Professional development and field trip programme developed in collaboration with Kultur | lx — Arts Council Luxembourg, LUCA — Luxembourg Center for Architecture.

www.kulturlx.lu/en/ayse-karaarslan-clement-haize-julie-thorn-ilia-voulgari-laureates-of-the-aim-architect-in-movement-programme/

Circular construction summer programme exploring post-industrial landscapes in southern Luxembourg, located at a tiers-lieu culturel in Esch-sur-Alzette.

Programme heads: Anouk Ahlborn and Fearghus Raftery, AA Visiting School Luxembourg

Collective urban intervention workshop followed by the exhibition <<Unfinished>> at LUCA—Luxembourg Centre for Architecture.

luca.lu/evenements/unfinished

www.facebook.com/aavsluxembourg/posts/retrospective-2022visual-and-critical-analysis-workshopsafter-the-first-couple-o/629250772575135/

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Design research on the post-industrial Southern Minett region of Luxembourg, focusing on Esch-sur-Alzette and its transition from a century of industrial peak to de-industrialisation following the steel crisis of the 1970s, engaging with sites transforming in relation to the cultural programming of Esch2022 —European Capital of Culture.

Developed as a collective intervention, the proposal consists of mobile urban furniture made from upcycled materials, installed in public space. The design explores the social dimension of instability through pivoting benches that shift balance depending on user interaction, encouraging physical engagement and informal dialogue. The project reflects on post-industrial public space as a site of negotiation between bodies, materials, and collective use.

Collective studio project
Communicating Architecture Seminar, M.Arch
Lecturers: Thomas Mayfried and Erica Overmeer

The lecturers edited a selection of the collective work into a publication and presented it at the <<Re-imagining Belval>> exhibition at the University of Luxembourg.

www.masterarchitecture.lu/Fall-2022-Communicating-Architecture_4_0.html

Developed as a collective studio project, the seminar explored how architecture becomes visible through everyday conditions and ambiguous spatial situations within the periphery of Belval. The project resulted in a series of photographic studies produced on and around the Cité des Sciences, collectively reviewed and discussed throughout the seminar.

As one of Luxembourg's first redeveloped post-industrial sites, the area underwent extensive environmental remediation, including displacing contaminated soil to nearby slag heaps and encapsulating remaining toxic ground beneath thick asphalt layers.

My contribution focused on the fragmented and highly controlled presence of nature within the redeveloped post-industrial landscape of Belval.

Organized by Philippe Nathan (2001_tbsi) and Gianpierro Venturini (Itinerant Office) as part of Esch2022 European Capital of Culture

Volunteered and assisted in curating public-facing architectural events.

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https://kulturfabrik.lu/event/yeah

Academic design studio, M. Arch
Tutors: Philippe Nathan and Prof. Florian Hertweck

Design research on the Luxembourg-Belgium-France border region of Petange, Aubange, and Longwy, addressing the fragmented territorial conditions described by Thomas Sieverts’ (architect/urban planner) concept of Zwischenstadt.

Collaborative studio framework with Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, University of Kassel, TU Munich, and TU Wien as part of the Zwischenstadt

followed by a collective student exhibition of Zwischenstand der Zwischenstadt at TU Munich

The project investigates cross-border urbanisation shaped by overlapping political, economic, and infrastructural systems. The proposal focuses on intensifying existing infrastructures, particularly the Avenue de l’Europe, while avoiding further land sealing. It reactivates already sealed sites such as parking areas, gas stations, and retail zones through hybrid programmatic transformations, aiming to bring together sprawled urban functions and strengthen resilience across a cross-border territory.

Academic exhibition project, M.Arch
Tutors: Philippe Nathan and Prof. Florian Hertweck

Collective academic exhibition displayed cross-university research involving the University of Luxembourg, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, TU Munich, Uni Kassel and TU Wien.

http://masterarchitecture.lu/Zwischenstand-der-Zwischenstadt_154_0.html

Rather than focusing on established urban centres, the projects of Zwischenstand der Zwischenstadt looked at peripheral and often overlooked landscapes, questioning how these territories are formed, occupied, and transformed.