Category: Blog

  • [:de]Sentient Light gewinnt VDI Wettbewerb “Mensch und Technik”[:en]Sentient Light wins VDI competition “Mensch und Technik”[:]

    [:de]And the winner is…

    VDI Winning Team

    Sentient Light konnte sich in der Jurywertung durchsetzen und wurde mit dem ersten Platz ausgezeichnet. Keiner von uns hatte zu Beginn mit diesem Erfolg gerechnet. Umso mehr freuen wir uns über diese Ehrung.

    In einer kurzen Ansprache beschrieb Professor Hausburg das Projekt als die Integration einer technischen Lösung in ein sozial-dynamisches Umfeld, welche durch seine Dynamik die Interaktionen der beteiligten Personen widerspiegelt.

    Genau wie im Vorjahr hat der Verband Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) Studenten und Studentinnen der Ingenieurwissenschaften an Berliner und Brandenburger Universitäten und Hochschulen zur Teilnahme am Wettbewerb Mensch und Technik aufgefordert. Bis zum 30. September konnten in Form eines Posters und einer Kurzbeschreibung Projekte eingereicht werden die einen klaren Bezug zu Mensch und Technik haben.

    sentient light - poster - portrait

    Mitte November bekamen wir die Mitteilung vom VDI dass unser Team zur Preisverleihung eingeladen ist – yeah! Am 25. November fand dann im Ludwig Erhard Haus am Zoologischen Garten die Preisverleihung statt.

    Zu Beginn der Veranstaltung wurden zunächst die besten Absolventen und Absolventinnen technischer Studiengänge an Berliner und Brandenburger Hochschulen und Universitäten geehrt. Die Oratoren des VDI betonten in ihren Reden die Herausforderungen, durch Technik die Probleme einer modernen und vernetzen Stadt abzugehen und zu lösen. Die Präsidentin der Technischen Hochschule Brandenburg, Prof. Dr. Wieneke-Toutaoui, verwies auf die heutigen Möglichkeiten, als Student eines technischen Studienganges, die Welt ein Stück weit besser zu machen und verwies in dem Zusammenhang auf die zwar gestiegene allerdings noch bei Weitem nicht zufriedenstellende Anteil weiblicher Studenten in Ingenieursstudiengängen.Die anderen Redner bestärkten die Studenten, ihre Ideen durch Unternehmergeist zu realisieren. Ein Zitat von Reid Hoffman bliebt besonders im Gedächtnis:

    „Wenn dir die erste Version deines Produktes nicht peinlich ist, hast du es zu spät auf den Markt gebracht.“

    – Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder von LinkedIn

    Im Anschluss sollten die drei bestplatzierten Teilnehmer des Wettbewerbs ausgezeichnet werden. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war usn noch nicht klar, welchen Platz wir belegt hatten.

    In umgekehrter Reihenfolge wurden die Preisträger auf die Bühne gebeten: Den dritten Platz belegten zwei Studenten die mithilfe eines Aldebaran Nao Roboters natürlich Sprache in Gebärdensprache übersetzen. Auf dem zweiten Platz landete das Projekt eines einzelnen Teilnehmers, welches zum Ziel hatte, Fluglärm durch die Verwendung von Linern zu reduzieren.

    Im Anschluss an die Preisverleihung hatten die drei Teams die Gelegenheit, ihre Konzepte an einem Stand den anderen Gästen zu demonstrieren. Das steigende Interesse an unserem Projekt nehmen wir zum Anlass, die einzelnen Komponten im Detail vorzustellen.


    Meld dich bei uns falls du Interesse hast, unser preisgekröntes Tech Team zu unterstützen: Wir suchen Verstärkung.

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    Sentient Light: Projektvision

    Sentient Light ist ein generisches System zur reaktiven Ansteuerung von Leuchtelementen dar. Ausgehend von Umgebungsparametern – wie Aufenthaltsort und Bewegungen von Personen – werden Farbe und Intensität einer sich im Raum befindlichen Beleuchtungsinstallationen dynamisch gesteuert. Der Raum wird damit intelligent und in die Lage versetzt, auf die darin befindlichen Menschen zu reagieren. Auf diese Weise entsteht der Eindruck eines fühlenden Raums beziehungsweise eines fühlenden Lichts.

