRÜN.kulturell, Alte Tankstelle, Berlin, 29 January 2016
Such a design, the Humboldt Jungle, not only visualises the interdisciplinary approach of the Humboldt brothers.
Expert Meeting Politics meets culture: ANAlyseS, ideaS, CoNcePts @ GRÜN.kulturell Kulturcontainer, Berlin, 9 July 2015