Future of living: Building culture discussions in Osnabrück start today!

Future of living: Building culture discussions in Osnabrück start today!

The Osnabrück Building Culture Talks start on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. The scene is the Felix Nussbaum House, where everything revolves around the topic of “living”. More and more people in the city are asking themselves the question: Where should we live? The building culture discussions, which have been organized by the Association for Building Culture Osnabrück since 2018, are dedicated this year to this central topic and deal with the idea of ​​rethinking existing living space.

The focus of the evening is the lecture by Tim Rieniets, professor at Leibniz University Hannover. He will show why less new living space is needed and how existing buildings can be redesigned. The title topic of his lecture, “Conversion Culture – New Living Space in Old Houses,” promises exciting insights, in particular how converted properties on Osnabrück’s Neumarkt, such as the former Galeria department store or the Telekom building, can be given a new purpose. The challenge of making the construction sector climate-neutral while at the same time creating new living space also plays a role here, as the website erleben.osnabrueck.de reports.

The versatility of building culture

Building culture not only shapes the cityscape, but also people's everyday lives. Well-designed spaces make a decisive contribution to healthy and fair coexistence and are important for social cohesion. These aspects will also be examined at the DAY OF BAUKULTUR, where questions surrounding the creation and reuse of identity-creating places are the focus. The nationwide initiative advocates a creative and resource-saving approach to existing buildings, as the information from nachhafte-stadtentwicklung-hessen.de makes clear.

An exciting discussion after the lecture will give those present the opportunity to talk about the various conversion concepts and to deal with the challenges associated with such projects. It also looks at how participation and collaboration can be integrated into conversion processes in order to promote a lively neighborhood. Admission to the event is free and registration is not required - an excellent opportunity for anyone interested to find out more and join in the discussion.

A look into the future

The building culture discussions are not just a format for exchange, but they invite everyone involved to actively participate in urban development. Tim Rieniets, who was managing director of the state initiative StadtBauKultur NRW from 2013 to 2018, shaped the concept of conversion culture and will use his experience to make a valuable contribution to discussing the urgently needed solutions to the housing shortage.

The discussion and the subsequent exchange about the conversion of vacant properties will certainly be exciting and shows that innovative architecture is not only necessary, but also possible. So be there when the building culture discussions begin in Osnabrück on Tuesday at 6 p.m.!