    Das Projekt wird derzeit im Baumhaus Berlin realisiert. Das Baumhaus ist ein im Bau befindlicher Veranstaltungsraum in Berlin Wedding für Menschen und Projekte, die sich für den sozialen und ökologischen Wandel engagieren.

    Projektziele

    Ziel des Projekts ist die Konzeption und Realisierung einer reaktiven Lichtanlage, welche in den Räumen von Das Baumhaus Berlin genutzt werden kann. Die Realisierung umfasst den Entwurf, die Hardware-Fertigung, das Erstellen der Firmware für die Ansteuerung und die Implementierung der Mapping-Engine.

    Datenfluss

    Die Idee des Projekts ist es, Umgebungsparameter durch Sensoren zu messen und die gemessenen Werte zu einer zentralen Steuerungseinheit zu senden. Die Werte werden dort aggregiert und mittels einer Mapping Engine transformiert.Die transformierten Werte wiederum werden an Aktoren gesendet, welche diese als Input für eine Aktion verwenden.Bluetooth Smart.

    Sensoren, Aktoren und Steuerungseinheit kommunizieren miteinander über Funk und spannen so ein Netzwerk der Dinge auf. Als Kommunikationsmedium kommt der Funkstandard Bluetooth 4.0 zum Einsatz, auch Bluetooth Low Energy oder Bluetooth Smart genannt. Er zeichnet sich durch einen einfachen Protokollstapel und niedrigen Energieverbrauch der Hardware aus und wird von den meisten Smartphones und Tablets unterstützt.

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    [:en]And the winner is…

    VDI Winning Team
    VDI Winning Team – Prof. Hausburg with Matthias Bock, Florian Schwanz, Thee Vanichangkul & Long Pham

    The team designed and built sensors into the Baumhaus main room floor to detect the presence and movement of people in the space and a control a system that allows people to influence the lighting in the space (the tree, Orchid Lamps and other installations) in purposeful and emergent ways.

    The Baumhaus Sentient Light project convinced the jury and was awarded with the first price. None of us expected this kind of success. Even more we are all happy receiving this appreciation for our work.

    In a brief speech Prof. Hausburg summed up the project as the integration of a technical solution in a social environment which directly reflects people’s dynamics and interactions.

    Like the year before the Association of German Engineers (VDI) called for participation of engineering students from Berlin an Brandenburg on challenge Mensch und Technik (people and technology). Until 30 September 2016 teams of up to three students could hand in a poster and a brief description of a project having a strong connection to both people and technology.

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    Mid November VDI announced that our team is invited to the award ceremony – yeah! On 25 November the award ceremony took place at Ludwig Erhard Haus near Berlin Zoologischer Garten.
    Team Sentient Light and prof. Hausburg
    At the beginning of the event the most successful graduates of technical classes in Berlin and Brandenburg were honored. Speakers of the VDI emphasized the challenges to address and solve challenges of the modern and connected city. Presindet of Technische Hochschule Brandenburg (University of Applied Sciences) – Prof. Dr. Wieneke-Toutaoui – also outlined today’s possibilities as an engineering stundent to make the world a better place. In this context she also mentioned the increased but nonetheless low amount of female students in engineering.

    Other speakers appealed to the students’ entrepreneurial spirit. One quote by Reid Hoffman stayed in memory

    „If you are not embarassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched to late.“

    – Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn

    After that the top three award-winning teams were announced. At this point we did not yet not know which place we would be.

    In reverse order the teams were asked to come on stage: third place went to a team of two students who made use of an Aldebaran Nao robot in order to translate spoken language into sign language. The second price went to one student who developed a technique to reduce airplane noise by using liners.

    Finally all the three teams had the opportunity to present their concepts and posters in details and were able to answer questions. The increased interest in our project motivated us to present the different aspects in more detail.


    Let us know if you are interested in joining our award winning Tech Team and help finish installing elements of our sentient lighting system or interesting projects we are developing.

    Sentient Light Helper Poster


    Sentient Light: project vision

    Sentient Light is a generic system which reactively controls LEDs. Using parameters from the surroundings, such as the presence and motion of people moving in the space, the system can change the color and intensity of light installations throughout the room. This makes the room is ‘intelligent’ in the sense that it can react to the behaviour of people in the space.  We hope is that this technology can be used passively and actively by visitors to inspire more sentient and emergent behaviour.

