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Playful Inclusion 2, from the Shelter to the City

A project-course (as part of the X-Student Research Groups) at the Institute of Architecture, Technische Universität Berlin

Description:

In our co-learning research group, Playful Inclusion, we facilitate setups for children and women to exercise their agency in claiming their demands and spaces within the hegemonic architectural and urban development systems in the city. Our approach is rooted in a critical feminist perspective and employs playful collaborative methods. In Playful Inclusion 1, through games, we co-investigated spaces within and in the immediate vicinity of a refugee camp in Marzahn. In Playful Inclusion 2, we will expand this co-learning process to include not only refugee women and children from the camp but also women and children from the broader Marzahn neighborhood. Students act as co-researchers and the semester will start with critical readings and discussions to collaboratively shape the theoretical and practical framework for our research. This will be followed by doing observations and interviews via designing and performing critical picnics and temporary urban interventions in collaboration with various groups of women and children from the neighborhood, as well as collectives and stakeholders.The project concludes with data analysis, resulting in a booklet.The project is interdisciplinary and open to motivated bachelor and master students with a background or interest in architecture, urban planning, social sciences and students from related fields. We strongly encourage students with diverse backgrounds, languages, and ethnicities to participate in this course.

Project leader: Saba Barani (Contact: saba.barani@campus.tu-berlin.de )

Language of the Group: English

Dates: weekly, Monday 10:00-12:00, starting from 14/04/2025

Room of the Group: Room A508, Institute for Architecture, Technische Universtät Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 152, 10623 Berlin.

Further information:

·       Information on participation in an X-Student Research Group

·       Module description X-Student Research Groups

Evaluating Gender Bias in German Machine Translation

A project-course (as part of the X-Tutorials) at the Institute of Software Engineering and Theoretical Computer Science, Technische Universität Berlin

Description:

Every day, millions rely on machine translation (MT) models to overcome language barriers, but can we trust them to be fair, or do they perpetuate harmful stereotypes? The goal of this project is to refine an evaluation method for assessing gender bias, specifically underrepresentation and stereotyping, in German MT. Central to this is a dataset that we will expand and improve, e.g. by integrating gender-neutral language plus better cultural and linguistic accuracy. Furthermore, we revise the automatic evaluation process of MT systems. We will then test popular MT models such as DeepL, and LLMs like ChatGPT for potential biases. Mid-Bachelor or Master students in computer science, linguistics, or social sciences with an interest in MT, gender studies, and fair technology are invited to join this project. Basic Python skills are a plus, but a willingness to learn is the most important thing. Let’s contribute to the development of fairer, more inclusive translation technologies together!

Project leader: Michelle Kappl (Contact: michelle.kappl@tu-berlin.de)

Language of the Group: English

Dates: Tuesday 12:00-16:00, weekly (or by arrangement), first session Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Room of the Group: MAR 0.007, Marchstraße 23 , 10587 Berlin

Further information:

·      Information on participation in an X-Tutorial

·      Module description X-Tutorials

The Earth We Tread

A project-course (as part of the X-Tutorials) at the Institute of Architecture, Technische Universität Berlin

Description:

What does “land” mean? How do you use the word “terra”? And how do you define “Boden”? These words’ varied and disputed meanings reflect our complex relationships with the ground we inhabit. Today, the interlocked crises of the environment, displacement, and housing call for a restructuring of these relationships. We will cultivate this imagination through artistic and design research. We’ll learn from global land use movements, especially from Brazil, Turkey, and Germany, to produce works around land sites in Berlin.  We'll examine perceptions of land, the agency of non-humans, and spatial claims in everyday life, uncovering practices that challenge dominant narratives of development, extractivism, and human exceptionalism. We will also perform embodied exercises and site walks in Berlin.  The course is open to students of any discipline, and the group will be selected through an interest form provided on the first session. Write to the instructors if you can't attend the first day.

Project leader: Marina Resende Santos (Contact: m.resende.santos@campus.tu-berlin.de), İnci Sağırbaş (Contact: sagirbas@campus.tu-berlin.de)

Language of the Group: English

Dates: weekly, Tuesday 14:00-16:00, starting from 15/04/2025, + additional dates for excursions (tba)

Room of the Group: Room 201a (First session), Institute for Architecture, Technische Universtät Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 152, 10623 Berlin.

Further information:

·      Information on participation in an X-Tutorial

·      Module description X-Tutorials

Gute Fügung? Entwicklung kreislaufgerechter Fügungskonzepte aus demontierten Stahlbetonskelett- und Holzbauteilen

Ein Lehrforschungsprojekt (im Rahmen der X-Tutorials) am Institut für Architektur, Technische Universität Berlin.

Kursbeschreibung:

Der Bausektor ist in Deutschland für ca. 40% der CO2 Emissionen und 54% des Abfallaufkommens verantwortlich. Deshalb ist es die Verantwortung aller Planer*innen innovative Lösungen für diese Probleme zu finden. In Rahmen dieses studentischen Forschungsprojekts wollen wir die Fügung von wiederverwendeten Bauteilen aus Stahlbeton in Kombination mit tragenden Holzbauteilen entwickeln und überprüfen. Der Fokus wird hierbei auf den Systembauten aus der DDR liegen. Als ersten Schritt werden wir den aktuellen Forschungsstand zum Rückbau und der Wiederverwendung von Betonbauteilen aufarbeiten, um anschließend Anwendungsbeispiele für einen kreislaufgerechten Re-Use zu entwickeln. Dabei sollen gestalterische und konstruktive Konzepte integral entstehen. Das Seminar richtet sich an Masterstudierende der gestalterischen und technischen Studiengängen, wie Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen und Werkstoffwissenschaften. Begleitend wird es Inputs von Expert*innen zu verschiedenen Themen geben.

Lehrende: Lena Mosel (Kontakt: gute.fuegung@nbl.berlin), Daniel Wichmann (Kontakt: d.wichmann@campus.tu-berlin.de)

Sprache der Group: Deutsch

Termine: wöchentlich mittwochs ab dem 23.04.2025

Raum der Group: Raum A206, Architekturgebäude TU Berlin, Straße das 17. Juni 152, 10623 Berlin

Weitere Informationen:

• Informationen zur Anmeldung für ein X-Tutorial
• Modulbeschreibung X-Tutorials

Body Space: mapping socio-spatial narratives in tenants’ housing actions

A project-course (as part of the X-Student Research Groups) at the Center for Interdisciplinary Women’s and Gender Studies, Technische Universität Berlin

Description:

How can we narrate the stories of tenant housing actions beyond words? In our co-research group, we will engage with visual qualitative research methods to evoke and document the embodied experiences of tenants involved in housing actions in Berlin. Through discussions, reflections, and exercises in drawing and mapping, we will explore: How do body-space asymmetries shape organized housing spaces? How can we visually narrate, for instance, migrant tenants’ stories? What are the possibilities and limitations of visual methods when analyzing spaces of contestation? The final output will be an open discussion reflecting the group's findings, fostering dialogue, and expanding the debate on the right to the city and housing through an intersectional and visual lens. The course is open to students from various fields—architecture, urban studies, sociology—with no prior knowledge required. Students with migration backgrounds are particularly encouraged to participate.

Project leader: Mariana Morais (Contact: mariana.morais.luiz@campus.tu-berlin.de)

Language of the Group: English

Dates: Bi-weekly, Wednesday 14:00-18:00, first day of the course: April 23, 2025

Room of the Group: Room 1.049, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin, TU Berlin - Faculty I – Building MAR

Further information:

•      Information on participation in an X-Student Research Group
•      Module description X-Student Research Groups