Summer School
APPLY NOW!
We warmly invite you to the international Summer School “Verwaldung Kunstareal,” taking place from August 25 to September 7, 2025, at the Architecture Museum of TUM in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich – as part of the exhibition Trees, Time, Architecture! We look forward to your participation!
This transdisciplinary Summer School brings together young designers and thinkers from around the world to reflect on the future of our cities – and to actively shape new ecological, social, and design-oriented perspectives.
At the center of the program stands the tree – not as a decorative symbol, but as a living being embodying time, growth, and duration. Instead of temporary interventions, the focus is on long-term, tangible transformations of public space. The Munich Kunstareal becomes a real-life testing ground for these ideas.
WHO CAN APPLY:
Students and recent graduates in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, art, design, engineering, horticulture, arboriculture, and related fields – anyone who sees the city as a living, collective process.
PROGRAM:
Ten intensive days of collaborative work, complemented by a three-day excursion. Workshops, theoretical inputs, film screenings, walks, and open discussions will lead up to a final public presentation and exhibition.
LANGUAGE OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL:
English
FEE:
€ 450 (includes accommodation and meals, excludes travel)
INTERNATIONAL GUESTS INCLUDE:
Duncan Lewis, Duncan Lewis Scape Arkitekter
Véronique Faucheur & Marc Pouzol, Atelier le Balto
Jake Ford, White Arkitekter
Mark Primack, Botanical Architecture and Tree Circus
Michael Wallraff, Trees and Space
Noël van Dooren, Drawing Time
Sonja Dümpelmann, Seeing Trees
Wilfrid Middleton, Living Root Bridges and Vernacular Architecture
Morningstar Konghtaw, Living Bridge Foundation
Phillip Gruber, Growing Residency
...and many more.
APPLICATION AND FURTHER INFORMATION
We look forward to receiving many applications!
Best regards,
Kristina Pujkilovic and Ferdinand Ludwig
on behalf of the entire Summer School team
Public Lectures and Panel Discussions
28.08.2025/ 6-7:30 pm/ Vorhölzer Forum:
White Architekter/ One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Trees
Atelier le Balto/ 200 Trees
30.08.2025/ 6-7:30 pm/ Vorhölzer Forum:
Wilfrid Middleton/ Workflows for Living Architecture Design
Marco Pisano/ Roots Reimagines: Indian Heritage Meets Digital Art
31.08.2025/ 6-7:30 pm/ Vorhölzer Forum:
Duncan Lewis/ Architecture, landscape ecology and design with trees/
Ferdinand Ludwig/ OLA Office for Living Architecture - 20 years of experimental practice
01.09.2025/ 6-7:30 pm/ Online:
Noel van Dooren/ Drawing time
Morningstar Khongthaw/ Living Root Bridges
02.09.2025/ 6-7:30 pm/ Vorhölzer Forum:
Michael Wallraf/ Creating Public Space/
Luciana Varkulja/ Designing with Awareness: Labor, Ecology and Material Origins/
03.09.2025/ 6-7:30 pm/ Vorhölzer Forum:
Mark Primack/ All Trees Are Bridges And I Draw Bridges/
06.09.2025/ 1-5 pm/ Pinakothek der Moderne: Final event
Keynote Lecture/ 1-2 pm: Sonja Dümpelmann
Vernissage/ 2-4 pm
Audio Visual Performance/ 4-5 pm: Audio Visual Performance by Marco Pisano and Onur Son