    The project is currently being realized in Baumhaus Berlin. Das Baumhaus is a project and event space in Berlin Wedding where people can meet, collaborate and work on social and ecological projects and other topics related to sustainable development and making the world a better place in general.  Baumhaus also offers services from a sustainable solutions collective of over 100 interdisciplinary freelancers.

    Dataflow

    The general idea is to measure environmental parameters using sensors and to transfer measured values to a central processing device. There all the values will be aggregated and transformed by a mapping engine.

    Transformed values in turn will be sent to actors which will use them as input values.

    Bluetooth Smart

    Sensors, actors and the processing device communicate via radio signals using Bluetooth Smart and span a network of things. It features a simple protocol stack and low energy consumption and is supported by most smartphones and tablets.

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  • Getting Back Active :: Transformation 2017

    [:de]IMG_5352Just before Christmas, I over stressed my back while moving things in the Baumhaus and ended up activating an old painful injury.  The good news is that despite the physical pain, I had the best Christmas and New Years I have had in a very long time!  My heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who stopped by to help out, hang out, cook, celebrate, play, dance, clean, build and plan.  While I am not 100% recovered from my injury, I am improving daily thanks to the sensitive and precise body work done by Collin and Nicole in combination my renewed sense of discipline towards self maintenance and transformation.

    Join us in the spirit of getting back active:
    Th/Do 5 Jan
    • 13:00 – 17:00 light organising & building
    • 17:00 – 19:00 open house chill, socialise, plan
    • 19:30 – 22:00 rescued bio-buffet, announcements and news, connect
    Fr 6 Jan (NOT AT BAUMHAUS)
    • 19:00 – 21:00 Getting Unstuck – come play Reka Livits’ unsticking game
    to get you on track for starting the year out right
    Sa 7 Jan
    • 19:00 – 22:00 Experimental Acoustic Electric Jam Session
    Feat: Şafak Velioğlu improvising live Tar and the traditional eastern instruments while being dubbed into dj tracks
    https://www.facebook.com/events/730571913768699/
    So 8 Jan
    • 13:00 – 19:00 art, design, building and decoration session
    Sign up for our upcoming newsletter for up coming news and events

    [:en]IMG_5352Just before Christmas, I over stressed my back while moving things in the Baumhaus and ended up activating an old painful injury.  The good news is that despite the physical pain, I had the best Christmas and New Years I have had in a very long time!  My heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who stopped by to help out, hang out, cook, celebrate, play, dance, clean, build and plan.  While I am not 100% recovered from my injury, I am improving daily thanks to the sensitive and precise body work done by Collin and Nicole in combination my renewed sense of discipline towards self maintenance and transformation. -Sb

    Join us in the spirit of getting back active:
    Th/Do 5 Jan
    • 13:00 – 17:00 light organising & building
    • 17:00 – 19:00 open house chill, socialise, plan
    • 19:30 – 22:00 rescued bio-buffet, announcements and news, connect
    Fr 6 Jan (NOT AT BAUMHAUS)
    • 19:00 – 21:00 Getting Unstuck – come play Reka Livits’ unsticking game
    to get you on track for starting the year out right
    Sa 7 Jan
    • 19:00 – 22:00 Experimental Acoustic Electric Jam Session
    Feat: Şafak Velioğlu improvising live Tar and the traditional eastern instruments while being dubbed into dj tracks
    https://www.facebook.com/events/730571913768699/
    So 8 Jan
    • 13:00 – 19:00 art, design, building and decoration session
    Sign up for our upcoming newsletter for up coming news and events

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  • [:de]Baumhaus Silvester Soiree :: Reflektion & Transformation[:en]The Last Days of the Year…[:]

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    DEZ 28. – 30. Bauen das Baum und Bar Facade

    Mi 14.12.

    12 – 21:00 general Help session

    Do 15.12.

    12 – 21:00 general Help session

    Fr 16.12.

    12:00 – 21:00 general Help session

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    DEC 28. – 30. Building The Tree & Bar Facade

    We 14.12.

    12 – 21:00 general Help session

    Th 15.12.

    12 – 21:00 general Help session

    Fr 16.12.

