Open – Design Week Frankfurt RheinMain

Studio Jonathan Radetz: Planspiel New Neues Frankfurt

With its functional, efficient floor plans, the New Frankfurt (Das Neue Frankfurt) was a testing ground for Modernism. As part of the New Neues Frankfurt project, architecture students from the University of Siegen are working in groups to develop planning games. These games allow housing estate residents and exhibition visitors to interactively engage with the housing models and social questions of the New Frankfurt, apply them to our current situation, and spark conversations with one another.

Since the beginning of May, selected designs have been on display at the mayhaus as part of the New Neues Frankfurt exhibition. A further development of the prototypes shown will be presented during Open – Design Week, where exhibition visitors will be invited to participate. The focus here is as much on playability and the questions addressed as it is on appealing design.

In cooperation with: University of Siegen, Department of Architecture, N_AS Neue Architekturschule Siegen Prof. Astrid Wuttke, Katharina Specht, Rosa Hanig.

Meet & Greet

19:00–21:00

Initiators:

• Ernst May Gesellschaft e.V.: Location and historical expertise
• Studio Jonathan Radetz: Project development
• Universität Siegen Fakultät II – Neue Architekturschule Siegen

Jonathan Radetz is a multidisciplinary designer based in Frankfurt. His experience as a joiner and product designer is reflected in his diverse body of work, which ranges from furniture design and accessories to jewellery.

The ernst-may-gesellschaft was founded in 2003 by interested citizens and, as an association, aims to document and preserve das Neue Frankfurt and bring it into the current debate on architecture and urban planning.