    12 – 21:00 general Help session

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  • Last Collaborative Building Sessions in 2016

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    IMG_4132DEZ 12 – 23

    Come by and join us any day (schedule below) – no special skills required but you must have basic health insurance for our to cover you as well. Everyday is an opportunity to transform the space and yourself…

    We will be having fun:
    • general finishing using upcycled / recycled wood and other ecological building materials
    • constructing and decorating organic interior facades
    • painting surfaces – general & decorative
    • building and installing small finishing details with wood, clay, ceramic mosaic, textiles and lighting
    • cooking for the team
    • general cleaning
    • documenting and sharing the process

    SCHEDULE
    * if people volunteer to cook we can have meals each day

    Sa 10.12.
    14 – 20:00 general WORK session
    21:00 – chill and soiree – stop by for a nice candle light hang out

    So 11.12.
    15 – 20:00 general WORK session
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    Di 13.12.
    11:00 – 21:00 general WORK session

    Mi 14.12.
    11 – 21:00 general WORK session

    Do 15.12.
    11 – 17:00 general WORK session
    17 – 19:00 Baumhaus Community Day, open speaking hours
    19:15 project updates and quick pitches
    19:30 rescued bio food buffet by The Real Junk Food Project: Berlin & Foodsharing Berlin
    20:30 Improvisational Groove Orchestra (voacal improv jam)
    https://soundcloud.com/scott-bolden/ebb-and-flow-p2-edit-2

    Fr 16.12.
    12:00 – 19:00 general WORK session
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    Sa 17.12. Economadia Day from 9:00 – 18:00 :: Building sustainable communities for people who can or would like to work from anywhere…

    Sa 17.12. Sustainable Gift Making :: Active Art Salon from 19:00 – 23:00  come make your own gifts with the help of one of Santa’s workshop helpers, enjoy snacks, cookies and Glüwein

    check Baumhaus calendar for other events
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    Mo 19.12.
    11:00 – 21:00 general WORK session

    Di 20.12.
    11:00 – 21:00 general WORK session

    Mi 21.12.
    11 – 21:00 general WORK session

    Do 22.12.
    11 – 17:00 general WORK session
    17 – 19:00 Baumhaus Community Day, open speaking hours
    19:15 project updates and quick pitches
    19:30 rescued bio food buffet by The Real Junk Food Project: Berlin & Foodsharing Berlin
    20:30 Improvisational Groove Orchestra (voacal improv jam)
    https://soundcloud.com/scott-bolden/ebb-and-flow-p2-edit-2

    Stop by any day after 11:00 to join in the creative fun while there are still some installation opportunities open!

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    IMG_4132DEC 12 – 23

    Come by and join us any day (schedule below) – no special skills required but you must have basic health insurance for our to cover you as well. Everyday is an opportunity to transform the space and yourself…

    We will be having fun:
    • general finishing using upcycled / recycled wood and other ecological building materials
    • constructing and decorating organic interior facades
    • painting surfaces – general & decorative
    • building and installing small finishing details with wood, clay, ceramic mosaic, textiles and lighting
    • cooking for the team
    • general cleaning
    • documenting and sharing the process

    SCHEDULE
    * if people volunteer to cook we can have meals each day

    Sa 10.12.
    14 – 20:00 general WORK session
    21:00 – chill and soiree – stop by for a nice candle light hang out

    So 11.12.
    15 – 20:00 general WORK session
    ——-

    Di 13.12.
    11:00 – 21:00 general WORK session

    Mi 14.12.
    11 – 21:00 general WORK session

    Do 15.12.
    11 – 17:00 general WORK session
    17 – 19:00 Baumhaus Community Day, open speaking hours
    19:15 project updates and quick pitches
    19:30 rescued bio food buffet by The Real Junk Food Project: Berlin & Foodsharing Berlin
    20:30 Improvisational Groove Orchestra (voacal improv jam)
    https://soundcloud.com/scott-bolden/ebb-and-flow-p2-edit-2

    Fr 16.12.
    12:00 – 19:00 general WORK session
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    Sa 17.12. Economadia Day from 9:00 – 18:00 :: Building sustainable communities for people who can or would like to work from anywhere…

    Sa 17.12. Sustainable Gift Making :: Active Art Salon from 19:00 – 23:00  come make your own gifts with the help of one of Santa’s workshop helpers, enjoy snacks, cookies and Glüwein

    check Baumhaus calendar for other events
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    Mo 19.12.
    11:00 – 21:00 general WORK session

    Di 20.12.
    11:00 – 21:00 general WORK session

    Mi 21.12.
    11 – 21:00 general WORK session

    Do 22.12.
    11 – 17:00 general WORK session
    17 – 19:00 Baumhaus Community Day, open speaking hours
    19:15 project updates and quick pitches
    19:30 rescued bio food buffet by The Real Junk Food Project: Berlin & Foodsharing Berlin
    20:30 Improvisational Groove Orchestra (voacal improv jam)
    https://soundcloud.com/scott-bolden/ebb-and-flow-p2-edit-2

    Stop by any day after 11:00 to join in the creative fun while there are still some installation opportunities open!

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  • The Art of Process… & all the activity swirling around us…

    Stop by any day after 11:00 to join in the creative fun while there are still some installation opportunities open!
     
    Over the weekend Murielle Gandre​ and Scott Bolden​ worked to get the bar top finished enough so that it will not get damaged. Just a few more steps left to really make it glow! (although, both the wood and copper look radically different depending on the lighting conditions – its a color changing bar!)
     
    Throughout the process, there were several events happening and the process turned into a bit of a side show during a women’s meet-up and many happenings from our Zero Waste event series with Transition Town Pankow​, The Real Junk Food Project: Berlin​, Open Source Circular Economy Days Berlin and a few more surprises….. like:
     
    Our tech team just won 1st prize for our sentient lighting project in the Baumhaus! The contest had something to do with technology that benefits humanity… more on that soon!
     
  • [:de]Der nächste zweiwöchige Endspurt! :: Eine geteilte Zukunft bauen[:en]The Next 2 Week Push! :: Building A Shared Vision[:]

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    25.10 – 07.11.
    Zwei Wochen intensives Bauen liegen vor uns – jetzt lasst uns noch einmal zusammen reinhängen. Der Baumhausraum muss legal und funktional werden, damit das Projekt weitergehen kann!
     
    Kommt vorbei und macht mit (Zeitplan weiter unten) – keine besonderen Fähigkeiten sind notwendig, und wir freuen uns über alle, die für ein paar Stunden mithelfen!
     
    Wir werden:
    – das Holz-Mosaik an der Bar fertigbauen
    – mit recycletem Holz und anderen ökologischen Baumaterial arbeiten
    – verschiedene Oberflächen bemalen
    – Äste im Raum befestigen
    – überall kleine Details fertigmachen, mit Holz, Lehm, Fliesenmosaik, Stoffen und Beleuchtung
    – für das Bauteam kochen
    – aufräumen
    – alles dokumentieren
     
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    Di 25.10.
    13 – 19:00 Bauen (kommt jederzeit vorbei)
    19:00 – Abendessen
    21:00 – Konstantin Mercks (Gitarre & Gesang)
     
    Mi 26.10.
    11 – 19:00 Bauen (kommt jederzeit vorbei)
    19:00 – Abendessen
     
    Do 27.10.
    11 – 17:00 Bauen (kommt jederzeit vorbei)
    17 – 19:00 Baumhaus NachbarschaftsNachmittag
    19:15 Projektupdates
    19:30 KüfA (Abendessen mit geretteten Lebensmitteln, The Real Junk Food Project)
     
    Sa 29.10.
    13 – 19:00 Bauen (kommt jederzeit vorbei)
    19 – Musik
    21:00 – Nachtschicht
     
     
    So 30.10.
    14 – 19:00 Bauen (kommt jederzeit vorbei)
    19 – 21:00 last 2 hours of 24 hour design session (celebrate, eat, sleep)
     
    Di 1.11.
    11 – 19:00 Bauen (kommt jederzeit vorbei)
     
    Mi 2.11.
    11 – 18:00 Bauen (kommt jederzeit vorbei)
    18:30 – Baumhaus Zero Waste Meeting (BUND)
     
    Do 3.11.
    11 – 17:00 Bauen (kommt jederzeit vorbei)
    17 – 19:00 Baumhaus Community Day, open speaking hours
    19:15 project updates and quick pitches
    19:30 rescued bio food buffet
    20:30 Improvisational Groove Orchestra (voacal improv jam)
    https://soundcloud.com/scott-bolden/ebb-and-flow-p2-edit-2
     
    Sa 5.11.
    13 – 19:00 Bauen (kommt jederzeit vorbei)
    19 – Chill session
     
    So 6.11.
    14 – 19:00 Bauen (kommt jederzeit vorbei)
     
    Mo 7.11.
    11 – 19:00 Bauen (kommt jederzeit vorbei)

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    October 25 – November 7

    Two weeks of intensive building work ahead – let’s get together again for the final push to make the Baumhaus space legally functional so we can keep the project alive and moving forward!

    Come by and join us any day (schedule below) – no special skills required, and we’re happy about everybody helping out for a few hours!

    We will be:
    • installing and finishing a wood mosaic bar using upcycled / recycled wood and other ecological building materials
    • constructing and decorating organic interior facades
    • painting surfaces – general & decorative
    • attaching branches to installations
    • building and installing small finishing details with wood, clay, ceramic mosaic, textiles and lighting
    • cooking for the team
     general cleaning
    • documenting and sharing the process

    SCHEDULE
    (after work events will be added as they come, feel free to offer an experience worth sharing…)

    Di 25.10.
    13 – 19:00 general WORK session
    19:00 – dinner and social session
    21:00 – Konstantin Mercks (acoustic guitar and vocal)

    Mi 26.10.
    11 – 19:00 general WORK session
    19:00 – dinner and social session

    Do 27.10.
    11 – 17:00 general WORK session
    17 – 19:00 Baumhaus Community Day, open speaking hours
    19:15 project updates and quick pitches
    19:30 rescued bio food buffet

    Sa 29.10.
    13 – 19:00 general WORK session
    19 – Chill session with musical guests
    21:00 – the all-nighter 24 hour participative design challenge & special session:
    Join and support Scott in creating the design for the next major mosaic installation in the Men’s toilet room. Bring drinks, snacks, games, music and creativity to share. The Baumhaus will be be transformed into a creative lounge… bring your own projects to work on or join in the ones we have here, take a break on the dance floor… All support is welcome

    So 30.10.
    14 – 19:00 general WORK session
    19 – 21:00 last 2 hours of 24 hour design session (celebrate, eat, sleep)

    Di 1.11.
    11 – 19:00 general work session

    Mi 2.11.
    11 – 18:00 general WORK session
    18:30 – Baumhaus Zero Waste Meeting (BUND)

    Do 3.11.
    11 – 17:00 general WORK session
    17 – 19:00 Baumhaus Community Day, open speaking hours
    19:15 project updates and quick pitches
    19:30 rescued bio food buffet
    20:30 Improvisational Groove Orchestra (voacal improv jam)
    https://soundcloud.com/scott-bolden/ebb-and-flow-p2-edit-2

    Sa 5.11.
    13 – 19:00 general WORK session
    19 – Chill session

    So 6.11.
    14 – 19:00 general WORK session

    Mo 7.11.
    11 – 19:00 general WORK session[:]

  • [:de]Donnertags wird ganz beschäftig…[:en]Thursdays are going to be busy at the Baumhaus…[:]

    Thanks to everyone who came out to help prepare for and participate in our first regular community day! Great vibes, good ideas, a yummy rescued bio buffet, a zero waste panel discussion, a workshop painting with colors made from plants, a meeting with a local Wedding group, a clothing exchange complete with a sustainability lottery/quiz plus a whole lot of fun gettign good thing done! Check our facebook timeline for all the event details past , present and future.

    p.s. We still really need people to help us finish the space before November so we can get legal and stay open! We are here every week day from 10 until 20:00; just stop by and help with one of our projects…

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  • Emergent Berlin Festival 2016 *Emerging Baumhaus*

    Emergent Berlin Festival 2016 *Emerging Baumhaus*

    Join us for a weekend of informal exchange, co-creation and celebration…

    Which initiatives and ideas for social and ecological change are emerging in our city? How can we support each other? What can we do together to bring forward positive change? What do we want to make happen in the emergent Baumhaus project space?

    Introduce yourself / your project in 2-3min (write us an email to info@baumhausberlin.de to secure a spot)

    SATURDAY 24.9. *EMERGENT BERLIN*

    BARCAMP 12-7pm
    11am walking meditation
    12am project presentations
    2pm lunch
    3pm themed discussions
    6pm round-up

    OPEN BAUMHAUS 3-10pm
    7pm: Join us for DINNER – a buffet with rescued organic food in Baumhaus, organised and prepared with love by The Real Junk Food Project: Berlin

    PARTY @ Panke e.V.
    www.facebook.com/events/337093600014312/

    SUNDAY, 25.9. *EMERGENT WEDDING*

    OPEN BAUMHAUS 3-10pm
    BARCAMP Wedding 4-7pm

    A festival for bottom-up transformation towards sustainability in Wedding and Berlin – and the kick-off event for our emerging Baumhaus project space here in Gerichtstraße 23 in Wedding.
    www.emergentberlinfest.de

  • [:en]Special thanks to special people[:]

    [:en]We are back to working every weekday from 10 until 10 unless we have a gathering in the evening… Like this Monday and every Thursday when The Real Junk Food Project: Berlin will cook another bio rescued food dinner feast for helpers and visitors.

    We still need more hands each day this week to jam the next finishing work out. Skilled and unskilled help is welcome! Everyday something in the space is transforming.

    Another heart-felt big thanks go out to all the generous and wonderful people who have helped to build the space and event program so far!

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  • [:de]Bauwochen! Lehm & Mosaik Workshops +[:en]Building Weeks! Clay & Mosaic Workshops +[:]

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    Clay Building

    Nächste Schritte zur Eröffnung am 24. September

    Liebe Freunde des Baumhauses,

    Tausend Dank an alle, die uns beim Crowdfunding unterstützt haben (16.038€) – und an alle, die letze Woche zum ersten Mal auf die Baustelle gekommen und mitgeholfen haben! In den letzten Wochen haben wir versucht, auch intern unsere Hausaufgaben zu machen, aus Fehlern zu lernen und unser Bauteam neu strukturiert. Jetzt gehen wir gemeinsam in großen Schritten auf die Eröffnung zu und wir freuen uns über alle, die für ein paar Stunden vorbeikommen und mitanpacken!

    MOSAIK

    Wer will mitbasteln? Diesen Montag und jedentag ab 11 Uhr bauen wir buntes Recycling-Mosaik und Wurzeln in die Baumhaus-Toiletten.

    MITBAUEN, MALERN, HOLZ

    Jeden Tag ab 10 Uhr geht es rund auf der Baustelle. Kommt vorbei, schaut euch die Fortschritte und packt mit an! Je mehr helfende Hände, destso besser. Wir malern, schrauben, putzen… und nachmittags gibt es Essen für alle.


    LEHMPUTZ WORKSESSIONS 24.-28.08

    Wir freuen uns sehr: Ab Mittwoch den 24.08. geht es los mit dem Lehmputz! Keine Vorkenntnisse erforderlich! (jedentag 11 bis 21 Uhr)

    Danke,
    Scott, Karen & das Baumhaus Team

    p.s. Baumhaus Porträt – Berlin im Wandel[:en]

    Clay Building

    Next steps until our opening on September 24

    Dear Baumhaus friends, Thousand thanks to all of you for supporting our crowdfunding (16,038€) – and to all of you who came by in the last week for the first time and helped on the construction site! The last weeks we tried to do our homework internally as well, grow smarter and restructure our building team. Now we’re stepping forward towards opening together, and we’re happy about everyone who comes by for a few hours and pitch in so we can open on September 24!

    MOSAIC

    Join us this week (everyday from 11 until late) for an extended mosaic session, building beautiful recycling 3D mosaics and roots in the Baumhaus bathrooms.

    PAINTING, WOODWORKING Every day starting at 10am we’re at the construction site. Come by, check out our progress and pitch in! No special skills required. We paint, clean, work with wood… and in the afternoon there is food for everyone.

    CLAY WORKSHOP Aug 24 – 28

    We’re excited: The clay work will start Wednesday! Who wants to participate?  No experience needed.  (workshop runs everyday, Wednesday until Sunday, August from 11 until 9pm.

    Thanks, Scott, Karen & the entire Baumhaus Team

    p.s. Baumhaus video and text Portrait – Berlin im Wandel[:]